Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Hot Performances Mark Wild Night at American Music Awards...in the World Series. Another surprise performance was the Black Eyed Peas with their "Boom Boom Pow," breaking into a jam of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit. " Check out the night's big winners: Taylor Swift - Artist of the Year,... In this article: American Music Awards, R&B, Black Eyed Peas, Drake, Boom Boom Pow, Control, Smells Like Teen Spirit, World Series, For Your Entertainment, and Yankees |
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MTV.com | 1 day ago
Black Eyed Peas Take The Throne At American Music Awards
...and as green lasers shone from the stage, the Peas quickly changed it up again, mutating the song into a version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (for reasons apparent only to them). And then, as the crowd cheered wildly, Will...
In this article: Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, I Gotta Feeling, Boom Boom Pow, Billboard, Rob Base, and Nirvana
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Rolling Stone | 1 day ago
American Music Awards 2009 Live Blog: The Swift Strikes Back
...by Kurt Cobain's appearance in Guitar Hero 5: You may want to turn the volume down on your TV right about now. BEPs tossing a little "Smells Like Teen Spirit" into "Boom Boom Pow. " Guess they were inspired by their Rock Hall 25th team-up...
In this article: Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Eminem, Rihanna, and Keith Urban
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 3 days ago
Steelers Notebook: Pro vs. GI games help boost morale
Steelers Notebook: Pro vs. GI games help boost morale Willie Colon belted out Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Put it this way: As a singer, he is a right oh-ffensive tackle. The dozen or so soldiers from the...
In this article: Steelers, Ben Roethlisberger, Willie Colon, Carey Davis, Kansas City, and Troy Polamalu
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all about jazz | 5 days ago
TV/FILM: Correspondence: That Mercer Show
...sad about the loss of it all. I was born way after my time. But how can any of this compare to the new song my 9 year old son is learning from his guitar teacher, Smells Like Teen Spirit"? The Fresh Air Mercer program is archived here.
In this article: Diana Krall, TCM, Chances Are, P.S. I Love You, Alan Broadbent, Johnny Mathis, and Natalie Cole
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stereogum | November 16, 2009
Paper Bag Recs Turns 7 With Covers Comp
...A) Strange Animal." Refresh yourself with the original, then download this: 01 CFCF - "How Bizarre" (OMC cover) 02 Winter Gloves - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Nirvana cover) 03 Woodhands - "Electric Avenue" (Eddy Grant cover) 04...
In this article: Sally Shapiro, Stereogum, How Bizarre, OMC, Now magazine, Electric Avenue, The Seven Year Itch, Eddy Grant, and Paper Bag Records
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Stuff | November 16, 2009
CD review: Bleach - Nirvana
...at a cost of US$606. It was released to little fanfare by low budget label Sub Pop in June, 1989, and didn't sell well. That was until Smells Like Teen Spirit. Now, 20 years on, having been re-evaluated since the massive, pioneering...
In this article: Nirvana, Bleach, Kurt Cobain, Nevermind, About a Girl, Negative Creep, Floyd the Barber, Sappy, and MTV Unplugged
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Starpulse Entertainment News | November 15, 2009
The Essential 'Weird Al' Yankovic - 2 CDs, 38 Songs, Out Now; Win It!
...hiatus, Al came roaring back in 1992 with the release of Off the Deep End, led by "Smells Like Nirvana," his hit parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Kurt Cobain was widely quoted as saying he knew his band had "finally made...
In this article: Alfred Matthew Yankovic, Platinum, Grammy Award, Michael Jackson, RIAA, Straight Outta Lynwood, Running with Scissors, Amish Paradise, Itunes, and Fat
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Times Online | November 12, 2009
It's fine for Britney Spears to mime
...in 1991 and adopted a "live vocal to a prerecorded backing track" policy (infamously parodied by Kurt Cobain during his performance of Smells Like Teen Spirit), it was the death knell for the show. The curtains were lifted to reveal that...
In this article: Britney Spears, Cheryl Cole, Elton John, Madonna, Perth, Western Australia, Circus, Q Awards, and Auto-Tune
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Daily Mail | November 09, 2009
Memories of Arsenal's civil war under Gallas have been banished, says Cesc
...on Saturday as two own goals, Fabregas and Andrey Arshavin took the team's tally to 31 from 11 League matches so far this season. Smells like team spirit: Gallas celebrates with his high-flying Arsenal colleagues The Gunners'...
In this article: William Gallas, Arsenal, Cesc Fabregas, Sunderland, Champions League, Smells like team spirit, Chelsea, Andrey Arshavin, Arsene Wenger, and Premier League
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Blogcritics | November 03, 2009
Verse Chorus Verse: Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Verse Chorus Verse: Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "A sinister cabal of superior writers." I owe Nirvana a debt of gratitude I'll never be able to repay. Until they came along in 1991, I thought hair metal was good music. Well, I liked...
In this article: Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, Suicide, and Nevermind
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the opening track and lead single from the band's 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind. Written by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl and produced by Butch Vig, the song uses a verse-chorus form where the main four-chord riff is used during the intro and chorus to create an alternating loud and quiet dynamic.
The unexpected success of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" propelled Nevermind to the top of the charts at the start of 1992, often marked as the point where alternative rock entered the mainstream. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was Nirvana's first and biggest hit, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and placing high on music industry charts all around the world in 1991 and 1992.
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" received many critical plaudits, including topping the Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll and winning two MTV Video Music Awards for its music video, which was in heavy rotation on music television. The song was dubbed an "anthem for apathetic kids" of Generation X, but the band grew uncomfortable with the success and attention it received as a result. In the years since Nirvana's breakup, listeners and critics have continued to praise "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
- Name:
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Genre:
- Grunge
- Release Date:
- September 10, 1991
- Preceded By:
- "Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs"
- Produced by:
- Butch Vig
- Written By:
- Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
- Recorded By:
- Nirvana
- Length:
- 5:01
- Record Label:
- DGC
- Recording Dates:
- May 1991 at Sound City, Van Nuys, California
- B Side:
- "Drain You"/"Even in His Youth"/"Aneurysm"
- Audio Format:
- CD, cassette, 7", 12"
- From Album:
- Nevermind
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