While the majority of the YouTube music videos with two billion or more views are from pop, Latin, country and hip-hop ...

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 ...

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One of those bands, Nirvana, achieved massive success with its first major-label single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," which today stands as the genre's most towering classic. Nirvana's singer ...

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 ...

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 ...

During Kurt Cobain’s tragically short time in the spotlight, Nirvana gave the world several classic tracks. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” remains the bands’ signature song. In fact ...

During a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone, Cobain was asked to explain the origin of “Here we are now, entertain us.” “That came from something I used to say every time I used to walk into ...

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 ...

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 ...