Editing Smells Like Teen Spirit (section)

=== Reception ===
The music video received positive reviews. The ''Rolling Stone'' writer [[David Fricke]] described the video as looking like "the greatest gig you could ever imagine".<ref name="classicalbums" /> In addition to a number-one placing in the singles category, "Teen Spirit" also topped the music video category in the ''Village Voice''{{'}}s 1991 "Pazz & Jop" poll.<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=March 3, 1992|title=The 1991 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll|publisher=RobertChristgau.com|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres91.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507034515/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres91.php|archive-date=May 7, 2006|access-date=May 19, 2007}}</ref> The video won Nirvana the [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video|Best Alternative Group]] awards at the 1992 [[MTV Video Music Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|year=2006|title=Past Winners Database|work=Los Angeles Times|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1992/1992mtvv.htm|access-date=October 29, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031053343/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1992/1992mtvv.htm|archive-date=October 31, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2000 the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' named "Teen Spirit" the Most Played Video on [[MTV Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|date=November 27, 2006|title=ABC News: Achieving Nirvana: Grunge Band's 'Teen Spirit' is Top Song of Past Two Decades|publisher=ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2682023&page=1|access-date=December 1, 2006}}</ref> Amy Finnerty, formerly of MTV's Programming department, later said the video "changed the entire look of MTV" by giving them "a whole new generation to sell to".<ref name="classicalbums" />

''Rolling Stone'' placed the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number two on their 1993 list of "The 100 Top Music Videos".<ref name="RS 1993 video">{{cite web|date=October 1993|title=Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos"|publisher=Rock on the Net|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1993/rsvideo.htm|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> MTV ranked the song's music video at number three on its "100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made" list in 1999.<ref name="MTV 1999 video">{{cite web|year=1999|title=MTV: '100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made'|publisher=Rock on the Net|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/mtv100.htm|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> VH1 placed the debut of the "Teen Spirit" video at number eighteen on its 2000 list of "100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV", noting that it made alternative rock "a commercial and pop culture force".<ref name="VH1 2000 video">{{cite web|title=VH-1's 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments|publisher=AmIAnnoying.com|url=http://www.amiannoying.com/%28S%28kbtodvygih5iyiprvdctv414%29%29/collection.aspx?collection=5772|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> In 2001, VH1 named it the fourth-greatest video.<ref name="VH1 2001 video">{{cite magazine|last=Susman|first=Gary|date=May 2, 2001|title=News Summary: Model Patient|magazine=EW.com|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/05/07/niki-taylor-seriously-hurt-car-crash/|access-date=November 12, 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=October 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013185525/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,108354,00.htm}}</ref> The video was parodied in [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s music video for "[[Smells Like Nirvana]]"<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Permanent Record: Al in the Box|title-link=Permanent Record: Al in the Box|others=[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]|year=1994|first=Barret|last=Hansen|author-link=Dr. Demento|type=liner|publisher=[[Scotti Brothers Records]]|location=California, US}}</ref> and referenced in [[Bob Sinclar]]'s 2006 music video for "[[Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plasticletters.org/bobsinclarrockthisparty|first=Stephen|last=Hill|title=Rock This Party Popular Music Video|publisher=Routelege Media|series=AS Media Studies: The Essential Introduction|website=plasticletters.org|year=2008}}</ref> By December 25, 2019 the video had been viewed 1&nbsp;billion times on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/12/25/790835284/here-we-are-now-on-smells-like-teen-spirit-hitting-a-billion-views-on-youtube|title=Here We Are Now: On 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Hitting A Billion Views On YouTube|last=Thompson|first=Stephen|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=December 25, 2019|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226050259/https://www.npr.org/2019/12/25/790835284/here-we-are-now-on-smells-like-teen-spirit-hitting-a-billion-views-on-youtube|archive-date=December 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>