Downer

~ Recording by Nirvana

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13Downer1:43NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
Warner Music Canada (imprint of Warner Music Canada Co.), Sub Pop Records98787-0034-2, SPCD 34
1.13Downer1:45NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
Tupelo Recording CompanyTUPCD6
1.13Downer1:43NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
Tupelo Recording CompanyTUPCD6
1.13Downer1:43NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
Sub Pop RecordsSP34b
1.13Downer1:45NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
  • JP1992-08-26
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsMVCG-93
1.13Downer1:43NirvanaBleach (DADC Austria)NirvanaAlbum
  • GB1992-08-31
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsGED24433, GEFD24433
1.13Downer1:42NirvanaBleach (sonopress)NirvanaAlbum
  • DE1992-08-31
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsGED24433, GEFD24433
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1992-12-14
Geffen RecordsGED 24504
1.10Downer1:42NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1992-12-14
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsGEF 24504
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticide (Sonopress)NirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1992-12-14
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsGED24504
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-12-15
DGC RecordsDGCD-24504
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticide (BMG Music Service)NirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-12-15
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), DGC Records, Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsD100629, DGCD-24504, GEFD-24504
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1992-12-15
Geffen RecordsGEFD-24504
1.10Downer1:43NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • -1992-12-15
Geffen RecordsGEFC-24504
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1992-12-16
Sub Pop Records, Geffen RecordsMVCG-100
1.13Downer1:45NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
Geffen Records, Sub Pop Records424 433-2, GED24433, GEFD24433
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Sub Pop Records, Geffen Records424 504-2, GED24504
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticide (Club edition)NirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Geffen RecordsCGEFD-24504
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.)*DGCD 24504
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsGEFD-24504
1.10Downer1:42NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
DGC RecordsDGC-24504
1.13Downer1:42NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsGFLD 19291
1.13Downer1:43NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsGEFD-24433
1.10Downer?:??NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1996-10-23
Geffen RecordsMVJG-25003
1.10Downer1:43NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Geffen RecordsMMTCD 2113
1.13Downer1:43NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
  • DE2002-08-19
Sub Pop Records9878-70034-2, SP34b
2.10Downer1:44NirvanaNirvanaNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)SL-114ABC
1.13Downer1:42NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
Sub Pop Records
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Geffen RecordsUICY-91224
1.13Downer1:45NirvanaBleach (limited edition)NirvanaAlbum
  • JP2009-06-09
Sub Pop RecordsWPCR-13269
1.13Downer1:45NirvanaBleach (20th anniversary deluxe edition)NirvanaAlbum
  • US2009-11-02
Sub Pop Records
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleach (deluxe)NirvanaAlbum
  • XW2009-11-02
Sub Pop Records
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleach (20th anniversary edition)NirvanaAlbum
  • GB2009-11-02
Sub Pop Records5051865614623, SP834
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleach (20th anniversary edition)NirvanaAlbum
  • US2009-11-03
Sub Pop RecordsSPCD 834
1.13Downer1:43NirvanaBleach (limited edition)NirvanaAlbum
  • JP2009-11-25
Sub Pop RecordsWPCR-13726
1.13Downer1:43NirvanaBleach (Reissue on white vinyl)NirvanaAlbum
Sub Pop RecordsSP 034
1.13Downer?:??NirvanaBleach (20th anniversary deluxe edition, white)NirvanaAlbum
Sub Pop RecordsSP 834
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleach (20th Anniversary CD)NirvanaAlbum
Sub Pop Records, Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)5186561462
1.10Downer1:42NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-02-22
Original Recordings GroupORGM-1005
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticide (limited edition)NirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2011-10-05
DGC RecordsUICY-75126
1.13Downer1:45NirvanaBleach (reissue)NirvanaAlbum
  • US2011-11-22
Sub Pop RecordsSP34
1.10Downer1:44Nirvana2 for 1: Incesticide / In UteroNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)533 255-9
2.1Downer1:42NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-11-23
DGC RecordsB0017746-01
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleach (deluxe edition)NirvanaAlbum
  • XW2013-09-26
  • US2013-09-26
Sub Pop Records[none]
1.13Downer (Remastered)1:44NirvanaBleach: Deluxe EditionNirvanaAlbum
  • -2013
Sub Pop Records
1.13Downer1:45NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
  • US2015-11-20
Sub Pop RecordsSP 34
1.13Downer?:??NirvanaBleach (reissue, a lot of the runout text scratched out)NirvanaAlbum
Sub Pop RecordsSP 034
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleach (20th anniversary edition, 2016 reissue)NirvanaAlbum
  • XE2016-08-26
Sub Pop RecordsSPCD 834
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleach (2009 re-mastered version)NirvanaAlbum
Sub Pop Records
1.13Downer1:43NirvanaBleach (reissue)NirvanaAlbum
Sub Pop RecordsSP 34
2.1Downer1:42NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-01-13
DGC RecordsB0017746-01
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
  • JP2017-08-08
Octave (Japanese), Sub Pop RecordsOTCD-9001
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Geffen Records
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
  • JP2020-07-22
Sub Pop Records, ULTRA‐VYBESPCD 834, UVPR-30118
1.10Downer1:43NirvanaIncesticide [Compilation]NirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Geffen Records
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
  • US2023-03-31
Sub Pop RecordsSP1559, SP34RTX
1.13Downer1:45NirvanaBleach (Cinram Optical Discs release)NirvanaAlbum
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Geffen Records424 433-2, GED24433, GEFD24433
1.13Downer1:42NirvanaBleach (European reissue repress - sonopress)NirvanaAlbum
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsGED24433, GEFD24433
1.13Downer1:42NirvanaBleach (Cinram)NirvanaAlbum
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Geffen Records424 433-2, GED24433, GEFD24433
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Geffen RecordsGEFMD-24504
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticide (European repress with SID codes - Sonopress)NirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsGED24504
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Geffen Records
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
DGC Records
1.10Downer1:44NirvanaIncesticide (Universal Music Australia)NirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Geffen Records, Sub Pop RecordsGEFD-24504
Promotion
1.10Downer1:43NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-12-15
DGC RecordsDGCD-24504, DGCD-24504-DJ
Bootleg
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
Euro StarES 931
1.10Downer1:43NirvanaIncesticideNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
天津音楽出版社
2.10Downer1:43NirvanaChinese Box SetNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
2.21Downer1:46NirvanaGreatest HitsNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
Star Mark (Russian bootleg production)20089-1/2
1.13Downer1:44NirvanaBleachNirvanaAlbum
Matrix011
2.21Downer1:45NirvanaGreatest HitsNirvanaAlbum + Compilation
1.3Downer1:45NirvanaHeart Shaped Box, Volume 1NirvanaAlbum + Compilation
1.3Downer?:??NirvanaHeart-Shaped BoxNirvanaAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recording engineer:Jack Endino (on 1988-01-23)
producer:Jack Endino
bass guitar:Chris Novoselic (on 1988-01-23)
drums (drum set):Dale Crover (on 1988-01-23)
guitar and lead vocals:Kurdt Kobain (lead singer and guitarist for Nirvana) (on 1988-01-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sub Pop Records (in 1989)
recorded at:Reciprocal Recordings in Seattle, Washington, United States (on 1988-01-23)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/4e0MJaiXSwXBhrQZHyoK8c [info]
recording of:Downer (on 1988-01-23)

Related works

Downer

lyricist and composer:Kurdt Kobain (lead singer and guitarist for Nirvana)
publisher:EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!)
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