Blew by Nirvana, album cover

EP

Blew

ReleasedDecember 1989

LabelTupelo Recording Company

Popularity69.9

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Blew is a four-song EP that Tupelo Recording Company issued in the UK and Europe in December 1989. Its title track was written by Kurt Cobain and had opened Nirvana's debut album Bleach, which Sub Pop released in June 1989. The EP gave that opening song a second outing and reached number 15 on the UK Indie Singles chart, an early sign of the band's growing audience in Britain.

Blew: tracklist, credits and charts

4 tracks · 11:33

Tracklist

1BlewKurt Cobain2:56
2Love BuzzRobbie van Leeuwen3:36
3Been a SonChanning, Cobain, Novoselic2:22
4StainKurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic2:39

Produced by: Jack Endino, Steve Fisk
Recorded at: Reciprocal Recordings, The Music Source (Seattle), Reciprocal Recording (Seattle, Washington)
Recorded: June/December 1988 (side one), September 1989 (side two)
Mixed by: Steve Fisk
Engineered by: Jack Endino, Steve Fisk
Label: Tupelo Recording Company
Length: 11:33

Line-up

Chad Channing · drums (drum set)
Kurt Cobain · guitar, lead vocals
Krist Novoselic · bass guitar

Peak chart positions

Chart	Peak
UK Indie Singles (NME) · 1989	8
UK Indie Singles (MRIB) · 1989	15

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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date only month precision available

Source	Date	Note
MusicBrainz	December 1989
Wikipedia infobox	November 1989
Wikidata	December 1989
UK / Europe release	December 1989	earliest UK or European date

2 editions

Date	Country	Label	Barcode	Kind
December 1989	GB	Tupelo Recording Company	5018615200826	original
December 1989	GB	Tupelo Recording Company	5018615200819	original

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