Other Versions
Aside from the original version of "About a Girl" which was released on the Bleach album and the MTV Unplugged in New York version which was released as a single, several other versions of the song have been officially released:
- A live version, recorded on February 9, 1990 at the Pine Street Theatre in Portland, Oregon, appears as a B-side on the band's 1990 "Sliver" non-album single. Cobain later expressed embarrassment towards the inclusion of this particular live version, calling it "ragged" in "the most unappealing way". The entire Pine Street show appears as bonus material on the 2009 "Delluxe" re-release of Bleach.
- A live version, recorded on October 31, 1991 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington, appears on the 1994 home video, Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!, which was re-released on DVD in 2006.
- A solo demo version appears on the 2004 Nirvana box set, With the Lights Out, and on the 2005 compilation album, Sliver: The Best of the Box
- A live version, recorded on November 25, 1991 at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, Holland, appears as bonus material on the DVD version of Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!, released in 2006.
- A live version, recorded on August 30, 1992 at the Reading Festival in Reading, England, appears on the 2009 album and DVD, Live at Reading.
- The live version from the Paramount Theatre 1991 which was originally included on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! was again released in 2011 when the entire Paramount Theatre show was made available on stand alone DVD and Blu-ray releases of Live at the Paramount. A CD version of the show along with a DVD were also available with the limited edition "Super Deluxe" box set, released for the 20th anniversary of the Nevermind album.
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