A box of heart shape features in the title of Nirvana's song “Heart-Shaped Box.” The song was released in 1993 as the first single from the band's album In Utero.
Kurt Cobain wrote the song and performed vocals and guitar, with Krist Novoselic on bass and Dave Grohl on drums. “Heart-Shaped Box” became one of Nirvana's best-known songs, combining a descending guitar figure with a louder, more explosive chorus characteristic of the band's grunge sound.
The title was reportedly inspired by heart-shaped candy boxes that Courtney Love kept in the apartment she shared with Cobain. Cobain also discussed the song as being connected to his emotional reaction to children with cancer, while critics and biographers have interpreted many lyrics as relating to his relationship with Love.
The song is sometimes confused with “Doll Parts,” a Hole song by Courtney Love. However, the heart-shaped box itself is specifically associated with Nirvana's “Heart-Shaped Box,” which was also the final song Nirvana performed live, at their last concert in Munich on March 1, 1994.