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{{Infobox Single | Name = Smells Like Teen Spirit
| Cover = Smells Like Teen Spirit.jpg
| Artist = [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
| from Album = [[Nevermind]]
| B-side = "[[Even in His Youth]]"/"[[Aneurysm (song)|Aneurysm]]"
| Released = [[September 10]], [[1991]]
| Format = [[Compact disc|CD]], [[vinyl record|7"]], [[12-inch single|12"]]
| Recorded = May-June, [[1991]] at</br>&nbsp;Sound City, [[Van Nuys]]
| Genre = [[Grunge music|Grunge]]
| Length =
<ul><li> 5 [[minute|min]] 1 [[second|s]] <small>(Album Version)</small></li></ul>
<ul><li> 4 [[minute|min]] 30 [[second|s]] <small> (Single Version)</small></li></ul>
| Label = [[Geffen Records|DGC]]<br><small>DGCCS7 ([[United States|US]], [[Vinyl record|7"]])<br>DGCS ([[United States|US]], [[12-inch single|12"]])<br>DGCDS-21673 ([[United States|US]], [[Compact disc|CD]])<br>DGC ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[vinyl record|7"]])<br>DGCT5 ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[12-inch single|12"]])<br>DGCTP5 ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[12-inch single|12"]], picture disc)<br>DGCCD5 ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Compact disc|CD]])
| Producer = [[Butch Vig]]
| Chart position =
• #6 <small>([[United States|US]])</small>
• #7 <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small>
| Reviews =
• ''[[All Music Guide]]'' [[Image:4hvof5.png]] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:53rc28oc058a link]
| Last single = "[[Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs]]"<br />(1991)
| This single = "Smells Like Teen Spirit" <br /> (1991)
| Next single = "[[Come as You Are]]"<br />(1992) |
Misc = {{Extra tracklisting
| Album = [[Nevermind]]
| prev_track =
| prev_no =
| this_track = "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
| track_no = 1
| next_track = "[[In Bloom]]"
| next_no = 2
}}}}
"'''Smells Like Teen Spirit'''" is a song by [[United States|American]] [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] that was the first track and lead [[Single (music)|single]] from the band's [[1991]] breakthrough album ''[[Nevermind]]''. Written by [[Kurt Cobain]], [[Krist Novoselic]], and [[Dave Grohl]] and produced by [[Butch Vig]], "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is commonly regarded as the song that brought [[alternative rock]] and [[Grunge music|grunge]] music to prominence worldwide and marked the cultural emergence of [[Generation X]].
 
Bipolar II is considered the less-severe form of Bipolar Disorder. According to most medical opinions, psychosis must be absent in order to qualify as a Bipolar II diagnosis. Bipolar II has not been studied extensively independantly from Bipolar I, and its frequency in the general population is uncertain. Since it may require less medical attention than Bipolar I, more people with Bipolar II remain undiagnosed, as they may not be adversely affected by the condition. Those seeking help for Bipolar II usually do so under the umbrella of Bipolar I, since Bipolar II may not be considered a medical need by some practitioners. However, this brings with it the possibility of over-treatment.
The band's first and biggest hit, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" reached #1 for many weeks on charts around the world in [[1991]]. On the ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]], "Teen Spirit" reached #6, and it topped the magazine's [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart. It was voted best single of the year in the ''[[Village Voice]]'' [[Pazz & Jop]] critics' poll. The video for the song won the band "Best New Artist" and "Best Alternative Group" awards at the 1992 [[MTV Video Music Awards]].
 
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" has been acclaimed over the years as one of the greatest rock songs ever. In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ninth in its list of the [[500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]. In 2000, the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] marked the song the Most Played Video on MTV Europe. In 2002, the song was featured in an episode of the [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] documentary series, ''Impact: Songs That Changed The World'', and in 2004, [[CBC Radio One]]'s [[50 Tracks]] placed it at number 5 of the fifty "essential" pop songs of the twentieth century. The lyrics reached 3rd place in [[VH1 UK]]'s ''The Nation's Favourite Lyric'' in 2006, and also ranked 3rd in the [[Q Magazine]] poll "100 Greatest Songs Ever" in October that year.
 
