The 90’s was a damn special time to be alive and discovering music.

People dont realize how big this was when it came out. Hole is one of the most forgotten and underrated groups of the 90's.

Listening in 2023, and this song just never gets old. There is something so damn catchy about it -- the melody, the lyric, the hook, the raggedy vocals, it all adds up to a CLASSIC rock song. Kudos to Billy Corgan and Courtney Love. Also Melissa Auf Der Maur on bass and backing vocal, simply stunning!

Courtney's vocals on this are amazing. I have loved this song since it's release and still love it even more in 2024. Timeless.

I've literally been playing this on repeat for the last \few weeks....and I don't know why. For Gods sake I'm a 50 year old Black Man that's never been to Malibu

The 90s alternative aesthetic was the coolest thing ever.

Music is like photographs. It transports you to specific times in your life and makes you feel exactly what you felt at that moment. This song takes me to happier stages and lighter times

Crash and burn All the stars explode tonight How'd you get so desperate? How'd you stay alive? Help me, please Burn the sorrow from your eyes Oh, come on be alive again Don't lay down and die! Hey, hey You know what to do Oh, baby, drive away from Malibu Get well soon Please don't go any higher How are you so burnt when You're barely on fire? Cry to the angels I'm gonna rescue you I'm gonna set you free tonight, baby Pour over me Hey, hey We're all watching you Oh, baby, fly away to Malibu Cry to the angels And let them swallow you Go and part the sea, yeah, in Malibu And the sun goes down I watch you slip away And the sun goes down I walk into the waves And the sun goes down I watch you slip away And I would And I knew Love would tear you apart Oh, and I knew The darkest secret of your heart Hey, hey I'm gonna follow you Oh baby, fly away, yeah, to Malibu Oceans of angels Oceans of stars Down by the sea is where you Drown your scars I can't be near you The light just radiates I can't be near you The light just radiates Source: LyricFind

melissa's backing vocals are absolutely magical. such an underrated bassist/singer

Melissa’s backing vocals make this song so great.. and I still can’t figure out why Samantha Maloney (drummer) is not featured more in this video. She is a legit badass..

Im 16 years old,been playing guitar for a year and just discovered hole and they rock!!was an abused child and grew up in a boys home and their music means so much to me.wish it was the 90's and i could see them live.

Not only she's an amazing lyricist but vocalist, her vocal colour is so distinctive and raw, there's always this realness and sadness in her voice, i love her so much. And Melissa is amazing

African American female in my 50's and I have always loved this song. Damn I miss the 90s Angry girl bands of the 90s were pretty damn cool. I don't care what anybody else says I love Courtney.

This song gives me memories of my friends and I in the 90s that never happened because I’m 15

Hole definitely saved me as a young teenager. Still love them at almost 42 years old ❤

The sound layers and density bands could create in the 90s makes me wonder what the fuck happened in the past 30 years that we are now so low

I don’t care who wrote this. Courtney singing along with Melissa on the backgrounds is pure bliss. This is a fantastic song and that’s all I have to say about this.

I'm a big dude and a metalhead secretly I bump this shit hard.

I played this non stop in 1999 and I still play it in 2024.

In 2020 my young wife died, this was one of the songs she liked the most. Dam I'm lost listening to this

This album gave me strength and hope in 1999 after 1998, which was the worst year of my life. I was dealing with profound depression and had attempted suicide. The soundtrack to that year was Hole's Live Through This. I came out of a toxic relationship/marriage and bought Celebrity Skin. I got my life back. Thanks to Hole ❤

Nothing compares to 90s. The songs, actors, models, movies, musicians…. Everything was a masterpiece. Best decade ever!

One of the most underrated songs of the last 25 years

A perfect song. I'm 52 and been listening to it since I was 22

Man, this song takes me back to time when I enjoyed life.

I really worshipped Courtney Love as a teenager. She sang for my anger and my pain. This is a cathartic song for me.

