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Nirvana

Breed

Release date: 24th September 1991

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The fourth track on Nirvana's second studio album, released in September 1991, 'Breed' was written by Kurt Cobain and originally carried the working title 'Imodium'. The demo version moved at a slower tempo before the band locked into the sprinting, two-minute-fifty thrash that made the final cut. Cobain's lyric scrambles pronouns and negations into a blur of refusal. 'I don't care, I don't care if it's old,' he repeats, the verses stacking denials until the chorus flips the logic sideways: 'We don't have to breed / We could plant a house, we could build a tree.' The absurdist reversal lands like sarcasm, the post-chorus reduced to a chanted 'She said' on loop, no further elaboration offered. The track was certified gold by the RIAA in December 2024, three decades after its first appearance on an album that redrew the commercial map for alternative rock.

"Breed" is a track by Nirvana, from the album Nevermind, released 24th September 1991. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Nirvana.

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Breed

[Verse]

I don't care, I don't care, I don't care

I don't care, I don't care, care if it's old

I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind

I don't mind, mind, don't have a mind

Get away, get away, get away

Get away, away, away from your home

I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid

I'm afraid, 'fraid, ghost

[Chorus]

Even if you have, even if you need

I don't mean to stare, we don't have to breed

We could plant a house, we could build a tree

I don't even care, we could have all three

[Post-Chorus]

She said (She said), she said (She said)

She said (She said), she said (She said)

She said (She said), she said (She said)

She said (She said), she said

[Verse]

I don't care, I don't care, I don't care

I don't care, care, care if it's old

I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind

I don't mind, mind, don't have a mind

Get away, get away, get away

Get away, away, away from your home

I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid

I'm afraid, 'fraid, ghost

[Chorus]

Even if you have, even if you need

I don't mean to stare, we don't have to breed

We could plant a house, we could build a tree

I don't even care, we could have all three

[Post-Chorus]

She said (She said), she said (She said)

She said (She said), she said (She said)

She said (She said), she said (She said)

She said (She said), she said

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Hey, even if you have, even if you need

I don't mean to stare, we don't have to breed

We could plant a house, we could build a tree

I don't even care, we could have all three

[Outro]

She said (She said), she said (She said)

She said (She said), she said (She said)

She said (She said), she said (She said)

She said (She said), she said (She said)

She said (She said, good)

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Track details

From Nevermind

1991
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Nevermind
Nevermind
Nirvana
24th September 1991
Release year
1991
  1. 1Smells Like Teen Spirit
    5:01
  2. 2In Bloom
    4:15
  3. 3Come As You Are
    3:39
  4. 4Breed
    3:04
  5. 5Lithium
    4:17
  6. 6Polly
    2:57
  7. 7Territorial Pissings
    2:23
  8. 8Drain You
    3:44
  9. 9Lounge Act
    2:37
  10. 10Stay Away
    3:32
  11. 11On A Plain
    3:16
  12. 12Something In The Way
    3:52
  13. 13Endless, Nameless
    6:43
  14. —Breed

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Production & Engineering

Writer
Kurt Cobain
Producer
Butch Vig
Engineer
Butch Vig, Craig Doubet, Jeff Sheehan
Bass
Krist Novoselic
Drums
Dave Grohl
Guitar
Kurt Cobain
Vocals
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Art Direction
Robert Fisher
Graphic Design
Robert Fisher
Manufacturer
Uni Distribution
Mastering Engineer
Howie Weinberg
Mixing Engineer
Andy Wallace
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