You Know You're Right

"You Know You're Right" is the last song by Nirvana to be officially released. It was first performed by the band in public in October 23, 1993, and was recorded in Robert Lang Studios of Seattle, January 30, 1994. As it was a work-in-progress, the song never had completed lyrics. Cobain's widow Courtney Love performed the song with her band Hole on MTV Unplugged with slightly modified lyrics titled as "You've Got No Right".

Related Topics:
Nirvana - 1994 - Courtney Love - Hole - MTV Unplugged

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For years after Kurt Cobain's death it was available only as a bootlegged recording of the live version, (which was mistakingly named "On A Mountain" by bootleggers). In 2002, after much wrangling between Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, and the surviving band members, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic it was released on the Nirvana "best-of" album. A month before the release, a bootleg of the studio version surfaced on the internet via MP3. Some radio stations played this, and were sent Cease and desist letters asking them to stop, until the song was officially released as a promo.

Related Topics:
Kurt Cobain - 2002 - Courtney Love - Dave Grohl - Krist Novoselic - Nirvana - MP3 - Cease and desist

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Aside from a few guitar and vocal overdubs, the entirety of "You Know You're Right" was recorded in one take. Highlighted by Cobain's distinct haunting vocal style and raw, feedback laden guitar work, Novoselic's droning bass, and Grohl's destructive drumming, "You Know You're Right" gave a final glimpse into a sound and/of a generation inspired by Neil Young's epithet, "It's better to burn out than to fade away".

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An acoustic version would later appear on the bands 2004 Box Set With the Lights Out.

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