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{{Short description|1991 single by Nirvana}} |
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| headline = Disc one |
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| all_writing = [[Danny Elfman]], except "[[I Am the Walrus]]" by [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] |
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{{Infobox song |
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| extra_column = Original release |
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| name = Smells Like Teen Spirit |
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| cover = <!-- Smells Like Teen Spirit.jpg --> |
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| caption = <!-- 7-inch vinyl UK standard edition --> |
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| alt = A blurred photo of the band with a thick border that has a background of water and the band's logo in large font above and the song title smaller below |
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| type = single |
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| artist = [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] |
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| album = [[Nevermind]] |
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| B-side = |
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* "[[Drain You]]" ([[UK]] only) |
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* "Even in His Youth" |
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* "[[Aneurysm (song)|Aneurysm]]" |
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| released = {{Start date|1991|09|10}} |
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| recorded = May 1991 |
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| studio = [[Sound City Studios|Sound City]], [[Van Nuys|Van Nuys, California]] |
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| genre = |
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* [[Grunge]] |
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* [[alternative rock]] |
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* {{nowrap|[[hard rock]]}} |
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* {{Duration|m=5|s=01}} (album version) |
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* {{Duration|m=4|s=38}} ([[radio edit|single version]])<!-- DGCTD5 --> |
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| label = [[DGC Records|DGC]] |
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| writer = |
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* [[Kurt Cobain]] |
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* [[Krist Novoselic]] |
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* [[Dave Grohl]]<!-- cited in the article body to Berkenstadt and Cross page 65 --> |
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| producer = [[Butch Vig]]<br/>[[Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)|Craig Montgomery]] {{small|(mentioned)}}<!-- for two tracks noted as Previously Unreleased --> |
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| prev_title = [[Here She Comes Now / Venus in Furs]] |
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| prev_year = 1991 |
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| next_title = [[On a Plain]] |
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| next_year = 1991 |
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| misc = {{Extra track listing |
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| album = [[Nevermind]] |
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| type = single |
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| tracks = {{Nevermind tracks}} |
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}} |
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{{Extra album cover |
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| header = Alternative cover |
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| type = single |
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| cover = <!-- Smellsliketeenspiritdsingle.jpg --> |
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| alt = A blurred photo of the band with their logo superimposed and the song's title in script |
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| caption = US CD single |
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}} |
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{{external music video|type=single|{{youtube|hTWKbfoikeg|"Smells Like Teen Spirit"}}}} |
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}} |
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| title1 = Insanity |
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"'''Smells Like Teen Spirit'''" is a song by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]. It is the opening track and lead single from the band's second album, ''[[Nevermind]]'' (1991), released on [[DGC Records]]. The unexpected success of the song propelled ''Nevermind'' to the top of several albums charts at the start of 1992, an event often marked as the point when [[Grunge#Adoption by mainstream|grunge entered the mainstream]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nirvana-mn0000357406|title=Nirvana – Biography|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|publisher=AllMusic.com|access-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref> |
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| extra1 = ''[[Boingo (album)|Boingo]]'' (1994) |
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| length1 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>7:37</s></span> 7:42}} |
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| title2 = Little Girls |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was Nirvana's biggest hit in most countries, charting high on music industry charts around the world in 1991 and 1992, including topping the charts of Belgium, France, New Zealand and Spain. The song garnered widespread critical acclaim, including topping the ''[[Village Voice]]'' [[Pazz & Jop]] critics{{'}} poll. The song was dubbed an "anthem for apathetic kids" of [[Generation X]], but Nirvana grew uncomfortable with the attention it brought them. In the years since [[Kurt Cobain]]'s death, listeners and critics have continued to praise "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as one of the greatest songs of all time. |
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| extra2 = ''[[Only a Lad]]'' (1981) |
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| length2 = 3:55 |
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| title3 = Cinderella Undercover |
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The music video for the song is based on the concept of a high school pep rally which ends in chaos and riot, inspired by [[Jonathan Kaplan]]'s 1979 film ''[[Over the Edge (film)|Over the Edge]]'' and the [[Ramones]]' film ''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School]]''. It won two [[MTV Video Music Awards]], and was in heavy rotation on music television. In subsequent years Amy Finnerty, formerly of [[MTV]]'s programming department, claimed the video "changed the entire look of MTV" by giving the channel "a whole new generation to sell to". In 2000, the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' named "Smells Like Teen Spirit" the "Most Played Video" on [[MTV Europe]]. |
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| extra3 = ''[[Boingo Alive]]'' (1988) |
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| length3 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>4:46</s></span> 4:45}} |
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| title4 = Controller |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was included in the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s list of [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame#The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll|The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll]]. In 2001, the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) ranked the song at number 80 on their [[Songs of the Century]] list. In 2002, ''[[NME]]'' ranked the song the number two on its list of "100 Greatest Singles of All Time", while ''[[Kerrang!]]'' ranked it at number one on its list of the "100 Greatest Singles of All Time".<ref name="Kerrang! 2002"/> In 2021, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked "Smells Like Teen Spirit" fifth on its list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref> In 2017, it was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].<!--See section "Release and reception"--> |
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| extra4 = ''Only a Lad'' |
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| length4 = 2:50 |
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| title5 = Burn Me Up |
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==Writing== |
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| extra5 = Previously unreleased |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was one of several songs written following Nirvana's first recording sessions with producer [[Butch Vig]] in 1990. Singer and guitarist [[Kurt Cobain]] began writing it a few weeks before recording their second album, ''[[Nevermind]]'', in 1991.<ref>Azerrad, p. 175.</ref> He said it was an attempt to write a song in the style of the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], a band he admired: |
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| length5 = 2:53 |
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| title6 = Insects |
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{{Quote|I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily that I should have been in that band—or at least a Pixies cover band. We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard.<ref name="pixies">{{cite magazine|last=Fricke|first=David|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kurt-cobain-the-rolling-stone-interview-19940127|title=Kurt Cobain, The Rolling Stone Interview: Success Doesn't Suck|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 27, 1994}}</ref>}} |
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| extra6 = ''[[Nothing to Fear (Oingo Boingo album)|Nothing to Fear]]'' (1982) |
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| length6 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>3:09</s></span> 3:04}} |
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| title7 = No One Lives Forever |
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When Cobain presented the song to his bandmates, it comprised just the main [[guitar riff]] and the chorus vocal melody.<ref name="az176">Azerrad, p. 176.</ref><ref name="rsslts">"Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit". ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. December 7, 2000.</ref> Cobain said the riff was "clichéd", similar to a riff by [[Boston (band)|Boston]] or the [[Richard Berry (musician)|Richard Berry]] song "[[Louie Louie]]".<ref name="pixies"/> Bassist [[Krist Novoselic]] dismissed it as "ridiculous"; in response, Cobain made the band play it for an hour and a half.<ref name="pixies"/> Eventually, Novoselic began playing it more slowly, inspiring drummer [[Dave Grohl]] to create the drum beat,<ref name="requiem">Cross, Charles. "Requiem for a Dream". ''[[Guitar World]]''. October 2001.</ref> which drew from disco artists like [[The Gap Band]].<ref>{{cite web|title=You Won't Believe Which Funky Drummers Dave Grohl Was 'Ripping Off' on Nirvana's 'Nevermind'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9595601/dave-grohl-nirvana-influence-disco-drums-pharrell/|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Billboard|language=en}}</ref> As a result, it is the only song on ''Nevermind'' to credit all three band members as writers.<ref name="CRA - Nevermind65">Berkenstadt; Cross, p. 65.</ref> |
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| extra7 = ''[[Dead Man's Party (album)|Dead Man's Party]]'' (1985) |
