5 Facts About Nirvana’s Unplugged in New York

The entire album was recorded in a single night Nirvana recorded their MTV Unplugged performance on November 18, 1993, at Sony Music Studios in New York City.

It was part of MTV’s Unplugged series The show was a stripped-down, acoustic set for the network’s popular concert program.

The band played mostly covers and lesser-known songs Only two of the 14 songs performed were hit singles: “Come as You Are” and “All Apologies.”

Kurt Cobain insisted on the setlist He chose songs like David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World” and Lead Belly’s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” over the band’s bigger hits.

The performance was released posthumously The album came out in November 1994, seven months after Cobain’s death, and became one of the band’s best-selling records.