Detailed concert and song statistics on Nirvana based on 350 concerts.

Setlists350
Songs performed4890
Unique songs performed123
Tags performed2
Covers performed as songs477
Covers performed as tags1

Show Length

Each column represents the number of songs performed in a concert.

Number of Tags (2)

Each column represents the number of tags performed in a concert. Note that concerts without tags are left out of this graph.

Number of Encores

Each column represents the number of encores in a concert. Note that concerts without any encores are left out of this graph.

Statistics by Year

Year
Total concerts
Songs performed
Tags performed
Unique songs performed
Encore songs performed
1989 84 761 0 36 23
1990 61 726 0 46 37
1991 96 1337 1 62 82
1992 39 621 1 47 98
1993 49 1035 0 61 195
1994 21 410 0 32 50
Totals 350 4890 2 123 485

Statistics by Month

Month
Total concerts
Songs performed
Tags performed
Unique songs performed
Encore songs performed
1989 / January 1 12 0 12 1
1989 / February 4 17 0 13 0
1989 / April 4 3 0 3 0
1989 / May 1 11 0 11 0
1989 / June 10 55 0 16 0
1989 / July 13 90 0 15 0
1989 / August 1 12 0 12 0
1989 / September 3 15 0 14 0
1989 / October 17 172 0 19 9
1989 / November 27 326 0 26 13
1989 / December 3 48 0 21 0
1990 / January 4 65 0 22 15
1990 / February 10 106 0 16 2
1990 / March 2 13 0 13 0
1990 / April 15 169 0 18 3
1990 / May 10 114 0 19 0
1990 / August 8 73 0 19 0
1990 / September 1 14 0 14 0
1990 / October 9 120 0 25 17
1990 / November 1 31 0 31 0
1990 / December 1 21 0 21 0
1991 / January 1 8 0 8 0
1991 / March 5 61 0 17 0
1991 / April 1 21 0 21 4
1991 / May 1 17 0 17 0
1991 / June 9 80 0 20 0
1991 / August 10 88 0 26 0
1991 / September 12 175 0 33 1
1991 / October 27 415 0 38 25
1991 / November 20 346 1 38 48
1991 / December 10 126 0 26 4
1992 / January 9 111 0 25 9
1992 / February 12 197 0 30 34
1992 / June 7 137 0 27 26
1992 / July 3 58 0 24 10
1992 / August 1 25 0 25 7
1992 / September 4 49 1 24 10
1992 / October 3 44 0 28 2
1993 / January 2 52 0 36 5
1993 / April 1 24 0 24 7
1993 / July 1 22 0 22 2
1993 / August 1 10 0 10 0
1993 / September 1 2 0 2 0
1993 / October 11 240 0 30 39
1993 / November 16 338 0 34 55
1993 / December 16 347 0 28 87
1994 / January 6 84 0 25 0
1994 / February 14 303 0 30 45
1994 / March 1 23 0 23 5
Totals 350 4890 2 123 485