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| length7 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>4:05</s></span> 4:12}} |
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| title8 = Hey! |
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The title derives from a phrase written on Cobain's wall by his friend [[Kathleen Hanna]], singer of the [[riot grrrl]] band [[Bikini Kill]]: "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit."<ref>{{cite web|author=Terry|title=The Story Behind Smells Like Teen Spirit|url=https://www.upvenue.com/article/1467-the-story-behind-smells-like-teen-spirit.html|website=UpVenue|access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=OUR HIT PARADE - Kathleen Hanna - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Rebel Girl - 12-15-2010|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWO4JnP2T40|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/xWO4JnP2T40|archive-date=2021-11-14|url-status=live|website=YouTube|access-date=January 20, 2016|date=December 17, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Hanna meant that Cobain smelled like the deodorant [[Teen Spirit (deodorant)|Teen Spirit]], which she and [[Tobi Vail]], his then-girlfriend, had discovered during a trip to the grocery store.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/kathleen-hanna-on-how-she-named-smells-like-teen-spirit/10269194|title=Kathleen Hanna on how she named 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'|date=September 23, 2016|website=ABC.net}}</ref> Cobain said he was unaware of the deodorant until months after the single was released, and had interpreted it as a revolutionary slogan, as they had been discussing [[anarchism]] and [[punk rock]].<ref name="Azerrad21112">Azerrad, pp. 211–12.</ref> |
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| extra8 = ''Boingo'' |
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| length8 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>7:47</s></span> 7:45}} |
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| title9 = Reptiles and Samurai |
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==Recording== |
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| extra9 = ''Nothing to Fear'' |
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Prior to the album recording, the band sent Vig demos for songs including "Teen Spirit". While the sound was distorted due to the band playing at a volume, Vig felt it had promise.<ref>Azerrad, p. 167.</ref> Vig and the band recorded "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at [[Sound City Studios]] in [[Van Nuys]], California, in May{{nbsp}}1991.<ref>Cross, Charles. "The Stories Behind the Songs". ''Rolling Stone''. November 14, 2002.</ref> Vig suggested changes to the arrangement, including moving a guitar ad lib to the chorus and shortening the chorus.<ref>di Perna, Alan. "The Making of ''Nevermind''". ''Guitar World''. Fall 1996.</ref> The band recorded the basic track in three takes, and used the second take.<ref name="rsslts"/> Vig corrected some timing errors created by Cobain switching between his guitar effects pedals. Cobain recorded only three vocal takes; according to Vig, "I was lucky to ever get Kurt to do four takes."<ref name="CRA - Nevermind67">Berkenstadt; Cross, p. 67.</ref> |
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| length9 = 5:41 |
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| title10 = Water |
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==Composition== |
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| extra10 = Previously unreleased |
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<!-- {{Listen|filename=NirvanaSmellsLikeTeenSpirit.ogg|title="Smells Like Teen Spirit"|description=Sample of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from Nirvana's 1991 album ''[[Nevermind]]''. The sample illustrates the change in dynamics from verse to pre-chorus and chorus.}} --> |
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| length10 = 4:04 |
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| title11 = [[I Am the Walrus]]/Tender Lumplings |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a [[grunge]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Danaher|first=Michael|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/08/the-50-best-grunge-songs.html?p=2|title=The 50 Best Grunge Songs|magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=August 4, 2014}}</ref> [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Cosores|first=Philip|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/|title=Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best|work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]|date=July 5, 2017|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref> and [[hard rock]] song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/franchises/list/|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs|work=[[Stereogum]]|access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref> It was recorded in the original key of [[F minor]] and follows a Fm-B{{music|flat}}m–A{{music|flat}}–D{{music|flat}} chord progression,<ref name="Rooksby133">Rooksby, p. 133.</ref> with the main guitar riff constructed from four [[power chord]]s played in a [[Syncopation|syncopated]] [[sixteenth note]] strum by Cobain.<ref name="music">Chappell, Jon. "Nirvana's Music". ''Guitar''. June 1993.</ref> The guitar chords were [[double tracking|double tracked]] to create a "more powerful" sound.<ref name=classicalbums>''Classic Albums—Nirvana: Nevermind'' [DVD]. Isis Productions, 2004.</ref> The chords occasionally lapse into [[Added tone chord|suspended chord]] voicings as a result of Cobain playing the bottom four strings of the guitar for the thickness of sound.<ref name="music"/> The riff resembles that of [[Boston (band)|Boston]]'s 1976 hit "[[More Than a Feeling]]",<ref name="az176"/> though it is not identical.<ref name="Rooksby133"/> Cobain said: "It was such a clichéd riff. It was so close to a Boston riff or [[The Kingsmen]]'s '[[Louie Louie|Louie<!--Rolling Stone: *writes comma-separated* -->,<!-- Wikipedia: While the title of the song is often rendered with a comma ("Louie, Louie"), in 1988, Berry told Esquire magazine that the correct title of the song was "Louie Louie" with no comma. |
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| extra11 = ''Boingo'' |
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Also Wikipedia: *redirects*--> Louie]]'."<ref name=pixies/> According to Dave Grohl, he use drum beat from the song [[The Gap Band]]'s "[[Early in the Morning (Gap Band song)|Early in the Morning]]" during intro.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZCrdSC2-1I|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/dZCrdSC2-1I|archive-date=2021-11-14|url-status=live|title=Dave Grohl Inspired By Disco Drum Beats|access-date=2 July 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During the verses, Cobain used a [[Small Clone]] effect pedal to add a [[chorus effect]]. |
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| length11 = 4:03 |
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| title12 = Piggies |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" uses a "somewhat conventional formal structure" consisting of four-, eight-, and twelve-bar sections, including an eight-bar verse, an eight-bar pre-chorus, and a twelve-bar chorus.<ref name="Starr"/> Musicologist Graeme Downes, who led the band the [[The Verlaines|Verlaines]], says that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" illustrates [[developing variation]].<ref name="Teen Spirit at ten">{{cite web|last=Lapriore|first=Elaine|title='Teen Spirit' at 10: An Unshakable Scent|work=The Washington Post|date=September 2, 2001|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2001/09/02/teen-spirit-at-10-an-unshakable-scent/e76f5ad4-17ad-4c34-9479-0bc5194ad402|access-date=November 19, 2018}}</ref> Elements of the structure are marked with shifts in volume and dynamics, moving from quiet to loud several times. This structure of "quiet verses with wobbly, chorused guitar, followed by big, loud [[hardcore punk|hardcore]]-inspired choruses" became an alternative rock template.<ref>di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise—The History of Alternative Rock Guitar". ''Guitar World'', December 1995.</ref> |
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| extra12 = Previously unreleased |
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| length12 = 6:47 |
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| title13 = We Close Our Eyes |
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During the verses, the band maintains the same chord progression as the chorus. Cobain plays a two-note guitar line over Novoselic's root-note [[eighth note]] bassline, which outlines the chord progression. Approaching the chorus, Cobain begins to play the same two notes on every beat of the measure and repeats the word "Hello".<ref name="Rooksby133"/> Following the first and second choruses, Cobain simultaneously sings the word "Yay" and performs a unison bend on his guitar.<ref>Rooksby, p. 134.</ref> After the second chorus, Cobain plays a 16-bar guitar solo restating his vocal melody from the verse and pre-chorus.<ref name="Starr">Starr; Waterman, pp. 434–5.</ref> During the closing refrain, Cobain sings "A denial" repeatedly; his voice becomes strained from the force of yelling.<ref name=classicalbums/> |
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| extra13 = ''[[BOI-NGO]]'' (1987) |
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| length13 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>4:12</s></span> 4:13}} |
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| title14 = Mary |
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==Release and reception== |
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| extra14 = ''Boingo'' |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released to radio on August 27, 1991. On September 10, it was released as the lead single from ''Nevermind'', Nirvana's major label debut on [[DGC Records]]. The song did not initially chart, and it sold well only in regions of the United States with an established Nirvana fanbase.<ref name="CRA - Nevermind112">Berkenstadt; Cross, p. 112.</ref> |
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| length14 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>6:15</s></span> 6:09}} |
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| title15 = Can't See (Useless) |
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The single was intended to be a base-building alternative rock cut from the album, and was not expected to be a hit; the follow-up "[[Come as You Are (Nirvana song)|Come as You Are]]" was planned as the single that could [[Crossover music|cross over]] to mainstream [[radio format]]s. However, [[campus radio|campus]] and [[modern rock]] radio stations placed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on [[heavy rotation]]. Danny Goldberg of Nirvana's management firm Gold Mountain said: "None of us heard it as a crossover song, but the public heard it and it was instantaneous ... They heard it on alternative radio, and then they rushed out like lemmings to buy it."<ref>Azerrad, p. 227.</ref> |
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| extra15 = ''Boingo'' |
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| length15 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>4:28</s></span> 4:23}} |
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| total_length = 72:26 |
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The video received its world premiere on MTV's late-night alternative rock program ''[[120 Minutes]]'' and proved so popular that the channel began to air it during its regular daytime rotation.<ref name="Azerrad199">Azerrad, p. 199.</ref> MTV added the video to its "Buzz Bin" selection in October, where it stayed until mid-December. By the end of the year, the song, music video, and the ''Nevermind'' album had become hits. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and ''Nevermind'' became a rare cross-format phenomenon, reaching all the major rock radio formats including modern rock, hard rock, album rock, and college radio.<ref>Berkenstadt; Cross, pp. 124–25.</ref> |
