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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Where Did You Sleep Last Night canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4452332 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Where Did You Sleep Last Night Context triple: [Lead Belly, notableWork, Where Did You Sleep Last Night]
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A.
Somewhere in the Night
"Somewhere in the Night" is a song featured on the album "The Doctor Came at Dawn" by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan under his Smog moniker.
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B.
In the Still of the Night
"In the Still of the Night" is a popular 1937 American standard written by Cole Porter for the film "Rosalie," later widely recorded by leading vocalists and big bands.
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C.
"Last Night"
"Last Night" is a 2006 R&B/hip-hop single by P. Diddy featuring Keyshia Cole, known for its emotive vocals and confessional lyrics about a troubled relationship.
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D.
Middle of the Night
"Middle of the Night" is a 1956 stage drama by Paddy Chayefsky about a middle-aged widower’s romantic relationship with a much younger woman, exploring themes of loneliness, aging, and societal judgment.
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E.
While My Pretty One Sleeps
While My Pretty One Sleeps is a suspense novel by Mary Higgins Clark that follows a fashion boutique owner drawn into a dangerous murder investigation in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Where Did You Sleep Last Night Target entity description: "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.
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A.
Somewhere in the Night
"Somewhere in the Night" is a song featured on the album "The Doctor Came at Dawn" by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan under his Smog moniker.
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B.
In the Still of the Night
"In the Still of the Night" is a popular 1937 American standard written by Cole Porter for the film "Rosalie," later widely recorded by leading vocalists and big bands.
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C.
"Last Night"
"Last Night" is a 2006 R&B/hip-hop single by P. Diddy featuring Keyshia Cole, known for its emotive vocals and confessional lyrics about a troubled relationship.
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D.
Middle of the Night
"Middle of the Night" is a 1956 stage drama by Paddy Chayefsky about a middle-aged widower’s romantic relationship with a much younger woman, exploring themes of loneliness, aging, and societal judgment.
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E.
While My Pretty One Sleeps
While My Pretty One Sleeps is a suspense novel by Mary Higgins Clark that follows a fashion boutique owner drawn into a dangerous murder investigation in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
ⓘ
traditional American folk song ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
In the Pines
ⓘ
My Girl ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedArtist | Huddie Ledbetter ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
American traditional song
ⓘ
murder ballad ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| 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 ⓘ Where did you sleep last night? ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Bill Monroe
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Lead Belly ⓘ Long John Baldry ⓘ Mark Lanegan ⓘ Nirvana ⓘ The Louvin Brothers ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingDate |
1940s Lead Belly recordings
ⓘ
1993 Nirvana MTV Unplugged performance ⓘ |
| hasNotableVersion |
Lead Belly version
ⓘ
Nirvana MTV Unplugged version ⓘ
linked to:
Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York (1993)
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| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Where Did You Sleep Last Night Description of subject: "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.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ledbetter
subject linked to:
Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York (1993)
subject linked to:
Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York (1993)