Editing In Bloom (section)

==Release and reception==
Originally Cobain wanted to release In Bloom on a promotional EP as well as their first major label debut single after signing with DGC, for the then-second album sessions with Sub Pop, entitled Sheep. The [[Extended play|EP]] would've been titled ''NIRVANA Sings Songs of the Vaselines, the Wipers, Devo, & Nirvana''.<ref>p.141-143, Kurt Cobain, ''Journals'' (2003)</ref>

"In Bloom" was released as the fourth and final single from ''Nevermind'' on November 30, 1992.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=19|date=November 28, 1992}}</ref> The commercial single was only released in Europe, while promotional copies were released in the United States. The 12-inch vinyl and CD versions of the commercial single featured live versions of "[[Polly (Nirvana song)|Polly]]" and "[[Sliver (song)|Sliver]]," from the band's show at [[Del Mar Fairgrounds]] in [[Del Mar, California]] on December 28, 1991, as [[A-side and B-side|b-sides]]. The 7-inch vinyl and cassette versions featured only "Polly."<ref name="goldmine">{{cite magazine |title=Verse Chorus Verse: The Recording History of Nirvana |first=Gillian G. |last=Gaar |date=February 14, 1997 |magazine=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]}}</ref> The single peaked at number 28 on the British singles chart.<ref name="guinness">{{cite book |editor-first=David |editor-last=Roberts |date=2006 |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |edition=19th |location=London, UK |publisher=HIT Entertainment |isbn=1-90499-410-5}}</ref> Despite the lack of a commercial release domestically, the song reached number five on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Album Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref name="Billboard singles">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nirvana-mn0000357406/awards |title=Nirvana – Awards |website=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=May 31, 2012 |archive-date=December 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229232159/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nirvana-mn0000357406/awards |url-status=live }}</ref> In Israel, it was voted in at number 15 on the [[Israel Broadcasting Authority|IBA]]'s "Voice of Israel" singles chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1of9J-7k3EqEzvgH8mZXqGv5N-oAIC30d/edit?gid=497451199#gid=497451199 |title=Israeli Singles Chart archive |website=google.com |language=he |access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref>

Music journalist [[Everett True]] wrote an uncharacteristically unfavorable review of the single in ''[[Melody Maker]]'', accusing it of "milking" the success of ''Nevermind''. "Whoop whoop bloody whoop", wrote True, "forgive me if I don't sound too thrilled. This release is stretching even my credulity beyond repair. Like, milking a still-breathing (sacred) cow, or what? Badly inferior live versions of 'Polly' and 'Sliver' on the flip don't help matters either."<ref>{{cite book |first=Everett |last=True |author-link=Everett True |date=2007 |title=Nirvana: The Biography |location=Boston, Massachusetts |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] |page=409 |isbn=978-0-306-81554-6}}</ref>

===Legacy===
In 2011, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked "In Bloom" at number 415 on their list of the "[[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]".<ref>"{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/aerosmith-sweet-emotion-20110526 |title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1–500) |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=11 December 2003 |access-date=2015-04-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212045924/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/aerosmith-sweet-emotion-20110526 |archive-date=December 12, 2015}}</ref> In 2019, the magazine ranked it second on their ranking of 102 Nirvana songs.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/no-apologies-all-102-nirvana-songs-ranked-175683/in-bloom-31548/|title=No Apologies: All 102 Nirvana Songs Ranked|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 5, 2019|accessdate=January 15, 2022}}</ref> In 2023, [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] ranked "In Bloom" at number 10 on ''[[the A.V. Club|the A.V. Club's]]'' "Essential Nirvana: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked" list.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas Erlewine |first1=Stephen |title=Essential Nirvana: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked |url=https://www.avclub.com/essential-nirvana-best-songs-ranked-1850854298/slides/22 |access-date=10 December 2023 |work=The A.V. Club |date=21 September 2023}}</ref> According to [[Nielsen Music]]'s year-end report for 2019, "In Bloom" was the seventh most-played song of the decade on mainstream rock radio with 131,000 spins. All of the songs in the top 10 were from the 1990s.<ref name="MainstreamRockDecade2010-2019">{{Cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/nirvana-most-played-radio-rock-band-decade/ |title=Nirvana Were the Most-Played Band of the Decade on Rock Radio |last=Trapp |first=Philip |date=January 14, 2020 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |website=[[Loudwire]] |archive-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116015928/https://loudwire.com/nirvana-most-played-radio-rock-band-decade/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, Cobain was given a songwriting credit on the single "[[Panini (song)|Panini]]" by American rapper and singer [[Lil Nas X]], due to the song having a similar chorus melody as "In Bloom". As Nas X explained in a [[SiriusXM]] interview, "I put out the snippet [of 'Panini'] and everyone was like, 'Wow, he's sampling Nirvana.' I was like, 'Where? I'm not sampling Nirvana, this beat doesn't have Nirvana in it.' Then, I listened to 'In Bloom' in full, and I was like, 'Oh, okay.'"  Nas X revealed that the song was approved by Kurt's daughter, [[Frances Bean Cobain]], and that the experience "actually got me into ''[Nevermind]'' for the first time."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Aniftos |first1=Rania |title=Lil Nas X Says Frances Bean Cobain Approved His Accidental Nirvana Sample on 'Panini' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8529122/lil-nas-x-frances-bean-cobain-approved-panini-nirvana-sample |access-date=3 November 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=4 September 2019 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124075508/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8529122/lil-nas-x-frances-bean-cobain-approved-panini-nirvana-sample |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2021 interview with the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Cobain's widow, [[Courtney Love]], said she was "very firmly in the club that says ‘In Bloom’ should have been the first single" from ''Nevermind'', calling it "a far better song" than "Smells Like Teen Spirit."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Charles R. |first1=Cross |title='I never talk about "Nevermind"!': Courtney Love on the Nirvana album that changed everything |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-09-24/courtney-love-nirvana-nevermind-30th-anniversary-kurt-cobain?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR0YBSlPmBDlyEGCzrn9oaJSFe62bKFLQn7JXPvK8EaIV8JwvXVzYqA6c9Q |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=24 September 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926053322/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-09-24/courtney-love-nirvana-nevermind-30th-anniversary-kurt-cobain?_amp=true&__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR0YBSlPmBDlyEGCzrn9oaJSFe62bKFLQn7JXPvK8EaIV8JwvXVzYqA6c9Q |url-status=live }}</ref>