Polly (Nirvana song)

"Polly"
Song by Nirvana
from the album Nevermind
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1991 (1991-09-24)
RecordedApril 1990
StudioSmart Studios (Madison, Wisconsin)
Genre
Length2:57
LabelDGC
SongwriterKurt Cobain
Producers
Nevermind track listing
13 tracks
  1. "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
  2. "In Bloom"
  3. "Come as You Are"
  4. "Breed"
  5. "Lithium"
  6. "Polly"
  7. "Territorial Pissings"
  8. "Drain You"
  9. "Lounge Act" 🅴
  10. "Stay Away"
  11. "On a Plain"
  12. "Something in the Way"
  13. "Endless, Nameless"
"Polly"
Promo CD for the MTV Unplugged in New York album
Promotional single by Nirvana
from the album MTV Unplugged in New York
Released1994
RecordedNovember 18, 1993
VenueSony Music Studios in New York City
Length3:16
LabelDGC Records
SongwriterKurt Cobain
ProducersAlex Coletti, Scott Litt, Nirvana
Nirvana singles chronology
"About a Girl"
(1994) 		"Polly"
(1994) 		"The Man Who Sold the World"
(1995)
MTV Unplugged in New York track listing
13 tracks
  1. "About a Girl"
  2. "Come as You Are"
  3. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam"
  4. "The Man Who Sold the World"
  5. "Pennyroyal Tea"
  6. "Dumb"
  7. "Polly"
  8. "On a Plain"
  9. "Something in the Way"
  10. "Plateau"
  11. "Oh, Me"
  12. "Lake of Fire"
  13. "All Apologies"
  14. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"

"Polly" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It is the sixth song on their second album Nevermind, released by DGC Records in September 1991.

The song was written about the abduction, rape, and torture of a 14-year-old girl returning home from a punk rock concert in Tacoma, Washington in 1987. The crime was committed by Gerald Friend. Written from the perspective of the perpetrator, the song demands that the listener confront the perspective of a rapist. Cobain spoke of sexual assault as being one of the "worst crimes on earth," telling one publication in 1991 that "what really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape."


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