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* Cassette version includes "Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)" as track 12.<ref name="Discogs">{{discogs release|6865273-Oingo-Boingo-Farewell-Live-From-The-Universal-Amphitheatre|Farewell: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre}}</ref> |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was also a critical and commercial success. It topped the 1991 ''[[Village Voice]]'' "[[Pazz & Jop]]" and ''[[Melody Maker]]'' year-end polls and reached number two on ''Rolling Stone's'' list of best singles of the year. The single peaked at number six on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles chart the same week that ''Nevermind'' reached number one on the albums chart.<ref>"Nirvana Achieves Chart Perfection!" ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''. January 25, 1992.</ref> "Teen Spirit" hit number one on the [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart and has been [[RIAA certification|certified platinum]] (one{{nbsp}}million copies shipped) by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Basham|first=David|date=December 20, 2001|title=Got Charts? No Doubt's Christmas Gift; Nirvana Ain't No Beatles|work=MTV|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451583/20011220/story.jhtml#/news/articles/1451583/20011220/story.jhtml|access-date=October 19, 2006}}</ref> However, many American [[Top 40]] stations were reluctant to play the song in regular rotation and restricted it to night-time play.<ref>Ross, Sean. "Nirvana Receiving Less-Than-Spirited Airplay". ''Billboard''. February 1, 1992.</ref> |
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| headline = Disc two |
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| extra_column = Original release |
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| title1 = Helpless |
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The single was also successful in other countries. In the United Kingdom, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" reached number seven and charted for 184 weeks.<ref name="qpg54">''Nirvana and The Story of Grunge''. ''Q''. p. 54. December 2005.</ref> The song was nominated for two [[Grammy Award]]s: [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance|Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]].<ref>"The 35th Grammy Awards Nominations General Categories". ''The Los Angeles Times''. January 8, 1993.</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' would later name Nirvana's loss to Eric Clapton in the Best Rock Song category as one of the 10 biggest upsets in Grammy history.<ref>{{cite magazine|year=2007|first=Michael|last=Endelman|title=Grammy's 10 Biggest Upsets|magazine=EW.com|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,1567466_20010834_20010795_1,00.html|access-date=November 12, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> Outside the United States, the song topped the charts of Belgium, France, New Zealand, and Spain. It charted within the top five of several European countries and reached number five in Australia. It appeared on several year-end charts, including number 10 in New Zealand, number 17 in Belgium and Germany, and number 32 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Year-End Chart.<ref name="usye"/> |
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| extra1 = ''Boingo'' cassette release (1994)/"Insanity" CD single B-side (1994) |
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| length1 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>3:48</s></span> 3:55}} |
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| title2 = I'm So Bad |
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In the wake of Nirvana's success, [[Michael Azerrad]] wrote in a 1992 ''Rolling Stone'' article: "'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is an anthem for (or is it against?) the 'Why Ask Why?' generation. Just don't call Cobain a spokesman for a generation."<ref>Azerrad, Michael. "Inside the Heart and Mind of Nirvana". ''Rolling Stone''. April 16, 1992.</ref> Nevertheless, the music press awarded the song an "anthem-of-a-generation" status, placing Cobain as a reluctant spokesman for Generation X.<ref>Garofalo, Reebee. ''Rockin{{'}} Out: Popular Music in the USA''. Allyn & Bacon, 1997. {{ISBN|0-205-13703-2}}, p. 447.</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that "'Smells Like Teen Spirit' could be this generation's version of the [[Sex Pistols]]{{'}} 1976 single, '[[Anarchy in the U.K.]]', if it weren't for the bitter irony that pervades its title ... as Nirvana knows only too well, teen spirit is routinely bottled, shrink-wrapped and sold."<ref>{{cite news|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|date=November 24, 1991|title=Boredom + Claustrophobia + Sex = Punk Nirvana|work=The New York Times|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7DB103AF937A15752C1A967958260|access-date=April 8, 2007}}</ref> |
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| extra2 = ''[[Oingo Boingo (EP)|Oingo Boingo]]'' EP (1980) |
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| length2 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>3:33</s></span> 3:38}} |
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| title3 = Change |
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Nirvana grew uncomfortable with the song's success and, in later concerts, often excluded it from the set list.<ref name="Crisafulli38">Crisafulli, p. 38.</ref> Prior to the release of the band's 1993 follow-up album ''[[In Utero (album)|In Utero]]'', Novoselic remarked, "If it wasn't for 'Teen Spirit' I don't know how ''Nevermind'' would have done ... There are no 'Teen Spirits' on ''In Utero''."<ref>DeRogatis, Jim. ''Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's''. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. {{ISBN|0-306-81271-1}}, p. 14.</ref> Cobain said in 1994, "I still like playing 'Teen Spirit', but it's almost an embarrassment to play it ... Everyone has focused on that song so much."<ref name="pixies"/> |
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| extra3 = ''Boingo'' |
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| length3 = {{nowrap|1=<span title="Misprint on CD"><s>8:50</s></span> 8:49}} |
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| title4 = Stay |
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==Legacy== |
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Dubbed an "anthem for apathetic kids" of [[Generation X]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974625,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204015208/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974625,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 4, 2007|title=Winners of 1991|date=January 6, 1992|work=Time|access-date=April 15, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/smellsliketeenspirit.shtml|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit|publisher=[[BBC Radio 2]]|access-date=October 29, 2006}}</ref> in the years following [[Suicide of Kurt Cobain|Cobain's 1994 suicide]] and Nirvana's breakup "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has continued to garner critical acclaim, and is often listed as one of the greatest songs of all time. It was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s list of "[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame#The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll|The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll]]" in 1997.<ref name="Hall of Fame 1997">{{cite web|title=The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll|publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|url=http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> In 2000, [[VH1]] rated the song at number forty-one on its "100 Greatest Rock Songs" list,<ref name="VH1 2000">{{cite web|year=2000|title=VH1: '100 Greatest Rock Songs': 1-50|publisher=Rock On The Net|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1rocksongs.htm|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> while MTV and ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it third on their joint list of the "100 Greatest Pop Songs".<ref name="MTV/RS 2000">{{cite magazine|last=Angulo|first=Sandra P.|date=November 17, 2000|title=News Summary: Lord Jim|magazine=EW.com|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,88627,00.html|access-date=November 12, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Recording Industry Association of America placed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number eighty on their 2001 "[[Songs of the Century]]" list.<ref name="RIAA 2001">{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Jamie|date=March 7, 2001|title=New song list puts 'Rainbow' way up high|publisher=CNN|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/07/365.songs/|access-date=April 7, 2007}}</ref> In 2002, ''[[NME]]'' awarded the song the number two spot on its list of "100 Greatest Singles of All Time",<ref name="NME 2002">{{cite web|date=April 24, 2002|title=''NME's'' 100 Greatest Singles of All Time Unveiled|work=NME|location=UK|url=https://www.nme.com/news/103493.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427035859/http://www.nme.com/news/103493.htm|archive-date=April 27, 2006|access-date=May 19, 2007}}</ref> with ''[[Kerrang!]]'' ranking it at number one on its own list of the "100 Greatest Singles of All Time".<ref name="Kerrang! 2002">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/kerrang.htm|title=100 Greatest Singles of All Time|magazine=[[Kerrang!]]|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> VH1 placed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number one on its list of "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years" in 2003,<ref name="VH1 2003">{{cite news|date=June 10, 2003|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Songs|publisher=CBSNews.com|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/10/entertainment/main557973.shtml|access-date=October 19, 2006}}</ref> while that same year, the song came third in a ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' poll of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".<ref name="Q 2003">{{cite news|date=November 18, 2003|title=U2's One named 'greatest record'|publisher=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3281327.stm|access-date=October 22, 2006}}</ref> In 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked "Smells Like Teen Spirit" fifth on its list of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]".<ref name="RS 2021">{{cite web|date=September 15, 2021|title=Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 1-50|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/the-beatles-strawberry-fields-forever-2-1225331/|access-date=September 15, 2021}}</ref> The song was placed at number six in ''NME''{{'}}s "Global Best Song Ever Poll" in 2005.<ref name="NME 2005">{{cite web|date=September 29, 2005|title=Queen win 'best song ever' poll|work=NME|location=UK|url=https://www.nme.com/news/michael-jackson/21121|access-date=October 4, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232938/http://www.nme.com/news/michael-jackson/21121|archive-date=October 4, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |
