About a Girl

E417095

acoustic performance live recording music video musical work song

"About a Girl" is a melodic, early Nirvana song that became one of the standout tracks from their debut album "Bleach" and later gained wider recognition through its acoustic performance on MTV Unplugged.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
About a Girl canonical	4
“About a Girl”	2
About a Girl (MTV Unplugged in New York version)	1
About a Girl (MTV Unplugged performance video)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	acoustic performance ⓘ live recording ⓘ music video ⓘ musical work ⓘ song ⓘ
album	Bleach ⓘ MTV Unplugged ⓘ surface form: MTV Unplugged in New York
artist	Nirvana ⓘ
bassGuitarBy	Krist Novoselic NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Kurt Cobain NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drumsBy	Chad Channing ⓘ
features	Nirvana ⓘ
firstReleaseYear	1989 ⓘ
genre	alternative rock ⓘ grunge ⓘ power pop ⓘ
hasCriticalReception	often cited as an early example of Kurt Cobain's pop songwriting sensibility ⓘ
hasKey	E minor ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 2 minutes 48 seconds ⓘ approximately 3 minutes 37 seconds ⓘ
hasMTVUnpluggedVersion	About a Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: About a Girl (MTV Unplugged in New York version)
hasMusicalCharacteristic	melodic ⓘ mid-tempo ⓘ verse-chorus structure ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	About a Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: About a Girl (MTV Unplugged performance video)
hasTimeSignature	4/4 ⓘ
includedIn	Nirvana compilation releases ⓘ Nirvana live setlists ⓘ
influencedBy	1960s pop music ⓘ The Beatles ⓘ
leadGuitarBy	Kurt Cobain NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadVocalsBy	Kurt Cobain NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricist	Kurt Cobain NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the standout tracks on Nirvana's debut album Bleach ⓘ gaining wider recognition through Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Bleach ⓘ MTV Unplugged in New York ONNED1 ⓘ
performer	Nirvana ⓘ
producer	Jack Endino ⓘ
recordingDate	1993-11-18 ⓘ
recordingLocation	Sony Music Studios, New York City ⓘ
recordingPeriod	1988 ⓘ
recordLabel	DGC Records ⓘ Sub Pop ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nirvana → single → About a Girl ⓘ

Nirvana → notableSong → About a Girl ⓘ

Topa → firstAppearanceEpisode → About a Girl ⓘ

this entity surface form: “About a Girl”

Topa → significantEpisode → About a Girl ⓘ

this entity surface form: “About a Girl”

Moclan → notableEpisodeFocus → About a Girl ⓘ

Bleach → hasPart → About a Girl ⓘ

About a Girl → hasMTVUnpluggedVersion → About a Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: About a Girl (MTV Unplugged in New York version)

About a Girl → hasMusicVideo → About a Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: About a Girl (MTV Unplugged performance video)