==Origins and recording==
 
In a January [[1994]] ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine interview, Kurt Cobain admitted that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was an attempt to write a song in the style of the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], a band he admired greatly. Cobain said, "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 &mdash; 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>Fricke, David. "Kurt Cobain: The Rolling Stone Interview." ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. [[January 27]], [[1994]]</ref>
 
Cobain had only started writing the song a few weeks before recording was to start on their second album, later to be titled ''Nevermind''.<ref>Azerrad, Michael. ''Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana''. Doubleday, 1993. ISBN 0-385-47199-8, pg. 175</ref> When Cobain first presented the song (which at that point only consisted of the main riff and the chorus vocal melody)<ref>Azerrad, pg. 176</ref><ref name=rsslts>"Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit." ''Rolling Stone''. [[December 7]], [[2000]].</ref> to his bandmates, bassist Krist Novoselic commented he thought it was "ridiculous"; Cobain consequently made the band play it repeatedly for "an hour and a half".<ref name=pixies /> Novoselic recalled in 2001 that after playing the riff over and over again, he said "'Wait a minute. Why don't we just kind of slow this down a bit?' So I started playing the verse part. And Dave [started] playing a drum beat".<ref name=requiem>Cross, Charles. "Requiem for a Dream". ''[[Guitar World]]''. October 2001.</ref> As a result all three band members are credited as songwriters.
 
Cobain got the song name when friend [[Kathleen Hanna]], lead singer of the [[riot grrrl]] punk band [[Bikini Kill]] at the time, spray painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his wall. Since they had been talking about anarchy, [[punk rock]] and similar topics, Cobain took it to be a slogan in that vein. The meaning, however, was that Kurt smelled like "[[Teen Spirit (deodorant)|Teen Spirit]]", the deodorant that Tobi Vail, Hanna's bandmate and Kurt's then-girlfriend, wore. Cobain claimed that he did not know it was a brand of deodorant until months after the single was released.<ref>Azerrad, pg. 211-12</ref>
 
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was, along with "[[Come As You Are]]", one of a few new songs to be recorded during the ''Nevermind'' sessions.<ref>Azerrad, pg. 167</ref> Nirvana recorded "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at Sound City recording studio in [[Van Nuys]], [[California]] with producer Butch Vig in May of 1991.<ref>Cross, Charles. "The Stories Behind the Songs". ''Rolling Stone''. [[November 14]], [[2002]]</ref> Prior to recording, the band had given Vig a rough cassette demo recording of "Teen Spirit". Vig suggested some minor arrangment changes to the song, such as moving a guitar ad lib into the chorus and trimming down the chorus length.<ref>di Perna, Alan. "The Making of ''Nevermind''". ''Guitar World''. Fall 1996.</ref> The band recorded the basic track of the song in three takes, keeping the second one.<ref name=rsslts />
 
==Composition==
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is in the musical key of [[F minor]], and is based around a riff using four [[power chords]] (F-Bb-Ab-Db) played in a [[syncopation|syncopated]] 16th note strum. 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>Chappell, Jon. "Nirvana's Music". ''Guitar'' magazine. June 1993.</ref> The US rock critic [[Dave Marsh]] has noted that the famous opening [[riff]] of the song resembles the celebrated riff from the [[1963]] cover version by [[The Kingsmen]] of [[Richard Berry]]'s song "[[Louie Louie]]"<ref> Marsh, Dave. ''Louie Louie'', University of Michigan Press, 2004 ISBN 0-472-03023-X </ref>. Comparisons have also been made by listeners to [[Boston (band)|Boston's]] 1976 hit "[[More Than a Feeling]]".<ref>Azerrad, pg. 176</ref> Cobain himself held similar opinions, saying that it "was such a cliched riff. It was so close to a Boston riff or 'Louie Louie'".<ref name=pixies />
 
While melodically and harmonically simple, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is structured around an alternating loud/quiet dynamic that shifts from minimalistic, moody verses with [[stream of consciousness]] lyrics to loud chorus sections. During the verse Cobain plays a sparse two-note guitar line over Novoselic's eight-note bassline pulse, which outlines the chord progression. Each verse rises to an explosive chorus where Cobain resumes the main guitar riff and screams the lyrics. After the second verse, Cobain plays a guitar solo that resembles his vocal melody from the verse. After the third and final verse and chorus, the band extends the chorus section while Cobain sings the refrain "A denial" repeatedly. The song ends with the feedback of the guitar.
 