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In the 2006 [[VH1 (British & Irish TV channel)|VH1 UK]] poll ''The Nation's Favourite Lyric'', the line "I feel stupid and contagious / Here we are now, entertain us" was ranked the third-favorite lyric by over 13,000 voters.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 17, 2006|title=U2 cop nation's favourite lyric|publisher=[[itv.com]]|url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/15934/U2s-One-Tops-Nations-Favourite-Song-Lyric-Poll|access-date=October 22, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113125123/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/15934/U2s-One-Tops-Nations-Favourite-Song-Lyric-Poll|archive-date=January 13, 2012}}</ref> VH1 placed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number one on its list of the "100 Greatest Songs Of The '90s" in 2007,<ref name="VH1 2007">{{cite web|date=December 12, 2007|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Songs Of The '90s: Not Enough Pavement|publisher=[[Stereogum]]|url=https://www.stereogum.com/7468/vh1s_greatest_songs_of_the_90s_not_enough_pavement/list/|access-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> while ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it number ten on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".<ref name="RS 2008">{{cite magazine|title=The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530212615/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/8|date=May 28, 2008<!--stated in https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-new-issue-of-rolling-stone-the-100-greatest-guitar-songs-108589/-->|archive-date=May 30, 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> In 2009, the song was voted number one for the third time in a row on the [[Triple J Hottest 100|Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time]] in Australia<ref name="Triple J 2009">{{cite news|year=2009|title=Hottest 100 Of All Time 2009|work=[[Triple J]]|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_list.htm|access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> (it was first place previously in 1991<ref name="Triple J 1991">{{cite news|year=2009|title=Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 1991|work=Triple J|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1991.htm|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> and 1998).<ref name="Triple J 1998">{{cite news|year=2009|title=Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 1998|work=Triple J|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1998.htm#h100-all-time|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> That year, VH1 ranked the song seventh on its list of the "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs".<ref name="VH1 2009">{{cite web|date=January 5, 2009|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs|publisher=Stereogum|url=https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/list/|access-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> Despite previously proposing in its 2006 entry for ''Nevermind'' on "The All-TIME 100 Albums" that "'Smells Like Teen Spirit' ... may be the album's worst song",<ref>{{cite news|last=Tyrangiel|first=Josh|date=November 13, 2006|title=All-TIME 100 Albums: ''Nevermind''|work=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1955625,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603141651/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1955625,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2010|access-date=April 6, 2007}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine later included it on its list of "The All-TIME 100 Songs" in 2011.<ref name="Time 2011">{{cite news|last=Suddath|first=Claire|date=October 21, 2011|title=All-TIME 100 Songs: 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'|work=Time|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2011/10/24/the-all-time-100-songs/slide/smells-like-teen-spirit-nirvana/|access-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> That same year, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" kept its number nine ranking on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s updated list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time",<ref name="RS 2011">{{cite magazine|year=2011|title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Nirvana, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-20110516|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> while in 2019, the magazine ranked it at number one in its list of "50 Best Songs of the Nineties".<ref>{{cite web|date=August 28, 2019|title=50 Best Songs of the Nineties|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-songs-of-the-nineties-252530/nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-1991-252544/|access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref> ''NME'' placed the song at number two on its list of the "100 Best Tracks Of The '90s" in 2012,<ref name="NME 2012">{{cite web|date=May 16, 2012|title=NME's 100 Best Tracks Of The '90s|publisher=Stereogum|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1032631/nmes-100-best-tracks-of-the-90s/list/|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> and at number one on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2014.<ref name="NME 2014">{{cite web|date=January 31, 2013|title=Pictures of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time: 100-1 - Photos|publisher=NME|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-100-1/330996/1/1#100|access-date=August 3, 2014}}</ref> In 2015, the song was also named the most iconic song of all time according to a study by Goldsmith's College, which analysed various songs featured in numerous 'all-time best' lists, using analytical software to compare their key, BPM, chord variety, lyrical content, timbral variety, and sonic variance{{snd}} the result of which designated the title to this song.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loudermilk|first=Lauren|title='Smells Like Teen Spirit' Named the Most Iconic Song Ever by Science|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/09/smells-like-teen-spirit-named-the-most-iconic-song.html|website=Paste|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925163925/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/09/smells-like-teen-spirit-named-the-most-iconic-song.html|archive-date=September 25, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref> In 2017, it was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/nirvana|title=Nirvana|date=2019-11-19|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was rereleased as a limited edition 7-inch vinyl single in December{{nbsp}}2011. In an attempt to emulate a successful 2009 [[Facebook]] campaign to promote [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s song "[[Killing in the Name]]", an online campaign was launched to promote "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to 2011 [[List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones|Christmas number one]] in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in protest at the dealings of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' television series with the children's charity [[Rhythmix (charity)|Rhythmix]].<ref name="guardian-dec2011">{{cite news|last=Michaels|first=Sean|title=Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit to be re-released for Christmas|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/dec/07/nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-christmas?newsfeed=true|access-date=December 9, 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=December 7, 2011}}</ref> A similar campaign was also launched in Ireland to get the track to 2011 [[List of Irish Singles Chart Christmas number ones|Christmas number one]] in the [[Irish Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Lauren|title=Push is on for Christmas No 1|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2011/1209/1224308798142.html|access-date=December 13, 2011|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=December 9, 2011}}</ref> The campaign resulted in the song reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, selling 30,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sexton|first=Paul|title=Michael Buble, Military Wives Top U.K. Charts|work=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464651/michael-buble-military-wives-top-uk-charts|date=December 27, 2011|access-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref> According to [[Nielsen Music]]'s year-end report for 2019, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the most-played song of the decade on mainstream rock radio with 145,000 spins. All of the songs in the top 10 were from the 1990s.<ref name="MainstreamRockDecade2010-2019">{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/nirvana-most-played-radio-rock-band-decade/|title=Nirvana Were the Most-Played Band of the Decade on Rock Radio|last=Trapp|first=Philip|date=January 14, 2020|access-date=January 23, 2020|website=[[Loudwire]]}}</ref> In June 2021, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" became only the second song from the 1990s to reach 1 billion [[Streaming media|streams]] on the [[Spotify]] platform.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schaffner|first=Lauryn|date=June 28, 2021|url=https://loudwire.com/nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-billion-streams-spotify/|title=Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit Has Hit 1 Billion Streams On Spotify|work=[[Loudwire]]|access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rolli|first=Bryan|date=June 29, 2021|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2021/06/29/nirvanas-smells-like-teen-spirit-surpasses-1-billion-spotify-streams/|title=Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Surpasses 1 Billion Spotify Streams|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref> |
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The lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" were often difficult for listeners to decipher, both due to their nonsensicality and because of Cobain's slurred, guttural singing voice. This problem was compounded by the fact that the ''Nevermind'' album liner notes did not include any lyrics for the songs aside from selected lyrical fragments. This incomprehensibility contributed to the early resistance from radio stations towards adding the song to their playlists; one [[Geffen Records|Geffen]] promoter recalled that people from rock radio told her, "We can't play this. I can't understand what the guy is saying."<ref>Cross, pp. 204–05.</ref> MTV went as far as to prepare a version of the video that included the lyrics running across the bottom of the screen, which they aired when the video was added to their heavy rotation schedule.<ref name="Azerrad199"/> The lyrics for the album—and some from earlier or alternate versions of the songs—were later released with the liner notes of the "[[Lithium (Nirvana song)|Lithium]]" single in 1992. American rock critic [[Dave Marsh]] noted comments by disc jockeys of the time that the song was "the '[[Louie Louie]]' of the nineties" and wrote, "Like 'Louie', only more so, 'Teen Spirit' reveals its secrets reluctantly and then often incoherently."<ref>Marsh, p. 204.</ref> Marsh, trying to decipher the lyrics, felt after reading the correct lyrics from the song's sheet music that "what I imagined was quite a bit better (at least, more gratifying) than what Nirvana actually sang", and added, "Worst of all, I'm not sure that I know more about [the meaning of] 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' now than before I plunked down for the official version of the facts."<ref>Marsh, p. 206.</ref> |
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The book ''Teen Spirit: The Stories Behind Every Nirvana Song'' describes "Teen Spirit" as "a typically murky Cobain exploration of meaning and meaninglessness".<ref>Crisafulli, p. 37.</ref> Azerrad plays upon the juxtaposition of Cobain's contradictory lyrics (such as "It's fun to lose and to pretend") and states "the point that emerges isn't just the conflict of two opposing ideas, but the confusion and anger that the conflict produces in the narrator—he's angry that he's confused". Azerrad's conclusion is that the song is "alternately a sarcastic reaction to the idea of actually having a revolution, yet it also embraces the idea". Additionally, the "famously obscure couplet"—"A mulatto, an albino / A mosquito, my libido"—is, according to Azerrad, "nothing more than two pairs of opposites, a funny way of saying the narrator is very horny".<ref name="Azerrad213">Azerrad, p. 213.</ref> In ''[[Heavier Than Heaven]]'', [[Charles R. Cross]]' biography of Cobain, Cross argues that the song is a reference to Cobain's relationship with ex-girlfriend Tobi Vail. Cross cites the line "She's over-bored and self-assured" and states the song "could not have been about anyone else". Cross backs up his argument with lyrics which were present in earlier drafts, such as "Who will be the King & Queen of the outcasted{{sic}} teens".<ref>Cross, p. 169.</ref><ref>Earlier drafts of the lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" have been reprinted in Kurt Cobain's ''Journals'' (2002).</ref> |
