Cobain changed the album's title to Verse Chorus Verse, and then two weeks later to its final title of In Utero. According to Tom Mallon of Rolling Stone, Cobain abandoned the title due to fear that the dark humor of the title would be lost on some critics and fans, and after being convinced by Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic that the band might end up with lawsuits if Cobain stuck with the original title. I Hate Myself and Want to Die was also a working title for In Utero. The single was re-released for Record Store Day in 2014. Some copies may have been sold by retailers, despite the recall. The singles were recalled and destroyed by the record label or retailers, but some copies were put aside, which is apparently the source of surviving copies. At the time, only retail versions of the CD single made in Germany had been manufactured and distributed. However, before its planned release in North America and its early May 1994 release in the United Kingdom, the single was already released in Germany. Īs well as appearing on The Beavis and Butt-head Experience, the second studio version of the song was also set to be released as a B-side to the " Pennyroyal Tea" single in April 1994, but the single was recalled following Cobain's death that month, possibly because of the song's title. The booklet that comes with the With the Lights Out box set incorrectly states that the first studio version recorded in January 1993 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was the version released on The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience. The Beavis and Butt-head Experience compilation album peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and has since been certified 2× Platinum in the US. The band was given $60,000 by their record label, Geffen Records, for the song. It featured an introduction by Mike Judge, voicing the titular characters, as well as commentary at the end, with the characters declaring that the song "kicked ass" and "ruled". The song instead appeared as the opening track on the compilation album The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience, released in November 1993. It missed inclusion on In Utero, which was released in September 1993, with Cobain later explaining that there were too many "noise" songs on the album. Originally titled "2 Bass Kid", the song was represented by a fish symbol on the tape box for the album. The second and final studio version was recorded by Steve Albini at Pachyderm Studios on February 15, 1993, during the recording session for the band's third and final album, In Utero. This version was released on the Nirvana rarities box set, With the Lights Out, in November 2004. The first is a demo, featuring unfinished lyrics, recorded in January 1993 by Craig Montgomery at BMG Ariola Ltda in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" was never performed live, and survives on only two known versions, both recorded in the studio. The song was also sanctioned to be released as a B-side to the band's " Pennyroyal Tea" single, but the single's original release was cancelled after Cobain's death in April 1994. It was first released in November 1993 as the first track on The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience compilation album which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200. " I Hate Myself and Want to Die" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. B-side of 2014 Record Store Day re-release of the "Pennyroyal Tea" singleįrom the album The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
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