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. In 2002, it was re-released on non-American versions of the band's "best of" collection, "Nirvana".