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 |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1991-04-17 | Negative Creep / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Wild Thing | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-05 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | 5:01 | |
| 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 | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991-08-23 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 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: Reading Festival, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | 4:50 |
| 1991-09-01 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | live | Nirvana | 4:40 |
| 1991-09-16 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-09-16: Beehive Music & Video, Seattle, WA, USA) | Nirvana | ?:?? | |
| 1991-09-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐09‐27: City Gardens, Trenton, NJ, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:01 |
| 1991-10-02 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-02: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, 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 | 4:51 |
| 1991-10-12 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-12: Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:44 |
| 1991-10-14 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-10-14: First Avenue Club, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | Nirvana | ?:?? | |
| 1991-10-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991-10-25: Rock For Choice Benefit, The Palace, Hollywood, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 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 | Nirvana | 4:45 |
| 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 on The World TV show) (11/91) | live | Nirvana | 2:57 |
| 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 | ?:?? |
| 1991-11-19 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-11-19: Il Castello, Rome, Italy) | live | Nirvana | 4:41 |
| 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 | 4:36 |
| 1991-11-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live in Amsterdam, Netherlands 1991) (live, 1991-11-25: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | Nirvana | 4:50 |
| 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 |
| 1991-11-27 | 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 (Gothic version) (live, 1991-11-27: Top of the Pops, BBC Television Studios, London, UK) | live | Nirvana | 3:01 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O’Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairground, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:50 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:00 |
| 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, 1993-12-13: MTV Live and Loud, Pier 48, Seattle, WA, 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 | 4:47 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: The Eternal Legacy: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:52 |
| 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: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA) | Nirvana | 5:07 | |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:44 |
| 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 in Del Mar, California 1991) (live, 1991-12-28: Del Mar Fairgrounds, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:49 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:49 |
| 1991-12-28 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA) (live, 1990-04-10: Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI, 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, 1991‐12‐28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 5:00 |
| 1991-12-31 | Leash | cover, live and partial | Pearl Jam | 3:45 |
| 1991-12-31 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐12‐31: Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, USA) | cover and live | Pearl Jam | 0:45 |
| 1991-12-31 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991‐12‐31: Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:57 |
| 1991-12-31 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-31: Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1991 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991) | live | Nirvana | 4:41 |
| 1991 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991) | live | Nirvana | 4:48 |
| 1991 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live: 1991) | live | Nirvana | 6:12 |
| 1991 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live at the Paramount) | live | Nirvana | 4:46 |
| 1991 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (rehearsal demo, 1991) | demo | Nirvana | 5:41 |
| 1992-01-10 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-01-10: 120 Minutes, MTV Studios, New York, NY, USA) | live | Nirvana | 2:21 |
| 1992-01-10 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live - 10 Jan 92, Mt) | live | Nirvana | 4:34 |
| 1992-01-10 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-01-10: MTV Studios, New York, NY, USA) (live, 1992-01-10: MTV Studios, New York, NY, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:36 |
| 1992-01-10 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-01-10: Saturday Night Live, NBC Studios New York, NY, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:09 |
| 1992-01-11 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-01-11: Saturday Night Live) | live | Nirvana | 4:53 |
| 1992-01-11 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992‐01‐11: Studio 8H, NBC Studios, New York, NY, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1992-01-11 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992‐01‐11: Studio 8H, New York, NY, USA) | live | Nirvana | 4:53 |
| 1992-01-11 | Smells like Teen Spirit (Saturday Night Live - January 11, 1992) | live | Nirvana | 4:53 |
| 1992-01-11 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (SNL, 1992-01-11) | live | Nirvana | 4:57 |
| 1992-01-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-01-25: Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW, Australia) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1992-01-30 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-01-30: The Barton Theatre, Adelaide, Australia) | live | Nirvana | 5:25 |
| 1992-02-01 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-02-01: The Palace, Melbourne, Australia) | live | Nirvana | 5:19 |
| 1992-02-01 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live in Melbourne, Australia for Triple J 1992) (live, 1992-02-01: The Palace, Melbourne, Australia) | live | Nirvana | 5:19 |
| 1992-02-07 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-02-07: Noizemaker: Selina's, The Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney, Australia) | live | Nirvana | 5:23 |
| 1992-02-16 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-02-16: Club Quattro, Nagoya, Japan) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1992-02-19 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live in Tokyo, Japan 1992) (live, 1992-02-19: Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Nirvana | 8:04 |
| 1992-03-15 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992‐03‐15: Amsterdam, Netherlands) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:43 |
| 1992-04-25 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992‐04‐25: Rivoli, Toronto, ON, Canada) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:31 |
| 1992-06-08 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992‐06‐08: Stadtpark Freilichtbühne, Hamburg, Germany) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:13 |
| 1992-06-21 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-06-21: The Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1992-06-24 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-06-24: Le Zénith, Paris, France) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1992-06-26 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-06-26: Leer: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1992-06-26 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-06-26: Roskilde Festival, Dyrskuepladsen, Roskilde, Denmark) | live | Nirvana | 4:40 |
| 1992-06-27 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-06-27: Ruisrock, Kansanpuisto, Turku, Finland) | live | Nirvana | 4:53 |
| 1992-06-30 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (soundcheck) (live, 1992-06-30: Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
| 1992-07-03 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-07-03: Palacio de los Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) | live | Nirvana | 4:37 |
| 1992-07-06 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992‐07‐06: Alte Oper, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:09 |
| 1992-07-07 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-07-07: Casino de Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:21 |
| 1992-07-07 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-07-07: Casino de Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:36 |
| 1992-08-16 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992‐08‐16: The Carefree Theater, West Palm Beach, FL, USA) | cover and live | Tori Amos | ?:?? |
| 1992-08-24 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-08-24: Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:49 |
| 1992-08-29 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992‐08‐29: Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:29 |
| 1992-08-30 | More Than a Feeling / Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-08-30: Reading Festival, Richfield Avenue, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | 6:02 |
| 1992-08-30 | More Than a Feeling / Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-08-30: Reading Festival, Richfield Avenue, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | 5:25 |
| 1992-08-30 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-08-30: Reading Festival, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | 5:54 |
| 1992-08-30 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-08-30: Reading Festival, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | 4:51 |
| 1992-08-30 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-08-30: Richfield Avenue, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | 4:45 |
| 1992-08-30 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992‐08‐30: Little John’s Farm, UK) | live | Nirvana | 5:53 |
| 1992-08-30 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992‐08‐30, Reading Festival, Little John’s Farm, Reading, UK) | live | Nirvana | 5:24 |
| 1992-09-02 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-09-02: Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:31 |
| 1992-09-04 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-09-04: The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 3:44 |
| 1992-09-11 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1992-09-11: Washington Music Industry Coalition Benefit, Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Nirvana | ?:?? |
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