Plateau (song)

"Plateau" is a song written by alternative rock band the Meat Puppets, which first appeared on their 1984 album Meat Puppets II.[1]

"Plateau"
Song by Meat Puppets
from the album Meat Puppets II
Released	November 1, 1984
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	2:22
Label	SST Records
Songwriter(s)	Curt Kirkwood

"Plateau"
Song by Nirvana
from the album MTV Unplugged in New York
Released	November 1, 1994
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:37
Label	DGC
Songwriter(s)	Curt Kirkwood
Producer(s)	Alex Coletti, Scott Litt, Nirvana
MTV Unplugged in New York track listing
13 tracks "About a Girl" "Come as You Are" "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" "The Man Who Sold the World" "Pennyroyal Tea" "Dumb" "Polly" "On a Plain" "Something in the Way" "Plateau" "Oh, Me" "Lake of Fire" "All Apologies" "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"

The song was popularized when the Meat Puppets performed it with the grunge band Nirvana during their famous 1993 MTV Unplugged appearance.[2] This version appears on Nirvana's 1994 album MTV Unplugged in New York.[3]

UK rapper Plan B named his debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, taken from a lyric in this song, and sampled the Nirvana collaboration on his 2007 mixtape Paint It Blacker.

Cover versions include a 2019 release by Eggs in the Morning using synthesizers.

References

1. "Exclusive Book Excerpt: 'Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets'". Rolling Stone. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
2. "Nirvana's 'MTV Unplugged' 20 Years Later: Meat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood Looks Back". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
3. Strauss, Neil; Strauss, Neil (1994-11-17). "Q&A: Meat Puppets". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-06-25.