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"Teen Spirit" is widely interpreted as a [[Adolescence|teen]] revolution anthem, an interpretation reinforced by the music video.<ref name="Crisafulli38"/> In an interview conducted the day ''Nevermind'' was released, Cobain stated the song was about his friends, explaining, "We still feel as if we're teenagers because we don't follow the guidelines of what's expected of us to be adults ... It also has kind of a teen revolutionary theme."<ref name="CRA - Nevermind65"/> In Michael Azerrad's biography ''[[Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana]]'', Cobain said he felt a duty "to describe what I felt about my surroundings and my generation and people my age".<ref name="Azerrad21112"/> He also said, "The entire song is made up of contradictory ideas ... It's just making fun of the thought of having a revolution. But it's a nice thought."<ref name="Azerrad213"/> As Cobain did more interviews, he changed his explanation of the song and rarely gave specifics about the meaning.<ref name="CRA - Nevermind65"/> Grohl stated he does not believe the song has any message, and said, "Just seeing Kurt write the lyrics to a song five minutes before he first sings them, you just kind of find it a little bit hard to believe that the song has a lot to say about something. You need syllables to fill up this space or you need something that rhymes."<ref>Azerrad, p. 214.</ref> |
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The music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the first for director [[Samuel Bayer]]. Bayer believed he was hired because his [[Show reel|test reel]] was so poor the band anticipated his production would be "punk" and "not corporate".<ref name=classicalbums/> The video is based on the concept of a school concert which ends in anarchy and riot, inspired by [[Jonathan Kaplan]]'s 1979 film ''[[Over the Edge (film)|Over the Edge]]'' and the [[Ramones]]' film ''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School]]''.<ref name=classicalbumsvideo>"The Making of the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Video". ''Classic Albums—Nirvana: Nevermind'' [DVD]. Isis Productions, 2004.</ref> It had an estimated budget between $30,000 and $50,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/277601/smells-like-teen-spirit-smells-like-its-19-today/|title="Smells Like Teen Spirit" Smells Like It's 19 Today|last=Ganz|first=Caryn|date=September 10, 2010|publisher=Yahoo.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917001818/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/277601/smells-like-teen-spirit-smells-like-its-19-today|archive-date=September 17, 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=January 11, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |
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The video was filmed on August 17, 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-original-casting-call-for-nirvanas-smells-like-teen-spirit-video-2012-4|title=Here's The Original Casting Call For Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Video, From 1991|date=April 25, 2012|access-date=June 18, 2020|last=Stampler|first=Laura|work=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> on Stage 6 of GMT Studios in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]]. The music video features Nirvana playing at a [[pep rally]] in a high school gym to an audience of apathetic students on bleachers, and cheerleaders wearing black dresses with the [[Anarchist symbolism#Circle-A|Circle-A]] anarchist symbol. The video features an appearance by [[Burton C. Bell]], later known as frontman of heavy metal band [[Fear Factory]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/fear-factory-frontman-how-i-ended-up-appearing-in-nirvana-s-smells-like-teen-spirit-video/|title=FEAR FACTORY Frontman: How I Ended Up Appearing In NIRVANA's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Video|publisher=blabbermouth.net|date=July 31, 2012|access-date=October 2, 2017}}</ref> Occasionally, the scene cuts to a janitor (played by Tony De La Rosa) wearing a navy blue jumpsuit and dancing with a push broom handle. The video ends with the students destroying the set and the band's gear. The discontent was genuine; the extras that filled the bleachers had been forced to stay seated through numerous replays of the song for an entire afternoon of filming. Cobain convinced Bayer to allow the extras to [[moshing|mosh]], and the set became a scene of chaos. "Once the kids came out dancing they just said 'fuck you', because they were so tired of his shit throughout the day," Cobain said.<ref name="Azerrad19091">Azerrad, pp. 190–91.</ref> Cobain disliked Bayer's final edit and oversaw a re-edit of the video, creating the final version.<ref name="qpg54"/> One of Cobain's major additions was the penultimate shot, a close-up of his face after it had been obscured for most of the video.<ref name="Azerrad19091"/> Another major change involved two sequences of a principal standing next to a loudspeaker and getting sprayed with confetti, and a teacher dressed like a nerd dancing to the song with a "Dunce" cap before being tied to a basketball hoop pole. Cobain had the principal's footage entirely removed as well as most of the teacher's footage, aside from the ending scene which shows the teacher tied to the pole as the janitor sweeps the floor nearby.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Director's Cut)|publisher=Daniil Nefedov|work=YouTube|date=May 5, 2016|access-date=September 26, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLvb2UTndLM|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/SLvb2UTndLM|archive-date=2021-11-14|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Bayer said that unlike subsequent artists he worked with, Cobain was not vain, and was more interested that "the video had something that was truly about what they were about".<ref name="classicalbumsvideo"/> |
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Like the song itself, the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" received positive reviews. ''Rolling Stone'' writer [[David Fricke]] described the video as looking like "the greatest gig you could ever imagine".<ref name="classicalbums"/> In addition to a number-one placing in the singles category, "Teen Spirit" also topped the music video category in the ''Village Voice''{{'}}s 1991 "Pazz & Jop" poll.<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=March 3, 1992|title=The 1991 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll|publisher=RobertChristgau.com|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres91.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507034515/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres91.php|archive-date=May 7, 2006|access-date=May 19, 2007}}</ref> The video won Nirvana the [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video|Best Alternative Group]] awards at the 1992 [[MTV Video Music Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|year=2006|title=Past Winners Database|work=Los Angeles Times|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1992/1992mtvv.htm|access-date=October 29, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031053343/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1992/1992mtvv.htm|archive-date=October 31, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2000 the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' named "Teen Spirit" the Most Played Video on [[MTV Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|date=November 27, 2006|title=ABC News: Achieving Nirvana: Grunge Band's 'Teen Spirit' is Top Song of Past Two Decades|publisher=ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2682023&page=1|access-date=December 1, 2006}}</ref> In subsequent years Amy Finnerty, formerly of MTV's Programming department, claimed the video "changed the entire look of MTV" by giving them "a whole new generation to sell to".<ref name="classicalbums"/> ''Rolling Stone'' placed the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number two on their 1993 list of "The 100 Top Music Videos".<ref name="RS 1993 video">{{cite web|date=October 1993|title=Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos"|publisher=Rock On The Net|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1993/rsvideo.htm|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> MTV ranked the song's music video at number three on its "100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made" list in 1999.<ref name="MTV 1999 video">{{cite web|year=1999|title=MTV: '100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made'|publisher=Rock On The Net|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/mtv100.htm|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> VH1 placed the debut of the "Teen Spirit" video at number eighteen on its 2000 list of "100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV", noting that it made alternative rock "a commercial and pop culture force".<ref name="VH1 2000 video">{{cite web|title=VH-1's 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments|publisher=AmIAnnoying.com|url=http://www.amiannoying.com/%28S%28kbtodvygih5iyiprvdctv414%29%29/collection.aspx?collection=5772|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> In 2001, VH1 named it the fourth greatest videos.<ref name="VH1 2001 video">{{cite magazine|last=Susman|first=Gary|date=May 2, 2001|title=News Summary: Model Patient|magazine=EW.com|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,108354,00.htm|access-date=November 12, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> The video was parodied in [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s music video for "[[Smells Like Nirvana]]"<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Permanent Record: Al in the Box|title-link=Permanent Record: Al in the Box|others=[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]|year=1994|first=Barret|last=Hansen|author-link=Dr. Demento|type=liner|publisher=[[Scotti Brothers Records]]|location=[[California]], [[United States|USA]]}}</ref> and in [[Bob Sinclar]]'s 2006 music video for "[[Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)]]".{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} By December 25, 2019, the video had been viewed 1 billion times on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/12/25/790835284/here-we-are-now-on-smells-like-teen-spirit-hitting-a-billion-views-on-youtube|title=Here We Are Now: On 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Hitting A Billion Views On YouTube|last=Thompson|first=Stephen|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=December 25, 2019|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226050259/https://www.npr.org/2019/12/25/790835284/here-we-are-now-on-smells-like-teen-spirit-hitting-a-billion-views-on-youtube|archive-date=December 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Live performances== |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was first performed live on April 17, 1991 at the [[OK Hotel]] in [[Seattle]], Washington.<ref>''With the Lights Out'' (p. 23) [CD liner notes]. Santa Monica: Geffen Records. 2004.</ref> The performance is featured on the DVD of the 2004 box set ''[[With the Lights Out]]'', while shorter clips are included on the ''[[Nevermind]]'' ''[[Classic Albums]]'' DVD, as well as the documentary film ''[[Hype!]]'' As the song's lyrics had not yet been entirely written, there are notable differences between it and the final version. For example, the first performance started with "Come out and play, make up the rules" instead of the eventual opening of "Load up on guns, bring your friends". A recording of the earlier version appears on ''With the Lights Out'' and again on ''[[Sliver: The Best of the Box]]''. A similar early live performance of the song is found in the documentary ''[[1991: The Year Punk Broke]]'', filmed during a 1991 summer tour in Europe with [[Sonic Youth]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} |