Top Songs

Name
Total
School 281 5.75%
About a Girl 263 5.38%
Blew 237 4.85%
Breed 223 4.56%
Polly 221 4.52%
Negative Creep 196 4.01%
Floyd the Barber 186 3.80%
Sliver 175 3.58%
Drain You 170 3.48%
Smells Like Teen Spirit 168 3.44%
Been a Son 167 3.42%
Lithium 155 3.17%
Territorial Pissings 136 2.78%
Come as You Are 127 2.60%
On a Plain 125 2.56%
Dive 109 2.23%
In Bloom 106 2.17%
Spank Thru 106 2.17%
Scoff 101 2.07%
Aneurysm 100 2.04%
Rape Me 91 1.86%
Big Cheese 81 1.66%
Pennyroyal Tea 79 1.62%
Stain 74 1.51%
Dumb 71 1.45%
All Apologies 67 1.37%
Heart‐Shaped Box 66 1.35%
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 63 1.29%
Serve the Servants 61 1.25%
Scentless Apprentice 44 0.90%
Endless, Nameless 43 0.88%
Milk It 34 0.70%
Something in the Way 34 0.70%
Lounge Act 28 0.57%
Stay Away 27 0.55%
Sappy 25 0.51%
Mr. Moustache 24 0.49%
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle 21 0.43%
Token Eastern Song 19 0.39%
Paper Cuts 19 0.39%
Very Ape 14 0.29%
Even in His Youth 12 0.25%
Sifting 11 0.22%
Swap Meet 0.14%
Tourette's 0.10%
Talk to Me 0.10%
Help Me, I'm Hungry 0.10%
Mexican Seafood 0.08%
Curmudgeon 0.08%
Oh, the Guilt 0.08%
(New Wave) Polly 0.06%
Hairspray Queen 0.06%
Beeswax 0.06%
Verse Chorus Verse 0.06%
Blandest 0.06%
Aero Zeppelin 0.04%
You Know You're Right 0.02%
Big Long Now 0.02%

Top Tags

Name
Total
Rape Me 50.00%
Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle by Georges Bizet 50.00%

Top Covers

Name
Total
Love Buzz by Shocking Blue 168 35.22%
Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam by The Vaselines 84 17.61%
Molly's Lips by The Vaselines 49 10.27%
The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie 29 6.08%
D-7 by Wipers 25 5.24%
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? by Lead Belly 15 3.14%
Here She Comes Now by The Velvet Underground 10 2.10%
Son of a Gun by The Vaselines 1.89%
Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle by Georges Bizet 1.05%
The Money Will Roll Right In by Fang 1.05%
Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin 0.84%
(unknown) by [unknown] 0.84%
Do Nuts by The Legend 0.63%
Turn Around by Devo 0.63%
The End by The Doors 0.63%
Baba O'Riley by The Who 0.42%
Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden 0.42%
My Best Friend's Girl by The Cars 0.42%
We Will Rock You by Queen 0.42%
Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks 0.42%
Down on the Street by The Stooges 0.42%
Four Enclosed Walls by Public Image Ltd. 0.42%
I Wanna Be Your Dog by The Stooges 0.42%
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones 0.42%
Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd 0.42%
The Twilight Zone by Marius Constant 0.42%
My Sharona by The Knack 0.21%
Kids In America by Kim Wilde 0.21%
Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash 0.21%
867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tutone 0.21%
Rio by Duran Duran 0.21%
Possibilities by The Viletones 0.21%
Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith 0.21%
No Quarter by Led Zeppelin 0.21%
The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats 0.21%
Living in Sin by Gene Simmons 0.21%
Plateau by Meat Puppets 0.21%
Oh, Me by Meat Puppets 0.21%
Lake of Fire by Meat Puppets 0.21%
Hellbound by The Breeders 0.21%
Stonehenge by Spïnal Tap 0.21%
Vile by Melvins 0.21%
Walk This Way by Aerosmith 0.21%
Libido by Naked Raygun 0.21%
Wild Thing by Chip Taylor 0.21%
Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry 0.21%
Limbo Rock by The Champs 0.21%
Dirt by The Stooges 0.21%
Another One Bites the Dust by Queen 0.21%
I Feel Fine by The Beatles 0.21%
Twist Barbie by Shonen Knife 0.21%
Six Pack by Black Flag 0.21%
All You Need Is Love by The Beatles 0.21%
If I Fell by The Beatles 0.21%
Living Loving Maid by Led Zeppelin 0.21%
California Über Alles by Dead Kennedys 0.21%
T.V. Eye by The Stooges 0.21%
Eye Flys by Melvins 0.21%
Cherry Bomb by The Runaways 0.21%
Do You Love Me by KISS 0.21%
I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder 0.21%
Dazed and Confused by Jake Holmes 0.21%
Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry 0.21%
Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers 0.21%
I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 0.21%