inclusion of one scene from the film, which featured Cobain being carried on Novoselic's shoulders, but eventually relented after being reminded that Nirvana had allowed Sonic Youth to use five live performances in the film for free. As Goldberg explained, Gordon "was in love with the shot" and believed its inclusion in a music video would lessen its impact in the upcoming film. The "Lithium" video also featured Cobain jumping into the drum set at the end of the Reading set, during "Endless, Nameless", which led to him dislocating his arm. Original concept According to Azerrad in Come as You Are, Cobain's original idea for a "Lithium" video was an animated film about a girl who lived in a house in a forest. The story was to feature the girl, named Preggo, finding a pile of eggs in her closet and putting them in a train of three wagons that she would then wheel through the forest until arriving at a king's castle. By this time, all but one of the eggs have cracked, and she would place the remaining egg on a book on the lap of the king, asleep on his throne. The king would then awaken and open his legs, and the book would slide shut between them, crushing the egg. This concept was abandoned when Cobain and Kerslake learned that the animation would take four months to produce, and the live collage was made instead. Azerrad wrote that while the final video was "enlivened by Kerslake's neat trick of using more violent footage during the quiet parts of the song and vice versa," it "was something of a disappointment from a band and a song that promised so much." Track listing All songs were written by Kurt Cobain, except where noted. US 12-inch, cassette, CD, and UK 12-inch vinyl picture disc "Lithium" – 4:16 "Been a Son" (live - Seattle - October 31, 1991) – 2:14 "Curmudgeon" – 2:58 UK 7-inch vinyl and cassette "Lithium" – 4:16 "Curmudgeon" – 2:58 UK CD "Lithium" – 4:16 "Been a Son" (live) – 2:14 "Curmudgeon" – 2:58 "D-7" (John Peel Radio Session) (Greg Sage) – 3:45 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts Certifications Accolades Other releases The studio version recorded at Smart Studios in Madison in April 1990 was released in September 2011, when all eight songs recorded at the sessions appeared on disc two of the 20th-anniversary