Nirvana 's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video was uploaded to YouTube in 2009. In 2019, it hit one billion views. This past week, within just six years of the first billion views, the "Smells Like ...

Long before Nirvana’s 1991 single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” became the defining anthem for the grunge revolution, it was just a phrase scribbled on Kurt Cobain’s wall. In August 1990 ...

Nirvana performed “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for the first time on April 17, 1991 at a dark Seattle club in the shadow of a highway overpass. The show was hastily organized, a last minute ...

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This is not a violation of the grunge era or of Nirvana’s ethos as a band. It’s just a fun take on a classic song. One that shows “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is so good it transcends genres.

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” is Nirvana’s breakout hit and the anthem of Generation X. With its quiet-loud dynamics and powerful guitar riffs, it took over radio and MTV in late 1991. Kurt ...

But on impulse let’s go with Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” I’m not choosing it because the song is incredible — it is! — but for the way it reshaped our entire generation’s ...

Tori Amos decided to put her own spin on Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” She said fans told her to sing the song after Kurt Cobain died. She discussed what it was like to have fans sing ...

Some say Nirvana single-handedly ended hair metal with their flagship album Nevermind. The album’s lead single, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” grew so popular that the band hated playing it live.

Nirvana’s iconic music video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” has officially surpassed two billion views on YouTube—a first for grunge-rock, proving its enduring power more than 30 years after its ...

You asked for it and Nirvana provided. The iconic grunge trio’s beloved video for breakthrough 1991 hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” has just crossed the two billion views mark on YouTube.