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Nirvana often altered the song's lyrics and [[tempo]] for live performances. Some live performances of the song had the line "our little group has always been" changed to "our little tribe has always been", which can be heard on the 1996 live album ''[[From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]]''. ''Rolling Stone'' remarked that the ''Wishkah'' version of "Teen Spirit" "[found] Cobain's guitar reeling outside the song's melodic boundaries and sparking new life in that nearly played-out hit".<ref>{{cite web|last=Ali|first=Lorraine|date=February 2, 1998|title=''From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah'' (review)|work=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/from-the-muddy-banks-of-the-wishkah-19980202|access-date=February 2, 2015}}</ref> A notable alternate performance of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" occurred on [[BBC]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' in 1991, during which the band refused to mime to the pre-recorded backing track and Cobain sang in a deliberately low voice and altered numerous lyrics in the song (for example, "Load up on guns, bring your friends" became "Load up on drugs, kill your friends"). Cobain later said he was trying to sound like former [[The Smiths|Smiths]] frontman [[Morrissey]].<ref>Cross, p. 208.</ref> When ''Top of the Pops'' was cancelled in 2006, ''The Observer'' listed Nirvana's performance of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as the third greatest in the show's history.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 16, 2006|title="Top of the Pops" shows|work=Guardian|location=UK|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/32|access-date=October 18, 2006}}</ref> This performance can be found on the 1994 home video ''[[Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Prato|first=Greg|title=Live Tonight Sold Out - Nirvana = Songs, Reviews, Credits = AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-tonight-sold-out-mw0000120039|website=allmusic.com|access-date=18 April 2021|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Parodies and covers== |
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" has inspired a few parodies. [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] parodied the song in 1992 with "[[Smells Like Nirvana]]", a song about Nirvana itself. Cobain quickly gave permission, but asked, "It's not about food, is it?" Yankovic answered, "No, it's about how nobody can understand your lyrics." Upon hearing the parody, Cobain and his band members laughed hysterically. Yankovic has said Cobain told him he realized that Nirvana had "made it" when he heard the parody.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 19, 2006|title=Weird Al Yankovic Dishes On James Blunt, Discusses His Role As the Whitest, Nerdiest Rock Star Ever|work=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/weird-al-yankovic-dishes-on-james-blunt-discusses-his-role-as-the-whitest-nerdiest-rock-star-ever-20060919|access-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref> In 1995, the [[queercore]] band [[Pansy Division]] recorded a parody of the song called "Smells Like Queer Spirit" for its ''[[Pile Up]]'' album. Pansy Division guitarist [[Jon Ginoli]] insisted that his band's version of the song was not a parody but "an affectionate tribute".<ref name="Teen Spirit at ten"/> [[Tori Amos]] recorded the song and released it in 1992 on her "[[Crucify (song)|Crucify]]" EP single. Dave Grohl commented on the Amos cover of the song in 1996, saying it was "pretty hilarious".<ref>{{cite web|date=April 5, 1996|title=Life without Kurt|newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]|url=http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsN/nirvana.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011101083407/http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsN/nirvana.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 1, 2001|access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref> |
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The song has been covered in films. In the 2001 film ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'', it was sung during the "Can Can" scene introducing the titular nightclub.<ref>{{cite news|last=Feldman|first=Kate|date=June 1, 2016|title=Ranking the musical numbers from 'Moulin Rouge' on the 15th anniversary of the film|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ranking-songs-moulin-rouge-15th-anniversary-article-1.2656837|newspaper=New York Daily News|access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> In the 2011 film ''[[The Muppets (film)|The Muppets]]'' and [[The Muppets (soundtrack)|its soundtrack]], one of the acts of the Muppet Telethon involves [[Rowlf the Dog]], [[Link Hogthrob]], [[Sam Eagle]], and [[Beaker (Muppet)|Beaker]] performing the song as a [[Barbershop music|barbershop quartet]], where unwilling special guest [[Jack Black]] accuses them of "ruining one of the greatest songs of all time".<ref>{{cite news|last=Gallo|first=Phil|title='Muppets' Movie Soundtrack Features Feist, Flight of the Conchords, Andrew Bird|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/muppets-soundtrack-feist-flight-conchords-246217|access-date=July 11, 2013|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 10, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|tab=review|id=r2302113|last=Cherrie|first=Chrysta|access-date=14 February 2012|ref=Allmusic}}</ref> A cover of the song, by the band [[Think Up Anger]] with [[Malia J]], was featured in one of the trailers for the 2015 film ''[[The Gallows]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Christopher|date=May 21, 2015|title=The Gallows Trailer: Smells Like Teen Death|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/the-gallows-trailer-smells-like-teen-death-5470a9390f32#.qb67y34cb|publisher=Film School Rejects|access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> as well as in the opening credits sequence of the 2021 film ''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|date=June 29, 2021|title='Black Widow' Review: A Superhero Movie That's Grittier, More Layered With Feeling, Than You Expect|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/black-widow-review-scarlett-johansson-florence-pugh-1235007198/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629202957/https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/black-widow-review-scarlett-johansson-florence-pugh-1235007198/|archive-date=June 29, 2021|access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref> In the 2015 film ''[[Pan (2015 film)|Pan]]'', a version of the song is sung by [[Blackbeard]] ([[Hugh Jackman]]) and the miners when Peter ([[Levi Miller]]) first arrives in Neverland.<ref>{{cite news|last=Frost|first=Caroline|date=October 19, 2015|title=Joe Wright Reveals How Nirvana Anthem 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Made It Into Neverland Prequel 'Pan'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/10/19/pan-film-joe-wright_n_8330856.html|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> |
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==Formats and track listing== |
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* [https://www.discogs.com/release/20906506-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit "Geffen Records, Inc."-printed] |
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* [https://www.discogs.com/release/5298009-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit David Geffen Company label (misprint)] |
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* [https://www.discogs.com/release/538251-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit David Geffen Company label]</ref> |
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# "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 4:3<s>0</s>8 |
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# "Even in His Youth"{{abbr|{{sup|PU}}|Previously Unreleased}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 3:03 |
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{{hlist|[https://www.discogs.com/release/2137301-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit '''Australian version''']<!--(slipcase)--> | [https://www.discogs.com/release/6332232-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit '''Australasian version''']<!--(single sided)-->}}</ref> |
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# "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 4:3<s>0</s>8 |
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# "Even in His Youth"{{abbr|{{sup|PU}}|Previously Unreleased}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 3:03 |
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'''US & Australia CD single {{small|{{abbr|style=text-decoration:none|(DGCDS-21673)|Catalog #}}}}'''<ref group="Discogs"> |
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* [https://www.discogs.com/release/6799353-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Compact Disc Maxi-Single (promo, digipak) – US version] |
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* [https://www.discogs.com/release/990295-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Compact Disc Maxi-Single (standard, digipak) – US version] |
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* [https://www.discogs.com/release/5652977-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Compact Disc Maxi-Single (repress, digipak) – US version] |
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* [https://www.discogs.com/release/2012005-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Compact Disc Maxi-Single (card sleeve) – Australian version]</ref> |
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# "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 4:3<s>0</s>8 |
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# "Even in His Youth"{{abbr|{{sup|PU}}|Previously Unreleased}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – <s>4:20</s> 3:03 |
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# "[[Aneurysm (song)|Aneurysm]]"{{abbr|{{sup|PU}}|Previously Unreleased}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 4:4<s>4</s>7 |
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|[https://www.discogs.com/release/14961158-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Special edition (with badge)] |
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|[https://www.discogs.com/release/7050706-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Radio Promo Version] |
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|[https://www.discogs.com/release/6008262-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Black paper labels] |
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|[https://www.discogs.com/release/5414557-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Jukebox, black injection labels] |
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|[https://www.discogs.com/release/1299681-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Silver moulded labels]}}</ref> |
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# "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 4:3<s>0</s>8 |
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# "[[Drain You]]" (Cobain) – 3:4{{abbr|3|Margin of error is 1 sec}} |
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|item1_style=padding-right:1.3em|[https://www.discogs.com/release/7052633-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Mispress] |
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|[https://www.discogs.com/release/1636094-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Normal]}}</ref> |
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# "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 5:0{{abbr|0|Margin of error is 1 sec}} |