==Release, success, and acclaim==
The "Smells Like Teen Spirit" single was released on [[September 10]], [[1991]] as the lead single from ''Nevermind''. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was meant to be the base-building alternative rock cut, while "Come As You Are" was expected to be the song that could cross over to other radio formats. However, [[campus radio]] and [[modern rock]] radio stations picked up on the song and put it into 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, pg. 227</ref> The video received a world premiere on [[MTV]]'s late-night alternative rock program ''[[120 Minutes]]'', but soon proved so popular the channel began to air it during it's regular daytime rotation. As a result, ''Nevermind'' began selling thousands of copies a week, culminating in the album knocking [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[Dangerous (album)|Dangerous]]'' album from the top spot on the ''Billboard'' charts in January of 1992.
 
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" received much critical acclaim. It topped the 1991 year-end polls for the ''[[Village Voice]]'' [[Pazz & Jop]] critics poll and ''[[Melody Maker]]'' magazine, and reached number two on ''Rolling Stone's'' list of best singles of the year. The single topped out at #6 on the singles chart the same week ''Nevermind'' reached #1;<ref>"Nirvana Achieves Chart Perfection!" ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''. [[January 25]], [[1992]].</ref> it also hit number one on the Modern Rock Tacks chart and has since been [[RIAA single certification|certified platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref>{{cite web | author=Basham, David | year=2001| title=Got Charts? No Doubt's Christmas Gift; Nirvana Ain't No Beatles | format=http | work=MTV.com | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451583/20011220/story.jhtml#/news/articles/1451583/20011220/story.jhtml | accessdate=October 19 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> The single also topped numerous charts worldwide. Still, many American Top 40 stations at the time were reluctant to play the song in regular rotation due to its sound and restricted it to nighttime play.<ref>Ross, Sean. "Nirvana Receiving Less-Than-Spirited Airplay." ''Billboard''. [[February 1]], [[1992]].</ref>
 
In the wake of Nirvana's success, [[Michael Azerrad]] wrote in a 1992 ''Rolling Stone'' article that "'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 song has since been considered to be the anthem of a generation.<ref>Garofalo, Reebee. ''Rockin' Out: Popular Music in the USA''. Allyn & Bacon, 1997. ISBN 0205137032, p. 447</ref> The band grew uncomfortable with the success of the song and in later shows often pointedly excluded it from show setlists.<ref>Crisafulli, Chuck. ''Teen Spirit: The Stories Behind Every Nirvana Song''. Carlton, 1996. ISBN 0-684-83356-5, pg. 38</ref> Cobain has talked about his dislike for the song, mostly because of its success, and how "Drain You", from the same album, was "definitely as good as 'Teen Spirit'."
 
Since its release, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has continued to garner critical acclaim. In 2003, [[VH1]] placed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number one on its list of "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years."<ref>{{cite web | author= | year=2003| title="VH1's 100 Greatest Songs" | format=http | work=cbsnews.com | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/10/entertainment/main557973.shtml | accessdate=October 19 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' ranked "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ninth in its list of the [[500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] in 2004. ''Rolling Stone'' described the song's impact as "A shock wave of big-amp purity, [it] wiped the lingering jive of the Eighties off the pop map overnight."<ref>{{cite web | author= | year=2004| title="Smells Like Teen Spirit" | format=http | work=rollingstone.com | url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595854/smells_like_teen_spirit | accessdate=October 19 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>
 
==Song meaning==
 
The lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as Cobain sang them were often difficult for listeners to decipher, both because of their nonsensicality and Cobain's guttural, slurred speech. This incomprehensibility was the subject of [[Weird Al Yankovic]]'s parody of the song titled "[[Smells Like Nirvana]]." This problem was compounded by the fact that the ''Nevermind'' album liner did not include lyrics for the song, simply random lyrical fragments. As a result of the confusion, MTV prepared a version of the video that included the lyrics running across the bottom of the screen, which aired when the video was added to heavy rotation.<ref>Azerrad, pg. 199</ref> Lyrics for the album (some from earlier or alternate versions of the songs) were finally released in the liner notes of the "[[Lithium (song)|Lithium]]" single.
 
