Drain You
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| Song by Nirvana | ||||||||||||||
| Album | Nevermind | |||||||||||||
| Released | September 24, 1991 | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | May/June 1991 at Sound City, Van Nuys and Devonshire, North Hollywood | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:43 | |||||||||||||
| Label | DGC Records / Sub Pop | |||||||||||||
| Producer | Butch Vig | |||||||||||||
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"Drain You" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, and the eighth track from the band's 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind.
According to Nevermind producer Butch Vig on the Classic Albums: Nevermind DVD, "Drain You" had more guitar overdubs than any other song on the album: one clean track and five distorted tracks. Cobain tended to dislike heavily overdubbed songs, and so Vig had to tell Cobain lies, such as that tracks did not record right or were out of tune, in order to get him to do so many takes. Some of the strange noises during the middle section of the song are caused by children's toys Cobain brought into the studio.
On the Nevermind version, Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic tuned their instruments a whole step down. In concert, however, "Drain You" was generally played in whatever tuning the band was using throughout the rest of the concert — generally standard tuning in earlier concerts (prior to the 1992 Pacific Rim tour in support of Nevermind) and half-step-down in later concerts. The song's verse is based around a conventional chord progression of four power chords B, D#, G#, C#, the riff (F#)- E -C# for the choruses, and a chorus ending of B, A, G#.
Aiden performed a cover of the song on Kerrang's Higher Voltage!: Another Brief History of Rock CD.
[edit] Other versions
- A studio version was recorded on September 3, 1991 at Maida Vale Studios for BBC's John Peel session, however it remains unreleased and can only be found on bootlegs or in trader's circles.
- A live version from October 1991 appears as a b-side on the Come as You Are single from 1992.
- A live performance from November 1991 appeared on the 1994 VHS home video Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!.
- A live version from December 1991 appeared on the 1996 live album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, of which promo singles were released for radio play in the US.
- A demo version of the song appears on the 2004 Box Set With the Lights Out with Dale Crover on drums and Dave Grohl on bass comprising a short-lived trio entitled "The Retards." The demo included a short intro of the trio pretending to be mentally challenged and introducing themselves, but this was omitted in the official release.
