Polly (Nirvana song)
| "Polly" | |
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Live version B-side label from the UK single, released in 1992 with "In Bloom" as the A-side | |
| Song by Nirvana | |
| from the album Nevermind | |
| Released | September 24, 1991 |
| Recorded | April 1990 |
| Studio | Smart Studios (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:57 |
| Label | DGC |
| Songwriter(s) | Kurt Cobain |
| Producer(s) |
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| Nevermind track listing | |
13 tracks
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| "Polly" | ||||
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Promo CD for the MTV Unplugged in New York album | ||||
| Promotional single by Nirvana | ||||
| from the album MTV Unplugged in New York | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | November 18, 1993 at Sony Music Studios in New York City | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | DGC Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kurt Cobain | |||
| Producer(s) | Alex Coletti, Scott Litt, Nirvana | |||
| Nirvana singles chronology | ||||
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| MTV Unplugged in New York track listing | ||||
13 tracks | ||||
"Polly" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It is the sixth song on their second album Nevermind, released by DGC Records in September 1991.
The song was written about the abduction, rape, and torture of a 14-year-old girl returning home from a punk rock concert in Tacoma, Washington in 1987. The crime was committed by Gerald Friend. Written from the perspective of the perpetrator, "Polly" has retrospectively been cited as evidence of Cobain's support of feminism and women's rights, although there is no evidence of Cobain openly declaring he was making a feminist statement with the lyrics.