one take of the eventual In Utero single, "Rape Me". One of these instrumental takes was released on the 20th anniversary "Deluxe" and "Super Deluxe" editions of In Utero in September 2013. In Utero The final studio version of "Dumb" was recorded by Steve Albini at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minnesota in February 1993, during the recording sessions for In Utero. The song's guitar, bass and drums were recorded on February 15, the third day of the sessions. All vocals for the album were recorded by Cobain during a single session the following day. The recording features cello by Kera Schaley, a friend of Albini's who also played on the album's second single and closing track, "All Apologies," as well as an unreleased take of the eventual b-side, "Marigold." As Schaley recalled in a 2010 interview with Swan Fungus, "I went to the studio...and Steve played the song 'Dumb' for me. I wrote a part for it and then Kurt came in and listened, told me what to leave out and what to keep. Then he asked me to play around with 'All Apologies.'" In a 2013 interview for the audio series Spotify Landmark, Albini recalled replacing drummer Dave Grohl's bass drum on "Dumb" and "Pennyroyal Tea" with a small one "with a full-front head on it, so that it had a very sort of bouncy, jazzy sound, as opposed to the sort of more percussive, more hard rock sound on the rest of the record." Post-In Utero On November 18, 1993, the band performed an acoustic version of "Dumb" during their MTV Unplugged appearance at Sony Music Studios in New York City. This version featured second guitar by Pat Smear and cello by Lori Goldston, the band's live cellist during the American leg of the In Utero tour. The song was performed, along with "Serve the Servants," at Nirvana's final television appearance, on February 23, 1994 in Rome, Italy for the RAI television show, Tunnel. This version featured cello by Melora Creager, the live cellist during the European leg of the In Utero tour. "Dumb" was performed for the final time live at Nirvana's last concert, on March 1, 1994 at Terminal 1 in Munich, Germany. Composition and lyrics Music Journalist Gillian G. Gaar noted that "Dumb" was one of the few Nirvana songs to remain "low-key from beginning to end," comparing it to the Bleach song, "About