{"id":335375,"date":"2025-12-25T19:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T19:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/335375\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T19:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T19:21:09","slug":"what-is-the-secret-track-hidden-on-nirvanas-nevermind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/335375\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the secret track hidden on Nirvana\u2019s ‘Nevermind’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nirvana<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Alamy)<\/p>\n

Thu 25 December 2025 16:38, UK <\/p>\n

Anyone who considers themself to be a fan of Nirvana<\/a> can probably claim to have heard all of the songs the band ever recorded as a group, and considering there are only three studio albums to their name, this doesn\u2019t seem like something that would take a great amount of effort to achieve.<\/p>\n

However, if you think that all there is to the grunge band\u2019s output is Bleach, Nevermind, and In Utero, then think again, as there are plenty of B-sides, standalone singles and studio outtakes that the even more obsessive fans can dip into if they feel as though they\u2019ve exhausted the mainline catalogue of the group. Within these releases are some of Kurt Cobain\u2019s<\/a> finest works, with tracks like \u2018Sliver\u2019 and \u2018Been A Son\u2019 being separate from the full-length records, yet still standing out as masterful examples of the late guitarist\u2019s songwriting.<\/p>\n

But what to do when you\u2019ve seemingly exhausted all of the band\u2019s recorded output? Do you simply start again and hope that repeat listens serve you just as well as they did when first exposed to it, or do you go for one last rummage to see if you can uncover some even more obscure gems that you missed out on on your first voyage?<\/p>\n

Where exactly do you start looking for these rarities, though? Is it worth going to the hassle of going full conspiracy theorist and playing the band\u2019s records backwards to see if the band have hidden any songs in reverse, or are you going to rifle through a load of bootlegs and demo tapes to see if it\u2019s possible to uncover a little more?<\/p>\n

Well, neither of these is going to be necessary, as there\u2019s a song that\u2019s hidden in plain sight on the band\u2019s seminal second album, Nevermind<\/a>, so if you are wondering how exactly to find this secret track and the story behind its existence, read on.<\/p>\n

\"Kurt<\/a>Kurt Cobain of Nirvana pictured in the 1990s. (Credits: Far Out \/ Alamy)What is the secret track hidden on Nirvana\u2019s Nevermind?<\/p>\n

After the end of \u2018Something In The Way\u2019, the song that sits at the tail end of the record, owners of a CD copy of the album will notice that the timer will keep ticking over after the song has seemingly finished, playing out 10 minutes of silence, and, if you\u2019re not too impatient to change discs, then after this pause, another song by the name \u2018Endless, Nameless\u2019 will begin to play.<\/p>\n

However, this isn\u2019t present on all CD copies of the album, and was omitted from the tracklist altogether initially, and only reinstated in this form on subsequent represses at the request of Cobain, who had always wanted there to be a secret track on the album.<\/p>\n

Of course, this isn\u2019t possible to be included on vinyl copies of the album, with ten minutes of silence being a large waste of space that would take up approximately half a side, so anyone who owned the record in this format would have been denied the opportunity to hear this rarity from the group.<\/p>\n

For the longest time, this song wasn\u2019t given an official name, and it was only when it reappeared as the B-side of \u2018Come As You Are<\/a>\u2019 that it became widely known by its title. Given how it has appeared in other locations, this does mean that it\u2019s not a complete obscurity, but many listeners would not have heard it in the context of Nevermind, depending on which version of the record they owned, or if they were too hasty with their desire to stop the album after the end of the final officially listed track.<\/p>\n

Many other artists would utilise the capacity of the CD format to hide tracks after the final song, and some have even hidden songs within the pregap, requiring the listener to rewind manually from track one to hear a super-secret song. Regardless, this was still something of a genius move from Nirvana, and only the most dedicated listeners would have been exposed to \u2018Endless, Nameless\u2019 when they first listened to Nevermind.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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