2004Released
1:11

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Interesting facts and trivia about Been A Son - Live Solo Acoustic. By Songfacts®.

"Been A Son" is a semi-autobiographical account of a father who wanted a son instead of his daughter. Kurt Cobain claimed his dad never wanted to have Kurt's sister, or at least wanted her to be a boy.

The song was first released on Nirvana's 1989 EP Blew (Chad Channing was their drummer at the time). In 1992, after the band blew up, it was included on their compilation Incesticide, and in 1996 was part of the From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah live album.

There was a bass solo in an earlier mix of this song, but Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic was disappointed with the sound and it was cut before being replaced with a guitar solo. The bass solo is just the same note for note as the main bass riff of the song, but played with distortion.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Been A Son - Live Solo Acoustic.
C♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
126BPM

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Geffen
© 2011 Geffen Records Inc.
This Compilation ℗ 2011 Geffen Records Inc.

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