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# "Drain You" (Cobain) – 3:4{{abbr|3|Margin of error is 1 sec}} |
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# "Even in His Youth"{{abbr|{{sup|PU}}|Previously Unreleased}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – <s>4:20</s> 3:03 |
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'''UK picture disc 12" single {{small|{{abbr|style=text-decoration:none|(DGCTP 5)|Catalog #}}}}'''<ref group="Discogs">[https://www.discogs.com/release/424015-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Special Limited Edition]</ref> |
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# "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 5:0{{abbr|0|Margin of error is 1 sec}} |
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# "Drain You" (Cobain) – 3:4{{abbr|3|Margin of error is 1 sec}} |
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# "Aneurysm"{{abbr|{{sup|PU}}|Previously Unreleased}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 4:4<s>4</s>7 |
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* [https://www.discogs.com/release/10142620-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit "Blue" digipak] |
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* [https://www.discogs.com/release/2255290-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit "Green" digipak] |
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* [https://www.discogs.com/release/483890-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit "Blue" digipak (repress)]</ref> |
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# "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 4:3<s>0</s>8 |
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# "Drain You" (Cobain) – 3:4<s>3</s>4 |
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# "Even in His Youth"{{abbr|{{sup|PU}}|Previously Unreleased}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – <s>4:20</s> 3:03 |
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# "Aneurysm"{{abbr|{{sup|PU}}|Previously Unreleased}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 4:4<s>4</s>7 |
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'''Yellow 12" single {{small|{{abbr|style=text-decoration:none|(PRO-A-4314)|Catalog #}}}}'''<ref group="Discogs">[https://www.discogs.com/release/749720-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Promo 12-inch yellow vinyl (33 1/3 rpm, translucent)]</ref> |
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# "Even in His Youth"{{abbr|{{sup|PU}}|Previously Unreleased}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – <s>4:20</s> 3:03 |
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# "[[Aneurysm (song)|Aneurysm]]"{{abbr|{{sup|PU}}|Previously Unreleased}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 4:4<s>4</s>7 |
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'''White-labeled 12" single {{small|{{abbr|style=text-decoration:none|(PRO-A-4365)|Catalog #}}}}'''<ref group="Discogs">[https://www.discogs.com/release/2867422-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Promo 12-inch black vinyl in white packaging (33 1/3 rpm)]</ref> |
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'''CD single {{small|{{abbr|style=text-decoration:none|(PRO-CD-4308)|Catalog #}}}}'''<ref group="Discogs">[https://www.discogs.com/release/2013315-Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit Promotional copy (card sleeve)]</ref> |
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# "Smells Like Teen Spirit"{{sup|Edit}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 4:3<s>0</s>8 |
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# "Smells Like Teen Spirit"{{sup|LP}} (Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl) – 5:05<ref group="note">This "LP version" of the track is 4–5 seconds longer than the album one. Probably a typo or silence.</ref> |
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==Personnel== |
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* [[Kurt Cobain]] – vocals,* guitars* |
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* [[Krist Novoselic]] (uncredited) – bass |
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* [[Dave Grohl]] (uncredited) – drums, backing vocals on "Drain You" |
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'''Technical personnel''' |
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* [[Butch Vig]] – producer, engineer |
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* [[Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)|Craig Montgomery]] – production and engineering on "Even in His Youth"{{sup|{{dagger}}}} and "Aneurysm"{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}} |
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* [[Andy Wallace (producer)|Andy Wallace]] – mixing |
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{{small|1=<nowiki>*</nowiki> Uncredited role.}}<br/>{{small|{{dagger}} Appears in all release formats except UK 7".}}<br/>{{small|{{double-dagger}} Paired with the track "Even in His Youth" on CD only; also separately on cassettes, US 7" and UK 12".}} |
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|Belgium ([[IFPI Belgium]])<ref>{{cite magazine|date=February 1, 1992|title=Top Ten Sales in Europe|url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-02-01-OCR-Page-0034.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20smells%20like%20teen%20spirit%22|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=18|access-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref> |
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|[[European Hot 100 Singles]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 7, 1992|title=Hits of the World|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-03-07-OCR-Page-0037.pdf#search=%22eurochart%20nirvana%20spirit%22|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=39|access-date=July 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=February 22, 1992|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-02-22-OCR-Page-0019.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20smells%20like%20teen%20spirit%20hot%20100%22|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=19|access-date=August 4, 2018}}</ref> |
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|European Hit Radio Top 40 (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=M & M Charts Airplay EHR Top 40|url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-02-29-OCR-Page-0043.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20smells%20like%20teen%20spirit%20ehr%20top%2040%22|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|date=February 29, 1992|page=39|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref> |
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|align="left"|Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 21, 1992|title=Top Ten Sales in Europe|url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-03-21-OCR-Page-0026.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20smells%20like%20teen%20spirit%20top%2010%22|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=26|access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 14, 1992|title=Top Ten Sales in Europe|url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-03-14-OCR-Page-0022.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20smells%20like%20teen%20spirit%20top%2010%22|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=22|access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>Pennanen, Timo (2006). ''[http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/new-njo.html Sisältää hitin: levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972]''. Otava Publishing Company Ltd. {{ISBN|951-1-21053-X}}.</ref> |
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|Italy ([[Federation of the Italian Music Industry|FIMI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 21, 1992|title=Hits of the World|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-08-21-OCR-Page-0051.pdf#search=%22eurochart%20nirvana%20spirit%22|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=59|access-date=July 28, 2018}}</ref> |
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|Poland ([[Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego|LP3]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lp3.pl/alpt.phtml?m=12&w=808|title=Archiwum Listy Przebojow - Trojki - Nrivana|website=www.lp3.pl|publisher=[[Polskie Radio]]|access-date=November 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111173911/http://www.lp3.pl/alpt.phtml?m=12&w=808|archive-date=November 11, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|Portugal ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref>{{cite magazine|date=September 27, 1992|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/92/MM-1992-09-26-OCR-Page-0018.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20smells%20like%20teen%20spirit%20top%2010%20sales%22|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=18|access-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref> |
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|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 21, 1992|title=Hits of the World - Spain|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-08-21-OCR-Page-0051.pdf#search=%22eurochart%20nirvana%20spirit%22|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=61|access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref> |
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|UK [[The Network Chart Show#The Network Chart|Network Singles]] ([[MRIB]])<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 14, 1991|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/91/MM-1991-12-14-OCR-Page-0033.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20mrib%22|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=33|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 21, 1991|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/91/MM-1991-12-21-OCR-Page-0039.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20mrib%22|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=39|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref> |
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|US Top 100 Pop Singles (''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cash Box Charts - Top 100 Pop Singles|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/90s/1992/CB-1992-02-15-OCR-Page-0004.pdf#search=%22pop%20singles%20nirvana%22|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|date=February 15, 1992|format=PDF|page=4|access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref> |
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|US [[Contemporary hit radio|CHR]] Top 40 (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=CHR - Songs Reaching Top 15 in 1992|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/92/RR-1992-12-11-OCR-Page-0046.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20teen%20spirit%22|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|publisher=Radio & Records|date=December 11, 1992|page=46|access-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref> |
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|US [[Album-oriented rock|AOR]] Tracks (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=AOR Tracks|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/92/RR-1992-01-10-OCR-Page-0066.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20teen%20spirit%22|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|publisher=Radio & Records|date=January 10, 1992|page=64|access-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=AOR Tracks - Songs Reaching Top 15 in 1992|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/92/RR-1992-12-11-OCR-Page-0050.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20come%20as%20you%20are%22|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|publisher=Radio & Records|date=December 11, 1992|page=50|access-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref> |
