Do Re Mi Nirvana song

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"Do Re Mi" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by Kurt Cobain. It first appeared on the band's rarities box set *With the Lights Out* in November 2004. A second version was released on the deluxe edition of *Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings* in November 2015. Originally titled "Dough, Ray and Me" and later "Me and my IV," the song is one of Cobain's last-known compositions. Courtney Love mentioned the song in interviews after Cobain’s death in 1994, describing it as one of his three completed but unrecorded songs. In a 1994 *Rolling Stone* interview, she noted its catchy melody and lyrics, including "Dough, Ray and me" and "Me and my IV," which referenced freezing sperm. In 2002, journalist Jim DeRogatis described the song as having a Beatles-like melody, similar to "About a Girl," with a rough guitar solo and repetitive chanting of "Do/Re/Mi." He noted two versions: a solo acoustic demo and a four-track recording featuring Cobain on drums and vocals, Pat Smear on guitar, and Eric Erlandson on bass. The solo acoustic version was released on *With the Lights Out* in 2004 and re-released on *Sliver: The Best of the Box* in 2005. A medley of unreleased demos appeared on *Montage of Heck* in 2015. Critics praised "Do Re Mi," with Dan Weiss calling it Cobain’s best posthumously released song, and Collin Brennan describing it as one of his finest unissued compositions. Brennan compared its style to a hypothetical Paul McCartney track if he ...