Been a Son
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| Song by Nirvana | ||
| Released | First released 1989 as a b-side on the Blew (EP) | |
| Recorded | First recorded April 1990 at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Label | Sub Pop | |
| Writer(s) | Kurt Cobain | |
| Producer(s) | Steve Fisk | |
"Been a Son" is a song by the American Grunge band Nirvana.
[edit] Different versions
The song has been released in at least six different versions:
- The first was as a B-side to the Blew EP released in 1989. This same version also appeared on the 2002 best-of album Nirvana.
- A re-recorded studio version appeared on the 1992 album Incesticide.
- Another live version is found on the 1996 live album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah. Video footage of the same live version is included on the DVD version of Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! which was re-released on DVD in 2006.
- An acoustic version also appeared on the 2004 box set With the Lights Out.
[edit] Recording the song
The original version of "Been a Son" as recorded in 1989 contains a bass guitar solo. According to Steve Fisk, the producer who helped Nirvana record the song, bass player Krist Novoselic did not like the sound of the bass solo. This could be the reason why the song was later re-recorded with a guitar solo instead. Fisk also said of Nirvana and the recording session: "They really liked the studio's monitors because they were so huge-sounding. When 'Been a Son' was done, Kurt and Krist asked, 'Can we dance on the tables?' They jumped on one table and I jumped on another, and as we listened to the song, we rocked."
[edit] Covers
The song was covered by the band Manic Street Preachers on their b-sides, rarities and covers collection Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of the Manic Street Preachers).
