Where Did You Sleep Last Night
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"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" is a traditional American folk song, also known as "In the Pines," that became widely recognized through Lead Belly’s haunting blues rendition and later rock covers.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
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traditional American folk song ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
In the Pines
NERFINISHED
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My Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedArtist | Huddie Ledbetter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
American traditional song
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murder ballad ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEraOfOrigin | late 19th century ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
American folk music
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blues ⓘ folk ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | grunge interpretations of folk songs ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentationInLeadBellyVersion | voice and acoustic guitar ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentationInNirvanaVersion | voice and acoustic guitar ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLyricalSetting | rural American South ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
decapitation
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pines ⓘ train ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyricFragment |
I would shiver the whole night through
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In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines NERFINISHED ⓘ Where did you sleep last night? ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Bill Monroe
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Lead Belly NERFINISHED ⓘ Long John Baldry NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Lanegan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nirvana NERFINISHED ⓘ The Louvin Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingDate |
1940s Lead Belly recordings
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1993 Nirvana MTV Unplugged performance ⓘ |
| hasNotableVersion |
Lead Belly version
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Nirvana MTV Unplugged version NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure | strophic ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
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death ⓘ infidelity ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyleInLeadBellyVersion | blues ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyleInNirvanaVersion | grunge-influenced acoustic rock ⓘ |
| Huddie Ledbetter | isAlsoKnownAs Lead Belly ⓘ |
| isPartOfTradition | Appalachian folk music ⓘ |
| isPublicDomain | true ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
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