Something in the Way

"Something in the Way"
Song by Nirvana
from the album Nevermind
RecordedMay 1991
Studio
Genre
Length3:52 (20:37 with "Endless, Nameless")
LabelDGC
Songwriter(s)Kurt Cobain
Producer(s)
Nevermind track listing
13 tracks

"Something in the Way" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It is the 12th song on their second album, Nevermind, released in September 1991. It is the final listed song on the album, although most copies of Nevermind also feature the hidden track "Endless, Nameless", which occupies the same track as "Something in the Way" and begins after approximately 10 minutes of silence.

Never released as a single and never a consistent part of the band's live setlist, "Something in the Way" charted for the first time in August 2020, after appearing in the first trailer for the 2022 superhero film, The Batman. The song peaked at number two on Billboard's US Rock Digital Songs Sales chart,[2] and number five on their US Alternative Digital Songs Sales charts.[3] It also reached the top 20 in both Amazon Music's and iTunes' digital music charts.[4][5][6]

On the week of March 26, 2022, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 46, becoming the band's fifth entry on the chart and first since "You Know You're Right" in 2002.[7] It also made the Top 40 in Australia, Canada, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Lithuania, New Zealand, Wales and on the Billboard Global 200.

  1. ^ Nevermind (CD liner notes). Nirvana. DGC. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Zellner, Xander (March 10, 2022). "Nirvana's 'Something in the Way' Surges in Streams After 'The Batman' Release". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  3. ^ McIntyre, Hugh (July 5, 2021). "Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Is Finally Getting What It Deserves On Billboard's Rock Charts". Forbes. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  4. ^ Gonzalez, Umberto (August 24, 2020). "'The Batman': Nirvana Song Used in Trailer Becomes Best Seller on Itunes and Amazon". The Wrap. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Burwick, Kevin (August 24, 2020). "Nirvana's Something in the Way Shoots Up Digital Music Charts Following The Batman Trailer Debut". Movieweb. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  6. ^ "iTunes Top 100 Songs Chart". PopVortex. August 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Billboard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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