Candy/Molly's Lips 1852988 203770565 2008-04-06T15:56:50Z 71.127.210.32 {{Single infobox | Name = Candy/Molly's Lips | Cover = Candy + Molly's Lips cover.jpg | Artist = [[The Fluid]] and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] | from Album = | Released = January [[1991]] | Format = [[vinyl record|7"]], [[vinyl record|12"]] | Recorded = [[1990]] | Genre = [[Grunge]] | Length = 1:53 | Label = [[Sub Pop Records]] | Producer = ??? | Chart position = | Reviews = | Last single = "[[Sliver (song)|Sliver]]"<br />(1990) | This single = "'''Candy/ Molly's Lips'''" <br /> (1991) | Next single = "[[Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs]]"<br />(1991) | Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | Upper caption = Brazilian promo cover, studio version | Type = single | Cover = }} }} ''''Candy/Molly's Lips'''' is a [[vinyl]]-only [[Split record|split-single]] from the [[United States|American]] [[rock (music)|rock]] bands [[The Fluid]] and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]. It was released in January [[1991]], and includes the songs "Candy," by [[The Fluid]], and "Molly's Lips," by [[The Vaselines]]. ==The single== "Candy" first appeared on The Fluid's [[1990]] [[Extended play|EP]], ''Glue''. The EP was re-released on [[CD]] in [[1993]] along with their [[1989]] album, ''Roadmouth''. "Molly's Lips" was recorded live on February 9, [[1990]], at the Pine Street Theatre in [[Portland, Oregon]]. It was written by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] band [[the Vaselines]] about [[Molly Weir]], according to band member [[Eugene Kelly]], presumably because her ''[[Rentaghost]]'' television character Hazel McWitch typically appeared in whiteface with emphatic red lips. According to Michael Azerrad's 1993 Nirvana biography ''Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana'', the band's singer and guitarist [[Kurt Cobain]] was opposed to the release of the track, feeling that this version was not strong. However, the [[Single (music)|single]] constituted part of the band's buyout deal from their former [[record label]], [[Sub Pop Records]]. "Candy/Molly's Lips" was Nirvana's final release on Sub Pop Records. The word "Later" is etched into the single's run-out groove. [http://www.sliver.it/nirvana/test/pages/official/molly.html] ==Live versions of Molly's Lips== Apart from the limited edition single released in 1990 Nirvana performed "Molly's Lips" several other times in concert from [[1989]] to [[1993]]. On August 23, [[1991]], it was performed live with its author, the Vaselines' [[Eugene Kelly]], at the 1991 [[Reading Festival]] in [[Reading, Berkshire]]. It was again performed live with Kelly on December 5, 1991 in [[London, England]]. On both occasions, Kelly and Cobain shared vocal duties. ==Studio version of Molly's Lips== A studio version, recorded on [[BBC Radio 1]] for [[John Peel]] in October 1990 in [[London, England]], appears on the [[1992]] tour EP ''[[Hormoaning]]'', and also on the 1992 "odds-and-sods" compilation album ''[[Incesticide]]''. This version was released as a 12" vinyl [[promotional single]] in [[Brazil]], to promote ''Incesticide''. [http://www.sliver.it/nirvana/test/pages/promo/molly.html] ==References== * [http://www.nirvanaguide.com/1993.php Nirvana Live Guide] *Azerrad, Michael. ''Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana'', Doubleday, New York: 1993, ISBN 0-86369-746-1 <div style="clear: both"></div> {{Nirvana (band)}} [[Category:Nirvana songs]] [[cs:Candy/Molly's Lips]] [[es:Candy/Molly's Lips]] [[fi:Candy / Molly's Lips]] [[pl:Candy/Molly's Lips]] [[pt:Candy/Molly's Lips]]