In ''[[Heavier Than Heaven]]'', Charles Cross' biography of Kurt Cobain, an argument is made that the song is a reference to Kurt's break-up with [[Tobi Vail]].<ref>Cross, Charles. ''Heavier Than Heaven''. Hyperion, 2001. ISBN 0-7868-6505-9</ref> This argument is backed up by lyrics which were present in earlier drafts, which can be seen in Kurt's ''Journals'', such as "Why don't you cry when I'm away / Oh yeah we want what's best for you" and "Who will be the King & Queen of the outcasted [sic] teens" He also referred to the preppy teens at his highschool, who "always sat at on the heater complaining about the heat....one of there names were Jeanine...the bitch" He said "they just pissed me off and I wanted to let them know.<ref>Cobain, Kurt. ''Journals''. Riverhead Books, 2002. ISBN 1-57322-232-1</ref>
 
However, Cobain himself did not believe that his lyrics had any one specific meaning. In an MTV interview, he lamented:
 
{{cquote|I just notice that people expect...more of a thematic angle with our music, you know &mdash; they always want to read into it. And before I was just using pieces of poetry and just, just garble, just garbage and just stuff that would just spew out of me at the time, and a lot of times I write lyrics it's just at the last minute because I'm really lazy, so...and then I find myself having to come up with explanations...}}
 
Cobain has 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>Azerrad, pg. 213</ref> Drummer Dave Grohl has 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, pg. 214</ref>
 
==Music video==
 
Like the song itself, the [[music video]] for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has been highly popular and acclaimed. The music video was the first for acclaimed director [[Samuel Bayer]], who would later go on to direct videos for such notable rock acts as [[Green Day]], [[The Ramones]], [[Metallica]], and [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]. The video was filmed in the gym of [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)|Fairfax High School]] in Los Angeles, the school where the original members of the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] met. It was inspired by the 1979 film ''[[Over the Edge (film)|Over the Edge]]'', of which Kurt Cobain was a fan.
 
The video featured the band playing at an assembly at a high school gym, surrounded by cheerleaders, wearing black dresses with the [[Anarchist symbolism#Circle-A|Circle-A]] anarchist symbol, instead of a school [[mascot]]. (The ___location of the symbol is an allusion to the novel ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]''.) The video ends with the assembled "students" trashing the set and the band's gear.
 
The video also featured the then-unknown [[Burton C. Bell]], who later went on to become vocalist in the [[industrial metal]] band [[Fear Factory]].
 
As noted in the Nirvana biography ''Come as You Are'', the demolishing of the set captured in the video was essentially uncontrolled. The extras that filled the bleachers had been forced to stay seated for the entire afternoon of filming, and had sat through uncountable replays of the song. By the time Bayer turned them loose, the set became a scene of chaos.
 
The music video was parodied at least two times: in [[Weird Al Yankovic]]' music video for "[[Smells Like Nirvana]]" (see below), and in [[Bob Sinclar]] and [[Cutee B]]'s music video for [[Rock This Party]] ([[2006]]).
 
Recently, an early edit of the video surfaced on [[You Tube]][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHJcTXt5G9o&eurl=]. The copy is an early edit that [[Samuel Bayer]] did to the video. [[Kurt Cobain]] disliked Bayer's edit and personally oversaw a re-edit of the video to the version that finally saw rotation.<ref>Azerrad, pg. 191</ref>
 
==Live performances==
 
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was first performed live on [[April 17]], [[1991]] at the [[OK Hotel]] in [[Seattle, Washington]]. The performance can be found on the DVD of the 2004 boxset ''[[With the Lights Out]],'' with shorter clips included in the ''[[Nevermind]]'' [[Classic Albums]] DVD and 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 recorded version of the earlier version appears on ''[[With the Lights Out]]'' and again on ''[[Sliver: The Best of the Box ]]''.
 
