“Heart-Shaped Box” is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It was released as the lead single from Nirvana’s third and final studio album, In Utero, in August 1993, and appears as the third track. It was one of two songs from the album mixed by Scott Litt to augment the original production by producer Steve Albini.
Though Nirvana’s record company DGC Records did not release a physical single in the United States, fearing it might damage album sales, “Heart-Shaped Box” received much American radio airplay, reaching number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.[2][3] The single made the top 10 in several countries, including Portugal, the United Kingdom,[4][5] Ireland, Finland and New Zealand, and the top 40 in numerous other countries. The music video, directed by Anton Corbijn, garnered critical plaudits, and won two awards, including Best Alternative Video at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1994. “Heart-Shaped Box” was the last song Cobain performed live with Nirvana, on March 1, 1994, in Munich, Germany.[6]
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