Nirvana occasionally performed the song during the early 1990s. Singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain was introduced to the song by fellowSeattle musician Mark Lanegan, and played guitar on a version on Lanegans 1990 album,The Winding Sheet. Like Lanegan, Cobain usually screamed its final verse. It is likely that Cobain referenced Lead Bellys 1944 Musicraft version for his interpretation of the song; this is the version Lanegan owned an original 78 rpm of,and the one Cobains version most closely resembles, in lyrics, form and title. In a 2009 MTV article,Kurt Loder remembers arguing with Cobain about the songs title, with Cobain insisting, But the Leadbelly version is called Where Did You Sleep Last Night, and Loder preferring the In the Pines title used by Bill Monroe (as well as Lead Belly). Cobain earned critical and commercial acclaim for his acoustic performance of the song during Nirvanas MTV Unpluggedappearance in 1993. This version wasposthumously released on the bands MTV Unplugged in New York album the following year, and was released as a promotional single.In 2002 the song featured on Nirvanas best of compilation albumNirvana. A solo Cobain home demo, recorded in 1990, appears on the bands 2004 raritiesbox set, With the Lights Out. Src:Wikipedia.
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