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{{short description|1992 single by Nirvana}} {{other uses}} {{Infobox song | name = In Bloom | cover = File:Nirvana-usa-in-bloom-geffen-s.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] | album = [[Nevermind]] | B-side = "[[Sliver (song)|Sliver]]" (live) *"[[Polly (Nirvana song)|Polly]]" (live) | released = {{start date|1992|11|30}} | recorded = May 1991 | studio = [[Sound City Studios|Sound City]] ([[Van Nuys]], [[California]]) | venue = | genre = [[Grunge]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/08/the-50-best-grunge-songs.html?p=3 |title=The 50 Best Grunge Songs |magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |last=Danaher |first=Michael |date=August 4, 2014 |access-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-date=March 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320171523/http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/08/the-50-best-grunge-songs.html?p=3 |url-status=live }}</ref> | length = {{Duration|m=4|s=11}} | label = [[DGC Records|DGC]] | writer = * [[Kurt Cobain]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Butch Vig]]|Nirvana<ref name=linernotes>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Nevermind |others=[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] |year=1991 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=[[DGC Records|DGC]]}}</ref>}} | prev_title = [[Lithium (Nirvana song)|Lithium]] | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = [[Puss / Oh, the Guilt]] | next_year = 1993 | misc = {{External music video|{{Plainlist| *{{YouTube|xAy---wp_DQ|"In Bloom" (Alternate Version)}} *{{YouTube|PbgKEjNBHqM|"In Bloom" (Nevermind Version)}}}} |header=Music videos}} }} "'''In Bloom'''" is a song by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], written by vocalist and guitarist [[Kurt Cobain]]. It appears as the second track on the band's second album, ''[[Nevermind]]'', released by [[DGC Records]] in September 1991. The ''Nevermind'' version is the second of two versions of the song that were released in 1991, the earlier of which was recorded in 1990, while the band was still signed to their original record label, [[Sub Pop]]. This version was initially released as a music video only, on the ''Sub Pop Video Network Volume 1'' [[VHS]] compilation. "In Bloom" was released as ''Nevermind's'' fourth and final [[single (music)|single]] in November 1992 and generated heavy American airplay, reaching number 5 on the US [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] chart, despite never being released as a physical single in the United States. The international release of the single made the top 10 in [[Ireland]] and [[Portugal]], as well as the top 20 in [[Finland]] and [[New Zealand]] and the [[Top 40|top 30]] in [[Sweden]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. It was accompanied by a new music video, directed by American filmmaker [[Kevin Kerslake]], which won Best Alternative Video at the [[1993 MTV Video Music Awards]].
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