Rape Me

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"Rape Me" is a controversial grunge song by American rock band Nirvana, written by Kurt Cobain and known for its raw sound and provocative lyrics addressing themes of exploitation and media sensationalism.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rape Me canonical 7
Rape Me (single) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album In Utero ⓘ
artist Nirvana ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
follows Polly ⓘ
Territorial Pissings ⓘ
genre grunge ⓘ
hasBside Tourette's ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn discussions of sexual violence in rock music ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
hasLiveVersionOn From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme exploitation ⓘ
media sensationalism ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
victimization ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle raw sound ⓘ
hasNotableLyric "Hate me, do it and do it again" ⓘ
"I'm not the only one" ⓘ
"Rape me, rape me, my friend" ⓘ
hasNotablePerformance MTV Video Music Awards 1992 ⓘ
includedIn Nirvana compilation albums ⓘ
intendedMeaningAccordingToAuthor anti-rape song ⓘ
isTitleTrackFrom Rape Me (single) ⓘ
linked to: Rape Me
key C-sharp minor ⓘ
language English ⓘ
partOf Nirvana discography ⓘ
linked to: Nirvana
performer Dave Grohl ⓘ
Krist Novoselic ⓘ
Kurt Cobain ⓘ
producer Scott Litt ⓘ
Steve Albini ⓘ
recordedIn Cannon Falls, Minnesota ⓘ
recordingStudio Pachyderm Studio ⓘ
recordLabel DGC Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1993 ⓘ
subjectOf censorship debates ⓘ
controversy ⓘ
media misinterpretation ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
trackPositionOnAlbum second track on In Utero ⓘ
vocalStyle harsh vocals ⓘ
writer Kurt Cobain ⓘ

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

In Utero → hasTrack → Rape Me ⓘ
In Utero → notableSingle → Rape Me ⓘ
Nirvana → single → Rape Me ⓘ
Nirvana → notableSong → Rape Me ⓘ
Rape Me → isTitleTrackFrom → Rape Me (single) ⓘ
linked to: Rape Me
Dumb → followsInTrackList → Rape Me ⓘ
All Apologies → bSide → Rape Me ⓘ
Heart-Shaped Box → nextSingle → Rape Me ⓘ
subject linked to: Nirvana song "Heart-Shaped Box"