'Where Did You Sleep Last Night,'" and Loder preferring the "In the Pines" title used by Bill Monroe (as well as Lead Belly). The first officially released version by Nirvana was recorded during the band's MTV Unplugged appearance, on November 18, 1993, at Sony Music Studios in New York City. This version was originally sanctioned to be released, under the title "Where Did You Sleep Last Night (In the Pines)," 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 instead posthumously released as simply "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" on the band's MTV Unplugged in New York album in November 1994, and as a promotional single from the album, receiving some airplay on US rock and alternative radio in 1994-95. The song also received some airplay in Belgium and France, and in Australia. Reception Nirvana's MTV Unplugged version of the song has earned Cobain acclaim from critics and other musicians and artists. In 1994, American poet Allen Ginsberg recalled that "a couple weeks ago, one of my students gave me a mixed tape of Kurt Cobain and there was a version of 'Black Girl' of great artistry. Great vocal control and subtlety, it's almost as good as Leadbelly's." Canadian musician Neil Young described Cobain's vocals during the final screamed verse as "unearthly, like a werewolf, unbelievable." In 2013, Andrew Wallace Chamings of The Atlantic wrote that "it ranks among the greatest single rock performances of all time." The show's producer, Alex Coletti, recalled Cobain declining his suggestion to perform an encore after "Where Did You Sleep Last Night," which was the final song of the set, telling him that “I don’t think we can top the last song," at which point Coletti relented. Other versions King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band recorded Where Did You Stay Last Night? in 1923, the b-side to Dippermouth Blues. Norma Tanega recorded a version under the title "Hey Girl" on her 1966 album Walkin' My Cat Named Dog. Dolly Parton's version appears on her 1994 album Heartsongs: Live from Home. Carl Rutherford recorded a version on his 2001 album, Turn Off the Fear Bill Callahan (as Smog) recorded a version on his 2005 album A River Ain't Too Much to Love. Laura Gibson's version appears as a b-side on her single 2012 La Grande. Kid Cudi and Dot da