Talk:Come as You Are (Nirvana song)

Old "Meanings" section removed
There is a sarcasm in this song that the previous author did not recognize. Please refer yourselves to one of the better Nirvana fan sites for better information on "Come As You Are"

Can we get some proof on the Killing Joke lawsuit? We seem to have one person claiming they won and another claiming they lost. -- LGagnon 06:25, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)

From what I gather from news off the net, Killing Joke did not win any law suit against Nirvana for CAYA. Sources vary however, on whether an actual law suite was filed. Below I will give two links to sites on the subject:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5936629/killingjoke?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple3&rnd=1108185308319&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.872 - Claims no such case was ever filed.

http://www.livenirvana.com/digitalnirvana/songguide/body6357.html?songid=18 - Claims a case came about, but that Killing Joke lost.


 * Signed and dated for archive purposes. William Harris •   (talk) •  21:50, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Found some backmasking lately?
One hidden message in this song when played backwards is "I love Satan, I'm there for Satan, I'm there for Satan", as you know from reading the backmasking article. I found something else later in the song as well: Played forwards (after long guitar solo):
 * Ry yeah
 * Memory yeah (x3)
 * And I swear that I don't have a gun
 * No I don't have a gun (x4)
 * Memory yeah (x2)

But played backwards, it sounds like:
 * I need money (x2)
 * I am, I am the worst coward (x4)
 * I am, I am the worst-Why...am I insane?
 * I need money (x3)
 * I need...

Believe me if you want, don't care if you don't CoolKatt number 99999

PS: I believe this proves Kurt Cobain's insanity.


 * This sounds utterly ridiculous and unprovable. You didn't even give a reference. I'm reverting your edit. -- LGagnon 00:38, August 31, 2005 (UTC)


 * Try it yourself, part of it is at www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/backmasking CoolKatt number 99999


 * A flash video is not a proper reference. Sorry, but you're going to have to find legit proof. -- LGagnon 20:57, September 2, 2005 (UTC)


 * Use a program that lets you reverse music, like I did CoolKatt number 99999

Backmasking is an urban legend, and all you can prove is that you think you heard such things when playing it backwards (which is POV). As I said before, get a reference or quit readding the info to the article. I am reverting it again, and I will do so if you put more backmasking info in without a proper reference. -- LGagnon 14:51, September 3, 2005 (UTC)


 * The info is also here: Backward message CoolKatt number 99999


 * To be more clear-''A recently discovered sample of alleged backmasking is Nirvana's unusually optimistic song, "Come As You Are." When the main chorus is played backwards, it is claimed to say

"I love Satan, I'm there for Satan, I'm there for Satan."''. From the backward message article linked above.


 * And that, too, is unsourced. For all I know, you may have added that yourself. -- LGagnon 16:02, September 3, 2005 (UTC)


 * Nope, was not me, that's where I got it from CoolKatt number 99999

To LGagnon: 1. Don't come up with speculations about whether there is a message or not incase you haven't play the song backward yourself yet. 2. There are many examples of backward messages that were officially intended. - Swed Simon


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Guitar tuned down?
I saw some guitar tab for this years ago that said to tune the whole thing down a full step to D (i.e. DGCFAD) to play the song. That would certainly account for the low pitch of the riff, and it sounds more like the actual song that way. Is there somewhere that says this where it can be reliably sourced and cited here? Daniel Case (talk) 16:16, 4 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes Daniel. The Best of Nirvana Guitar Tab by EMI Music Publishing, under 1991 copyright of EMI VIRGIN Songs Inc and The End Of Music. (EOM is the Cobain Estate - now Francis Bean Cobain.) ISBN 00869471090 Page15 - "Tune down one whole step" i.e D tuning William Harris •   (talk) •  13:14, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

US Billboard Singles Sales peak
I know that we are not supposed to be including component charts of the Hot 100, but the Come As You Are peak of number 27 on the Hot Singles Sales chart, and which was actually the equivalent chart of pretty much every other country's national charts which were based on sales, can be sourced from page 72 of the April 18, 1992 issue of Billboard magazine as linked here: QuintusPetillius (talk) 20:35, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Now also coming to the main Billboard website, as per URL: .QuintusPetillius (talk) 12:19, 25 June 2020 (UTC)