Blaring boom boxes, skateboarders gliding down a half pipe, the unmistakable opening riff of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen ...

KELLY: That's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana from 1991. The song became an anthem for a generation that was ambivalent about traditional values and jaded with mainstream culture.

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” ended up being the song that radio stations played heavily on rotation, despite only being intended to be a base-building alternative rock cut from the sophomore album.

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 ...

When I put it on, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was like an out-of-body experience; the epiphany was in full swing by the end of the first chorus.

Frankly, "Song 2" sounds identical to "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and whether that was intentional or not, it makes for a pretty sweet combination.

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” became a hit for Nirvana. The tune peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, staying on the chart for 20 weeks.

And "Smells Like Teen Spirit" became the anthem of an era of counter-culture teens horrified with the materialism of late 20th century popular culture. In fact, ...

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” became Nirvana’s biggest hit in the United States by a long shot. The tune peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for 20 weeks.

It was Sept. 10, 1991, when Nirvana officially released 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' as a single, forever changing the course of rock music. In the two decades since, there have been countless ...

What does Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit have to do with Fintech? There are parallels between what the disenfranchised youth of the early 90s (and every generation before and after, for that ...

Paul Anka turned "Smells Like Teen Spirit" into a swing jazz tune on his 2005 album Rock Swings, which he was promoting in this appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.