Fun fact, in the 90s people hated her and blamed her for Kurt’s suicide. Some even thought she killed him for the clout

Everyone talkin sht about Courtney should get this song on repeat. Live through this album also amazing. She was actually genius if you’re not aware. Her honesty was not something ppl were ready for back then.

"Courtney, Courtney do you have any advice for young women trying to make it big in hollywood?" "Do I have any advice for young women trying to make it Hollywood? Yeah, if Harvey Weinstein invites you up to his apartment, DON'T GO!" -Courtney love, 2005

This song helped me through the most humiliating miserable months of my life, this song kept me alive, thank you Hole 🖤

I really miss this kind of music, I understand music industry changes and tastes change but this really is well articulated musical mastery.

Say what you want about Courtney Love and Hole, but this song is absolutely fantastic! I've never stopped listening to it.

I was in 1998, the year this song came out and it really upsets me that I didn't experience all of the great things this time period had to offer. This seems to be the theme of Summer nights in the late 90s.

Fun Fact: Just because a woman is a drug addict doesn’t mean she’s a crazy or a bad person. My own mother was addicted to meth for most of my childhood and even though it led to some very bad times, I felt her love and know that she always tried her best to put me first. It just gets hard when your past is in the way of your path but it gets better. That’s how I know Frances still loves her mom and dad.

One of my favorite songs of all time! ❤️ I was 13 when it came out…25 years later, I am still OBSESSED!

I am obsessed with this song and I dont even know why.....I'm a 27 year old black male from London ....and have no shame saying this is my jam 🤣

When Melissa says "I'm gonna rescue you" the look on her face makes me believe it

I was conceived in Malibu and I can't stop watching this song. A broken dream a broken hope a broken illusion. Another life I never knew. Thank you Courtney and Melissa Auf Der Maur and Hole et all.

this song never gets old.

I'm a big believer in that all time eras have good music as well as bad, however when it comes to what is popular in the mainstream, the 90's was by far the best period.

This song could be released today and still be a hit, it's timeless

A trailer in Malibu goes for $800,000,000 now

I cant be near you the light just radiates…

Hole was surprisingly good back in the day, she wasn't just the wife of a famous rock star she stood on her own 2 feet and really delivered some great tunes.

It's funny to me that Kurt's voice was so raspy and his wife has that similar kind of raspy voice at times. They both had fantastic voices.

It's been so many years, this song still makes me cry every time I hear it.

i really love hole and their music. i always listen to hole on repeat every single day

Falling in love with this song 22 years after the release...just goes to show that good music is timeless.

To me,Courtney Love has always been so misunderstood and underrated. But,I don't care what people say because in a few ways I can relate to her. I would love to thank her and this still greatly missed band for making me feel so much at ease about myself and my life.

Was anyone a teen in this era of music

Courtney Love is such an underrated composer, lyricist and singer. I always have loved the way she makes you live and feel the lyrics while she sings them.

Hole was a massively underrated band.

No matter what history thinks of Courtney, there will be no argument that this album was one of the best of it's era.

The bassist with the dark hair takes over every shot she's in. Someone pointed that out once and now I can't unsee it...

Missing the 90's. That is all.

This songs always brings me back to a time when life was easier and all I needed were my friends and good music. I'm so glad I was lucky enough to grow up with 80's and 90's music! Who knows how my life would have turned out if I grew up to today's music. I can guarantee that I would not be the same person I am today. I just hope I can influence my children to listen the music of my youth.

African American female in my 50's and I have always loved this song.

still sounds good in 2023

Fuck this song takes me back to the 90's like a bullet train. What a time it was to be alive back then.

my favorite hole song, one of my favorite songs ever. once spent a six hour drive to the outer banks listening only to this song: listen, rewind, play...whatever it's interpretations, it speaks deeply to me.

The harmony in this song is extremely well done. This song is like a fine wine for your ears.

I would die for this woman. She looked like an angel in this. The most beautiful skin I have ever seen. Thanks Courtney for putting out some of the best music of my generation

i fucking love the way her voice sounds

My mother suicided in the ocean when I was 5 had lots of problems this song makes me feel at peace and of my mother ❤️❤️❤️ beautiful song .