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|Denmark ([[Tracklisten]])<ref>{{cite magazine|date=January 20, 1996|title=Top National Sellers|url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/96/MM-1996-01-20-OCR-Page-0015.pdf#search=%22denmark%20nirvana%20single%20boxset%20january%201996%22|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=15|access-date=June 2, 2019}}</ref><br/><small>Charted on the singles chart as part of the ''[[Singles (Nirvana box set)|Singles]]'' box set</small> |
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{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|127|artist=Nirvana|rowheader=true|access-date=August 12, 2021}} |
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|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-12-21.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 1991|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=21|date=December 21, 1991|access-date=January 17, 2020|volume=8|issue=51–52|via=American Radio History}}</ref> |
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|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1992.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1992|publisher=The Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref> |
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|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1992|title=Jaaroverzichten 1992|language=nl|publisher=Ultratop 50|access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref> |
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|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+56-No.+25-December+19%2C+1992.pdf|title=The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|volume=56|issue=25|page=8|date=December 19, 1992|access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref> |
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|Eurochart Hot 100 Singles (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 19, 1992|title=1992 Year-End Sales Charts – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1992|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-12-19.pdf|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=17|access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref> |
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|Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1992|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1992|language=de|publisher=Media Control Charts|access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref> |
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|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1992|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1992|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref> |
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|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1992&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1992|publisher=Single Top 100|access-date=October 23, 2015}}</ref> |
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|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3881|title=Top Selling Singles of 1992|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref> |
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|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="usye">{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1992|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1992|publisher=longboredsurfer.com|access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref> |
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|US [[Album-oriented rock|AOR]] Tracks (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=AOR Tracks – The Top 92 of 1992|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/92/RR-1992-12-11-OCR-Page-0049.pdf#search=%22nirvana%20come%20as%20you%20are%22|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|publisher=Radio & Records|date=December 11, 1992|page=49|access-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref> |
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|UK ([[Official Charts Company]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2011.pdf|title=UK Charts Plus – End of Year Charts: 2011|website=ukchartsplus.co.uk|publisher=[[UKChartsPlus]]|access-date=December 9, 2018}}</ref> |
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|Portugal (AFP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audiogest.pt/documents/files/Top%20AFP-AUDIOGEST_01-52_2019_V2%20site%281%29.pdf|title=Top AFP – Audiogest – Top 3000 Singles + EPs Digitais|publisher=[[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa]]|language=pt|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> |
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|Canadian Mainstream Rock Radio (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreportCANADA.pdf|title=Year-End Music Report Canada 2019|date=9 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705052849/https://static.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreportCANADA.pdf|archive-date=5 July 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Certifications== |
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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Sales certifications for "Smells Like Teen Spirit"}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=8|certyear=2021|relyear=1991|type=single|artist=Nirvana|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit|access-date=July 9, 2021}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Nirvana|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit|award=Platinum|number=2|id=10243|relyear=1991|certyear=2021|access-date=May 18, 2021}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Nirvana|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit|relyear=1991|certyear=2018|access-date=April 14, 2018}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Nirvana|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2002|certyear=2018|access-date=May 18, 2021}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|relyear=1991|type=single|id=3508}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit|artist=Nirvana|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=1991|certyear=2021|id=file_2021-06-16-15-23-34.pdf|access-date=June 16, 2021}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|award=Gold|relyear=1991|type=single|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.directupload.net/file/d/4168/c7rynnb5_png.htm|title=Swedish single certifications – Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit|publisher=[[Swedish Recording Industry Association]]|language=sv|access-date=November 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111185955/http://www.directupload.net/file/d/4168/c7rynnb5_png.htm|archive-date=November 11, 2015}}</ref>}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit|artist=Nirvana|relyear=1991|certyear=2021|id=10356-602-1|access-date=September 10, 2021}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|type=single|artist=Nirvana|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit|relyear=1991|certyear=1992}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Nirvana|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit|note=Digital sales|salesamount=2,837,000|salesref=<ref name="us sales">{{cite news|url=http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-9-28-17.pdf|title=Nielsen SoundScan charts – Digital Songs – Week Ending: 09/28/2017|publisher=[[Nielsen SoundScan]]|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002192602/http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-9-28-17.pdf|archive-date=October 2, 2017}}</ref>}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|certyear=2013|relyear=1991|artist=Nirvana|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit (Streaming)|award=Gold|id=6118|access-date=May 18, 2021|type=single|certmonth=8|streamsonly=true}} |
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==Bibliography== |
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* Azerrad, Michael. ''Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana''. Doubleday, 1994. {{ISBN|0-385-47199-8}} |
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* ''Classic Albums—Nirvana: Nevermind'' [DVD]. Isis Productions, 2004. |
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* Berkenstadt, Jim; Cross, Charles. ''Classic Rock Albums: Nevermind''. Schirmer, 1998. {{ISBN|0-02-864775-0}} |
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* Crisafulli, Chuck. ''Teen Spirit: The Stories Behind Every Nirvana Song''. Carlton, 1996. {{ISBN|0-684-83356-5}} |
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* Cross, Charles R. ''Heavier Than Heaven''. Hyperion, 2001. {{ISBN|0-7868-6505-9}} |
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* Marsh, Dave. ''Louie Louie''. Hyperion, 1993. {{ISBN|1-56282-865-7}} |
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* Rooksby, Rikki. ''Inside Classic Rock Tracks''. Backbeat, 2001. {{ISBN|0-87930-654-8}} |
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* Starr, Larry; Waterman, Christopher. ''American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. {{ISBN|0-19-510854-X}} |
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==References== |
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===Discogs releases=== |
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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite book|last=Bradley|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Bradley (literary critic)|year=2017|title=The Poetry of Pop|publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|isbn=978-0300165029|chapter=Figurative Language|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=L808DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA154&dq= 153]–[https://books.google.com/books?id=L808DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA154&dq= 154]|ref=none}} An analysis of the song's use of figurative language. |
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==External links== |
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* {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=2f03daed-36e6-4b17-8df3-6dc49556f438|name=Smells Like Teen Spirit}} |
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* {{YouTube|hTWKbfoikeg|"Smells Like Teen Spirit" (official music video)}} |
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Revision as of 23:06, 29 November 2021
Track listing
All tracks are written by Danny Elfman, except "I Am the Walrus" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Insanity" | Boingo (1994) | |
| 2. | "Little Girls" | Only a Lad (1981) | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Cinderella Undercover" | Boingo Alive (1988) | |
| 4. | "Controller" | Only a Lad | 2:50 |
| 5. | "Burn Me Up" | Previously unreleased | 2:53 |
| 6. | "Insects" | Nothing to Fear (1982) | |
| 7. | "No One Lives Forever" | Dead Man's Party (1985) | |
| 8. | "Hey!" | Boingo | |
| 9. | "Reptiles and Samurai" | Nothing to Fear | 5:41 |
| 10. | "Water" | Previously unreleased | 4:04 |
| 11. | "I Am the Walrus/Tender Lumplings" | Boingo | 4:03 |
| 12. | "Piggies" | Previously unreleased | 6:47 |
| 13. | "We Close Our Eyes" | BOI-NGO (1987) | |
| 14. | "Mary" | Boingo | |
| 15. | "Can't See (Useless)" | Boingo | |
| Total length: | 72:26 | ||
- Cassette version includes "Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)" as track 12.[1]
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Helpless" | Boingo cassette release (1994)/"Insanity" CD single B-side (1994) | |
| 2. | "I'm So Bad" | Oingo Boingo EP (1980) | |
| 3. | "Change" | Boingo | |
| 4. | "Stay" | Dead Man's Party | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Who Do You Want to Be" | Good for Your Soul (1983) | 2:59 |
| 6. | "On the Outside" | Only a Lad | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)" | Nothing to Fear | |
| 8. | "Dead Man's Party" | Dead Man's Party | |
| 9. | "Nasty Habits" | Only a Lad | |
| 10. | "Clowns of Death" | Previously unreleased | 6:50 |
| 11. | "Ain't This the Life" | Oingo Boingo EP | 3:14 |
| 12. | "Whole Day Off" | Nothing to Fear | 4:28 |
| 13. | "Grey Matter" | Nothing to Fear | 6:19 |
| 14. | "No Spill Blood" | Good for Your Soul | |
| 15. | "Only a Lad" | Oingo Boingo EP/Only a Lad | |
| Total length: | 73:26 | ||
- Cassette version includes "Just Another Day" as track 5.[1]