Smells Like Teen Spirit
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist: | Kurt Cobain (lead singer and guitarist for Nirvana) |
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| composer: | Chris Novoselic Kurt Cobain (lead singer and guitarist for Nirvana) David Grohl |
| publisher: | EMI‐Virgin Songs, Inc. MJ Twelve Music Murky Slough Music Primary Wave Tunes The End of Music LLC Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) The End of Music (in 1991) Virgin Songs, Inc. (in 1991) |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/4468 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=416 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q485907 [info] |
| work list entry: | https://www.easysong.com/search/songs/song-copyright-holder-information.aspx?s=15483 [info] |
| later parody versions: | Humppanirvana Outro Smells Like Birthday Cake Smells Like Colt Spirit Smells Like Nirvana Smells Like Queer Spirit Smells Like Thirtysomething Spirit Smells Like Two‐Spirit |
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| later translated parody versions: | Ejaculatio Praecox |
| later translated versions: | Cмердить, Наче Дух Підлітка (Smells Like Teen Spirit) Riecht wie Teen Spirit Vleugje jeugdcultuur |
| is the basis for: | Smells Like Flatley’s Feet Smells Like Freeland |
| music quoted in: | Ballad of Nirvana |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1991-04-17 | Negative Creep / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Wild Thing (live, 1991‐04‐17: OK Hotel, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-04-17 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐04‐17: OK Hotel, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-04-17 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐04‐17: OK Hotel, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 6:17 |
| 1991-05 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | 5:01 | |
| 1991-05 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (Butch Vig mix) | Nirvana | 4:59 | |
| 1991-06-18 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-06-18: The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:59 |
| 1991-06-20 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-06-20: Melody Ballroom, Portland, OR, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-08-20 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐08‐20: Sir Henry's, Cork, Ireland) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-08-20 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐08‐20: Sir Henry's, Cork, Ireland) | live | Nirvana | 5:04 |
| 1991-08-23 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐08‐23: Little John’s Farm, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-08-23 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐08‐23: Little John’s Farm, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | 4:49 |
| 1991-08-23 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-08-23: Reading Festival, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | 4:59 |
| 1991-08-23 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐08‐23: Little John’s Farm, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-08-23 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-08-23: Reading Festival, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | 4:50 |
| 1991-08-24 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐08‐24: Tanzbrunnen, Köln, Germany) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-08-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐08‐27: Aladin Music-Hall, Bremen, Germany) | live | Nirvana | 4:48 |
| 1991-08-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-08-27: Überschall 91, Aladin Music Hall, Bremen, Germany) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-09-01 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐01: De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-09-01 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐01: De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:40 |
| 1991-09-16 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-09-16: Beehive Music & Video, Seattle, WA, USA) | Nirvana | ?:?? | |
| 1991-09-20 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐20: The Opera House, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-09-21 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐21: Les Foufounes Électriques, Montréal, QC, Canada) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-09-24 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐24: Axis, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-09-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐25: Club Babyhead, Providence, RI, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-09-26 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐26: The Moon, New Haven, CT, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-09-26 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-09-26: The Moon, New Haven, CT, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:54 |
| 1991-09-26 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐26: The Moon, New Haven, CT, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:38 |
| 1991-09-26 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐26: The Moon, New Haven, CT, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:38 |
| 1991-09-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐27: City Gardens, Trenton, NJ, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:01 |
| 1991-10-01 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐10‐01: J.C. Dobbs, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-10-02 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-02: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-10-06 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐10‐06: The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-10-11 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-11: St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:07 |
| 1991-10-12 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐10‐12: Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:39 |
| 1991-10-12 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐10‐12: Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:39 |
| 1991-10-12 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-12: Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:44 |
| 1991-10-12 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐10‐12: Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:39 |
| 1991-10-14 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-14: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-10-14 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-14: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:05 |
| 1991-10-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐10‐25: The Palace, Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:17 |
| 1991-10-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-27: The Palace, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-10-31 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐10‐31: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:52 |
| 1991-10-31 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐10‐31: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:52 |
| 1991-10-31 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-31: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:16 |
| 1991-10-31 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-31: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:46 |
| 1991-10-31 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐10‐31: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:52 |
| 1991-10-31 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐10‐31: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:45 |
| 1991-10-31 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-31: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:44 |
| 1991-11-05 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐05: Astoria Theatre, London, UK) | live | Nirvana | 5:29 |
| 1991-11-05 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-05: Astoria Theatre, London, UK) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-11-08 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-08: The Word, Channel 4 Studios, London, UK) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-11-08 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐08: Limehouse Television Studios, London, UK) | live | Nirvana | 2:58 |
| 1991-11-08 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐08: Limehouse Television Studios, London, UK) | live | Nirvana | 2:58 |
| 1991-11-11 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐11: Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany) | live | Nirvana | 4:52 |
| 1991-11-11 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-11: Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany) | Nirvana | 4:35 | |
| 1991-11-13 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-13: Nachtwerk, Munich, Germany) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-11-17 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐17: Bloom, Mezzago, Italy) | live | Nirvana | 4:42 |
| 1991-11-17 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-17: Bloom, Mezzago, Italy) | Nirvana | 4:43 | |
| 1991-11-19 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-19: Il Castello, Rome, Italy) | live | Nirvana | 4:24 |
| 1991-11-19 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-19: Il Castello, Rome, Italy) | live | Nirvana | 4:41 |
| 1991-11-19 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐19: Teatro Castello, Roma, Italy) | live | Nirvana | 4:31 |
| 1991-11-19 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐19: Teatro Castello, Roma, Italy) | live | Nirvana | 4:23 |
| 1991-11-19 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐19: Teatro Castello, Roma, Italy) | live | Nirvana | 4:30 |
| 1991-11-20 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐20: Kryptonight, Baricella, Italy) | live | Nirvana | 4:49 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:27 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:29 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:36 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:50 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:36 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:33 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:31 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:35 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:32 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:34 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:34 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:29 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 3:14 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 3:00 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit / Drain You / Aneurysm / School / Floyd the Barber / About a Girl / Polly / Lithium / Sliver / Breed / In Bloom / Negative Creep / On a Plain / Blew / Love Buzz | live | Nirvana | 43:56 |
| 1991-11-26 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐26: University of Bradford, Bradford, UK) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-11-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-27: TV show Top of the Pops, UK) | live | Nirvana | 3:00 |
| 1991-11-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐27: Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, UK) | live | Nirvana | 3:02 |
| 1991-11-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐27: Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, UK) | live | Nirvana | 3:02 |
| 1991-11-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐27: Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, UK) | live | Nirvana | 3:01 |
| 1991-11-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐27: Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, UK) | live | Nirvana | 3:11 |
| 1991-11-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐27: Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, UK) | live | Nirvana | 3:08 |
| 1991-11-29 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐11‐29: Calton Studios, Edinburgh, UK) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-12-02 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-02: The Mayfair, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-12-07 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐12‐07: Le Liberté, Rennes, France) | live | Nirvana | 5:37 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:05 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Del Mar Fairgrounds, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:47 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O’Brien Pavilion Del Mar Fairground, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:47 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐12‐28: Pat O’Brien Pavilion, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:48 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐12‐28: Pat O’Brien Pavilion, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:31 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐12‐28: Pat O’Brien Pavilion, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:00 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:56 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐12‐28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:00 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:01 |
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