Songs written by Kurt Cobain&nbsp;&nbsp;

02/1991

Sliver by Nirvana [American band]

from Incesticide

19
alt.

90
UK

written by Kurt Cobain

& Krist Novoselic

09/1991

① Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana [American band]

from Nevermind

264

6
US

14
dance

7
rock

✫1
alt.

7
UK

[songwriter #1 hit]

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #9]
written by Kurt Cobain

01/1992

⑤ Come as You Are by Nirvana [American band]

from Nevermind

155

32
US

3
rock

3
alt.

9
UK

[songwriter #5 hit]

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #445]
written by Kurt Cobain

01/1992

On a Plain by Nirvana [American band]

from Nevermind

25
alt.

written by Kurt Cobain

02/1992

Lithium by Nirvana [American band]

from Nevermind

100

64
US

16
rock

25
alt.

11
UK

written by Kurt Cobain

& Krist Novoselic

Weird Al Yankovic

04/1992

Smells Like Nirvana by Weird Al Yankovic

from Off the Deep End

35
US

35
rock

58
UK

[parody of Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana]
[Scotti Brothers 75314]
written by Kurt Cobain

, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Weird Al Yankovic

12/1992

In Bloom by Nirvana [American band]

from Nevermind

5
rock

28
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #407]
written by Kurt Cobain

03/1993

Oh, the Guilt by Nirvana [American band]

12
UK

written by Kurt Cobain

09/1993

④ Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana [American band]

from In Utero

176

4
rock

✫1
alt.

5
UK

[songwriter #4 hit]
written by Kurt Cobain

10.

12/1993

All Apologies by Nirvana [American band]

from In Utero

45
US

4
rock

✫1
alt.

32
UK

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #455]
[album cut]
written by Kurt Cobain

Abigail

11.

07/1994

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Abigail

from Feel Good

29
UK

written by Kurt Cobain

12.

10/1994

About a Girl by Nirvana [American band]

from MTV Unplugged in New York

100

22
US

3
rock

✫1
alt.

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[live]
[album cut]
written by Kurt Cobain

13.

05/1995

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana [American band]

145
UK

[R]
written by Kurt Cobain

14.

09/1996

Aneurysm by Nirvana [American band]

from From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

63
US

11
rock

13
alt.

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[live]
[album cut]
written by Kurt Cobain

15.

01/1999

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana [American band]

145
UK

[R]
written by Kurt Cobain

16.

01/2000

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana [American band]

166
UK

[R]
written by Kurt Cobain

17.

08/2002

Nirvana vs. Adam Freeland

from Nirvana

177
UK

[R]
written by Kurt Cobain

18.

10/2002

You Know You're Right by Nirvana [American band]

from Nirvana

45
US

✫1
rock

✫1
alt.

written by Kurt Cobain

19.

03/2004

Smells Like Freeland by Nirvana vs. Adam Freeland

165
UK

written by Kurt Cobain

20.

03/2004

Lithium – Dirty Funker Mixes by Nirvana [American band]

118
UK

written by Kurt Cobain

& Krist Novoselic

21.

01/2007

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana [American band]

104
UK

[R]
written by Kurt Cobain

22.

11/2007

189
UK

[R]
written by Kurt Cobain

23.

01/2009

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana [American band]

140
UK

[R]
written by Kurt Cobain

24.

10/2011

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana [American band]

from Nevermind [20th anniversary edition]

11
UK

[R]
[re-entered UK charts due to a Facebook anti-X-Factor campaign]
written by Kurt Cobain

25.

10/2011

from Nevermind [20th anniversary edition]

117
UK

[R]
written by Kurt Cobain

26.

08/2012

from Nevermind [20th anniversary edition]

126
UK

[R]
written by Kurt Cobain

27.

01/2013

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana [American band]

from Nevermind [20th anniversary edition]

100
UK

[R]
written by Kurt Cobain

Jay-Z

28.

07/2013

② Holy Grail by Jay-Z

from Magna Carta Holy Grail

243

4
US

2
R&B

7
UK

[songwriter #2 hit]
featuring Justin Timberlake
[Roc-A-Fella LP Cut]
written by Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z (as Shawn Carter), The-Dream (as Terius "The-Dream" Nash), Timbaland (as Timothy Mosley), J-Roc (as Jerome Harmon), No I.D. (as Ernest Wilson), Kurt Cobain