Courtney Love has that sort of chameleon voice that falls in between different genres in a good way. It's solid rock and roll, a dash of bubble gum pop and is wrapped in punk rock angst. She's a wonderful vocalist all around.

Amazing how this song never gets old. It literally wipes the past 25 years away to a time that was amazing each time you hear it.

THIS SONG IS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS WRITTEN EVER!!

Love her, hate her, but this song is a masterpiece. True Story.

I know that the hardocre fans of the band didn't like this era so much. But for me, at that time Hole had become such an amazing band, a shame that things went wrong after that. Celebrity Skin is such a great and mature album, it never gets old. You can feel every single identity of each one of the members in every song, and how they blend together in a rare chemistry. If you still play this record for someone 10 years from now they will never imagine it's a late 90's album.

Back when I was still capable of pulling all-nighters, Celebrity Skin was a near-constant in the CD caddy, suppling background energy to combat my bleary coder vision. You had to earn one of those six coveted slots because who wants to get up and change anything, even in 1998? Malibu is among the most righteous rock confections of the 90s. A band at the height of its powers.

This makes me sad, these days are never coming back and i miss them.

She looks so beautiful. Like a rocker Marliyn Monroe

I saw them in 99 in a very small venue in Cincinnati. It was awesome. She was fantastic. Still remember that experience almost 25 years later. Thank you, Courtney. First song I play when I land in Maui.

*Courtney often actually is a really tough teacher in self love*

The lyrics & emotion in this precious song just kills me every single time.

Courtney coming out of the water at the end of the video is truly one of the symbolic images of the 90s.

Once upon a time, i drove non-stop from Tucson, AZ to Long Beach, CA on tour with band listening to this song on repeat. We left Tucson around 1am after a gig and go to long beach in the morning round 10am. It drove my band nuts.

sorry miley cyrus but this is my favorite malibu

The three proper Hole albums (Pretty On The Inside, Live Through This, Celebrity Skin) were so damn good... It's a shame they didn't have a more prolific career together.

Of my many responsibilities on an Alaskan fishing boat, I was in charge of the stereo. And started every 16 hour shift with this song. Of course ended it with "Let the bodies hit the floor." Everyone loved Malibu!

My 15 year daughter is obsessed with hole and nirvana along with others from the 90s😊

This song helped me so many times to deal with depressive episodes, and anxiety. Something about it feels like watching the sea and just calming down

No one can deny she is a mad genius, the talent is so raw, just wow, an icon

Just drove up the coast through Malibu and made my kids play this song. Amazing in every way!

this is the song i want at my funeral…

Still listening and loving this song in Jan 2020

They all look so amazing and Courtney looked crazy beautiful here. This song is still so bangin’ and never ages. One of the greatest rock front women of our time. You can’t take your eyes of her.

Her arms and body are toned as hell. This was Courtney's rebirth. Pretty good song too.

Director is clearly in love with the bass player

Something about that bassist.... She's hot.

This song is a masterpiece. I loved it when it first came out and I love it even more now. When I listen to the lyrics, it sounds very much like a poem to her deceased husband, Kurt Cobain. This entire album is really fantastic. One of Courtney's bests, she has a lot to choose from, but this one makes me think of Kurt. Love you so much Courtney Love Cobain! You truly are The Queen of Grunge! Love, Pia Paradis

I wish they repeated that ending part “I can’t be near you the light just radiates” like 6 more times . I love this song but Omg that is my favorite part just elevates the song for me on a personal level

That bass player is a total babe!

I can't be near you. The light just radiates.

Makes me depressed when I think how much time has passed…😢 20 years..damn…

These were the healthiest days of her life. It all went down hill from here.

Who else is here to feel nostalgia & trying to forget the virus crisis?

Celebrity skin is such an amazing late 90s masterpiece and Courtney Love deserves some love as a fantastic songwriter

One of the best songs of the 1990s. Pure craft.

This song came out when i was 14 years old . Back in 1999😊 i remember watching TRL this song would be in the top 10😊