10 Greatest Posthumous Rock Songs
2. You Know You're Right - Nirvana
Kurt Cobain ended up being the voice of his generation whether he liked it or not. As Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit became the unintentional anthem of the grunge movement, Cobain was being heralded as the new savior of rock, who would stamp out the hair metal scene and make musical history. Then again, that kind of pressure can weigh on even the sharpest of minds.
Getting more and more dissatisfied with his own celebrity, Cobain was found dead by his own hand in April of 1994 in his Seattle home. Being heralded as the death of '90s music, fans tried to move on however they could knowing that their idol would no longer be there. However, things took a turn in the early '00s when a song recorded for what would have been Nirvana's fourth album was found in their demos.
As opposed to the other jams and fragments, this was a completed song with a killer hook line. After a bunch of legal disputes with record companies, fans finally heard You Know You're Right, which became one of the most in-demand singles almost a decade since Cobain's passing. Taken within the context of Cobain's final days, this is also one of the most haunting songs in the band's catalog, as he talks about the overwhelming pain he feels inside himself. We may never know what was going through Kurt's head at the end of his life, but this one song has all of the ugliness and beauty that made Nirvana irresistible in the first place.