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About Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana
Heart-Shaped Box is credited to Nirvana on In Utero (20th Anniversary Edition). This catalogue edition runs 4:41 and lists the song as track 3 of 12. The linked edition is dated 1993-08-30.
Catalogue artist credit: Nirvana.
Catalogue title: Heart-Shaped Box. Genre: Alternative. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
Recording & video versions
Also represented from In Utero (20th Anniversary Edition): All Apologies, Rape Me. Follow the related song pages to compare the recordings and their selected videos.
Selected video: Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box. Published by NirvanaVEVO. Video length: 4:43.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
Artist Information
Nirvana
Start with the contrast between the quieter verses and louder sections of Smells Like Teen Spirit, then compare the repeating guitar figure in Come as You Are. About a Girl and All Apologies provide different melodic entry points; Breed and In Bloom bring the guitars back into focus.
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