<P> Nirvana occasionally performed the song during the early 1990s . Singer / guitarist Kurt Cobain was introduced to the song by fellow Seattle musician Mark Lanegan, and played guitar on a version on Lanegan's 1990 album, The Winding Sheet . Like Lanegan, Cobain usually screamed its final verse . </P> <P> It is likely that Cobain referenced Lead Belly's 1944 Musicraft version for his interpretation of the song; Lanegan owned an original 78 rpm record of this version, and it is the one that Cobain's version most closely resembles in terms of lyrics, form and title . In a 2009 MTV article, Kurt Loder remembers discussing the song's title with Cobain, 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). </P> <P> Cobain earned critical acclaim for his acoustic performance of the song during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged appearance in 1993 . Canadian musician Neil Young described Cobain's vocals during the final screamed verse as "Unearthly, like a werewolf, unbelievable ." This version was originally sanctioned to be released as a b - side to the band's "Pennyroyal Tea" single in 1994, but the single was cancelled following Cobain's death in April 1994 . It was posthumously released on the band's MTV Unplugged in New York album in November 1994, and as a promotional single from the album . In 2002 the song featured as a bonus track on Nirvana's "best of" compilation album Nirvana . A solo Cobain home demo, recorded in 1990, appears on the band's 2004 rarities box set, With the Lights Out . </P> <Dl> <Dt> Nirvana's chart positions </Dt> </Dl>

Who sang where did you sleep last night