A memorable performance of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" occurred on [[BBC]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', during which frontman [[Kurt Cobain]] sang in a deliberately low, mournful tone, and altered numerous lyrics in the song (for example, "Load up on guns, bring your friends" became "Load up on [[drugs]], kill your friends"). He would later claim he was trying to sound like former [[The Smiths|Smiths]] frontman [[Morrissey]].<ref>Cross, pg. 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 | author= | year=2006| title="Top of the Pops" shows | format=http | work=observer.guardian.co.uk | url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/the10/story/0,,1818026,00.html | accessdate=October 18 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> This performance can be found on the 1994 home video ''[[Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!]]''.
 
Nirvana was known for altering the song's lyrics and [[tempo]] for live performances. Most 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 ''[[From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]]''.
 
==Cover versions==
 
The song has been covered by numerous artists, including [[Tori Amos]] on her ''Crucify'' EP (which Cobain referred to as "a great breakfast cereal version"),<ref>Azerrad, pg. 257</ref> the jazz band [[The Bad Plus]], [[The Melvins]] and the industrial act [[Xorcist]]. The Japanese Beatboxer [[Do Kaka]] also made his own beatboxed cover version for it. In 2005, it was covered as a [[swing music|swing]] song by 1950s star [[Paul Anka]]. The song was also sampled by Germany's [[Atari Teenage Riot]] in their song "Atari Teenage Riot," from their 1997 album "Burn, Berlin, Burn!" An instrumental cover version was produced by [[World Championship Wrestling]] as the [[Music in professional wrestling|entrance music]] for wrestler [[Diamond Dallas Page]], with clips of DDP's voice dubbed in from time to time. The song was also performed in a [[cabaret]] style in the [[2001]] movie ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''.
 
In 1992, the song was [[parody|parodied]] by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] as "[[Smells Like Nirvana]]", a song about Nirvana itself. Weird Al's parody was about how it was difficult to understand Cobain's lyrics and their meaning. The music video for the song even went as far as using the same set, costumes, and members of the cast from the original "Spirit" video. Yankovic has said Kurt Cobain told him he realized that Nirvana had "made it" when he heard the parody.<ref>{{cite web | author= | year=2006| title=Weird Al Yankovic Dishes On James Blunt, Discusses His Role As the Whitest, Nerdiest Rock Star Ever | format=http | work=rollingstone.com | url=http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/09/19/weird-al-yankovic-dishes-on-james-blunt-discusses-his-role-as-the-whitest-nerdiest-rock-star-ever/ | accessdate=October 21 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>
 
===List of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Covers===
 
*[[1992]] by [[Tori Amos]] on ''Crucify (EP)''
*[[1992]] parodied by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] as "[[Smells Like Nirvana]]" on ''[[Off the Deep End]]''
*[[1993]] by Sara DeBell on ''Grunge Lite''
*[[1993]] by [[Xorcist]] on ''Shut Up Kitty'' compilation
*[[1994]] by [[Abigail]] on ''Feel Good''
*[[2000]] by [[The Melvins]] (Vocals by guest star [[Leif Garrett]]) on ''[[The Crybaby (album)|The Crybaby]]''.
*[[2001]] by the actors of the film '[[Moulin Rouge!]]''
*[[2001]] by [[Blanks 77]] for the Nirvana punk tribute, [[Smells Like Bleach: A Punk Tribute To Nirvana|Smells Like Bleach]]
*[[2001]] by [[Eric Roche]] on ''[[Spin]]''
*[[2003]] by [[The Bad Plus]] on ''[[These Are The Vistas]]''
*[[2003]] by [[Goya]] on ''[[Kawałek po kawałku]]
*[[2004]] by [[The Wounded]] on ''[[Atlantic (album)|Atlantic]]''
*[[2005]] by [[Paul Anka]], on ''[[Rock Swings]]''
*[[2005]] by [[Mig Ayesa]], on ''[[Rock Star: INXS]]''
*[[2006]] by [[Magni Asgeirsson]] on ''[[Rock Star: Supernova]]''
*[[2006]] by [[Silent Fiction]] on ''[[Generation Y?]]''
 
