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Smells Like Teen Spirit was considered the most well known song by the band, Nirvana. It has been voted the best song of the 1990's on several music programs including VH1's program Best Song Of The 90's.

Meaning

Kurt Cobain has often said the this song was just a big pop intro for Nevermind. The title of the song was suggested by Kurt after one of his past girlfriends spray-painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his apartment wall. Teen Spirit is a name of a deoderant for women, Kurt might have used it or is she or someone else put it on him, making him "Smell Like Teen Spirit".

Flim Clip

The film clip is set in a schools basketball arena it features a janitor a few cheerleaders and some spectartors who jump up and down. All of them are played by actual Nirvana fans.

Nirvana_-_Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit — Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Unplugged

Voting polls have shown that Smells Like Teen Spirit was the song most looked forward to at the unplugged gig. It was not played because the band knew that the song would not work with acoustic instruments.

Covers

Smells Like Teen Spirit has been covered by many celebrities and thousands of fans on various online communities, particularly Youtube.

Miley Cyrus - Covered the song on her Gypsy Heart Tour.
Paul Anka - Covered the song on his album "Rock Swings".
Tori Amos - Covered the song on her EP "Crucify".
The Melvins - Covered the song on their album "The Crybaby".

Media

Smells like Teen Spirit was featured in the game Guitar Hero 5 as well as Lithium. Kurt Cobain is also a playable character in this game.

Trivia

Kurt Cobain actually disliked this song because it was being used in many commerical including the Teen Spirit deoderant commericals. During concerts, Nirvana with play it badly.
There are separate tracks of the song, including Vocals, Guitar, Bass, and Drums all aparted from the song. The same goes for In Bloom.

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+|Next song = [[In Bloom]]
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-|Cover size = }}''''''Smells Like Teen Spirit''' was considered the most well known song by the band, [[Nirvana]]. It has been voted the''' [[File:Nirvana-Smells-Like-Teen-57194.jpg|thumb|242px|Smells Like Teen Spirit Album cover]]'''best song of the 1990's''' '''on several music programs including VH1's program Best Song Of The 90's.
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+'''''Smells Like Teen Spirit''''' was considered the most well known song by the band, [[Nirvana]]. It has been voted the '''best song of the 1990's''' on several music programs including VH1's program ''Best Song Of The 90's''.
-==Meaning==
+== Meaning ==
 Kurt Cobain has often said the this song was just a big pop intro for Nevermind. The title of the song was suggested by Kurt after one of  his past girlfriends spray-painted "Kurt Smells Like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Spirit_(deodorant) Teen Spirit]" on his apartment wall. Teen Spirit is a name of a deoderant for women, Kurt might have used it or is she or someone else put it on him, making him "Smell Like Teen Spirit".
-==Flim Clip==
+== Flim Clip ==
 The film clip is set in a schools basketball arena it features a janitor a few cheerleaders and some spectartors who jump up and down. All of them are played by actual Nirvana fans.
 [[File:Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit|thumb|right|335 px]]
+== Unplugged ==
+Voting polls have shown that Smells Like Teen Spirit was the song most looked forward to at the unplugged gig. It was not played because the band knew that the song would not work with acoustic instruments.
+== Covers ==
+Smells Like Teen Spirit has been covered by many celebrities and thousands of fans on various online communities, particularly Youtube.
+* Miley Cyrus - Covered the song on her Gypsy Heart Tour.
+* Paul Anka - Covered the song on his album "Rock Swings".
+* Tori Amos - Covered the song on her EP "Crucify".
+* The Melvins - Covered the song on their album "The Crybaby".
+== Media ==
+'''Smells like Teen Spirit''' was featured in the game Guitar Hero 5 as well as [[Lithium]]. Kurt Cobain is also a playable character in this game.
+== Trivia ==
-==Unplugged==
-Voting polls have shown that Smells Like Teen Spirit was the song mosted looked forward to at the unplugged gig. It was not played because the band knew that the song would not work with acoustic instruments.
-==Covers==
-This song can be found all over Youtube by people who cover it. One of the most recent well known ones is a cover by Miley Cyrus but it was hated by most Nirvana fans.
-==Media==
-Smells like Teen Spirit was featured in the game Guitar Hero 5 as well as [[Lithium]]. Kurt Cobain is also a playable character in this game.
-==Trivia==
 *Kurt Cobain actually disliked this song because it was being used in many commerical including the Teen Spirit deoderant commericals. During concerts, Nirvana with play it badly.
 *There are separate tracks of the song, including Vocals, Guitar, Bass, and Drums all aparted from the song. The same goes for [[In Bloom]].
-==Video==
+== Video ==
 [[File:Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Voice Only)|thumb|left|245px]][[File:Nirvana - Smell Like Teen Spirit (Guitar Only)|thumb|right|245 px]][[File:Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Drums Only)|thumb|right|235 px]][[File:Nirvana - Smell Like Teen Spirit (Bass Only)|thumb|left|245 px]]
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