Polly (Nirvana song)

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"Polly" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It is the sixth song on their second album, Nevermind, released by DGC Records in September 1991. The song was written about the abduction, rape, and torture of a 14-year-old girl returning home from a punk rock concert in Tacoma, Washington in 1987. The crime was committed by Gerald Friend. Written from the perspective of the perpetrator, the song demands that the listener confront the perspective of a rapist. Cobain spoke of sexual assault as being one of the "worst crimes on earth," telling one publication in 1991 that "what really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape."

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