==Track listing==
 
The following tracks appeared on the CD single:
#"Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain, [[Dave Grohl|Grohl]], [[Krist Novoselic|Novoselic]]) - 4:30
#"[[Even in His Youth]]" (Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic) - 3:03
#"[[Aneurysm (song)|Aneurysm]]" (Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic) - 4:44
 
"[[Aneurysm (song)|Aneurysm]]" did not appear on the [[cassette single]].
 
The version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the release is the single edit that was featured in the music video, which removes approximately thirty seconds from the album version. In particular, two repetitions of the main riff have been removed from the beginning of the song, as has the repeat of the first section of the guitar solo.
 
The European CD Single falsely lists the length of "Even in His Youth" as [[420 (cannabis culture)|4:20]]. This was supposedly an inside joke within the band, a reference to smoking [[marijuana]]. The US CD Single correctly lists the song length at 3:03.
 
==Accolades==
 
*Melody Maker magazine Single of The Year #1 (1991)
*[[Rolling Stone]] Critics Singles Pick #2 (1991)
*Kerrang! magazine Greatest 100 Rock Tracks Ever #1 (1999)
*Kerrang! magazine Greatest Singles of All Time #1 (2002)
*[[List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] #9 (2002)
*[[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years #1 (2003)
*[[Q magazine|''Q'' magazine]] 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever #4 (2005)
*[[Australian]] count down show '20 to 1; Greatest Songs Ever' #17 ([[2006]])
 
==Chart positions==
 
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
| 1991
| Official New Zealand Singles Chart
| No. 1
|-
| 1991
| Official Belgium Singles Chart
| No. 1
|-
| 1991
| [[Irish Singles Chart|Official Irish Singles Chart]]
| No. 1
|-
| 1991
| Official Spanish Singles Chart
| No. 1
|-
| 1992
| Official French Singles Chart
| No. 1
|-
| 1992
| Official Norway Singles Chart
| No. 2
|-
| 1992
| Official German Singles Chart
| No. 2
|-
| 1991
| Official Sweden Singles Chart
| No. 3
|-
| 1991
| Official Holland Singles Chart
| No. 3
|-
| 1992
| Official Italian Singles Chart
| No. 3
|-
| 1992
| [[ARIA Charts|Official Australian Singles Chart]]
| No. 5
|-
| 1992
| [[Billboard Hot 100|The Billboard Hot 100]] (US)
| No. 6
|-
| 1992
| Official Switzerland Singles Chart
| No. 6
|-
| 1991
| [[UK Singles Chart|Official UK Singles Chart]]
| No. 7
|-
| 1992
| Official Austrian Singles Chart
| No. 8
|-
| 1992
| Official Finland Singles Chart
| No. 9
|-
| 1992
| Hot 100 Brasil
| No. 9
|-
| 1991
| [[Modern Rock Tracks]] (US)
| No. 1
|-
| 1992
| [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] (US)
| No. 7
|-
| 1992
| Hot Dance Music/Club Play (US)
| No. 14
|-
| 1992
| Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (US)
| No. 27
|-
| 1992
| Hot 100 Airplay (US)
| No. 41
|-
| 1992
| French Airplay Chart
| No. 1
|-
| 1991
| [[Triple J Hottest 100]]
| No. 1
|-
| 1992
| Poland Airplay Chart
| No. 2
|-
| 1992
| Slovakian Airplay Chart
| No. 9
|-
| 1992
| Canadian National Airplay Chart
| No. 17
|-
| 1994
| Latvian Airplay Chart
| No. 18
|}
 
==Samples==
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==References==
 
*Azerrad, Michael. ''Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana''. Doubleday, 1993. ISBN 0-385-47199-8
*Crisafulli, Chuck. ''Teen Spirit: The Stories Behind Every Nirvana Song''. Carlton, 1996. ISBN 0-684-83356-5
 
==Notes==
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* [http://www.rollingstone.com/features/coverstory/featuregen.asp?pid=1282 Kurt Cobain: The Rolling Stone Interview]
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* [http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/15/teen_spirit/ Salon article on cultural impact of ''Smells Like Teen Spirit]
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* [http://e-lyrics.org/song.php?id=915 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" lyrics]
 
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