You Know You're Right
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Template:Single infobox "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 late 1993, and was recorded in a studio in January 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 as "You've Got No Right".
For years after Kurt Cobain's death it was available only as a bootlegged recording of the live version. 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.
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 vocal style and raw, stripped-down guitar work, Novoselic's droning bass, and Grohl's dynamic drumming, "You Know You're Right" gave a final glimpse into a sound and a generation inspired by Neil Young's epithet, "It's better to burn out than to fade away".
Chart positions
2002 You Know You're Right Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 1 2002 You Know You're Right Modern Rock Tracks No. 1 2002 You Know You're Right The Billboard Hot 100 No. 45
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