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788-Nirvana-Lithium.

1992-Number 11 single.

Best Bit-At 1.58.Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad described the song’s title as a reference to Karl Marx’s statement that religion is ‘The Opium of the people.’In other words religion can bring comfort to a person, in the same way that a drug such as Lithium can also help.

‘Lithium’ was written by Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) who said,’the song is about a man who, after the death of his girlfriend, turns to religion, as a last resort to keep himself alive, to keep him from suicide.’Cobain has said that while the narrative of the song ‘Lithium’ was fictional,’I did infuse some of my personal experiences, like breaking up with girlfriends, and having bad relationships.’Cobain has acknowledged that the song was possibly inspired by the time he spent living with his friend Jesse Reed, and his ‘Born-again Christian’ parents.

The drug Lithium is a psychiatric medication, used primarily to treat bipolar disorder, and treat major depressive disorder, that does not improve following the use of antidepressants, it helps reduce the risk of suicide.Kurt Cobain (see also best songs 9) was born February 20th, 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington, United States, and died on April 5th, 1994, by committing suicide by a gunshot to his head.During his later years, Cobain had struggled with Heroin addiction, and depression.

‘I’m so happy ’cause today I’ve found my friends, they’re in my head.’