Editing Smells Like Teen Spirit (section)

==Legacy==
Dubbed an "anthem for apathetic kids" of [[Generation X]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974625,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204015208/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974625,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 4, 2007|title=Winners of 1991|date=January 6, 1992|magazine=Time|access-date=April 15, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/smellsliketeenspirit.shtml|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit|publisher=[[BBC Radio 2]]|access-date=October 29, 2006}}</ref> in the years following [[Suicide of Kurt Cobain|Cobain's 1994 suicide]] and Nirvana's breakup, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has continued to garner critical acclaim, and is often listed as one of the greatest songs of all time. It was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s list of "[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame#The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll|The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll]]" in 1997.<ref name="Hall of Fame 1997">{{cite web|title=The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll|publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|url=http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> In 2000, [[VH1]] rated the song at number forty-one on its "100 Greatest Rock Songs" list,<ref name="VH1 2000">{{cite web|year=2000|title=VH1: '100 Greatest Rock Songs': 1–50|publisher=Rock on the Net|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1rocksongs.htm|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> while MTV and ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it third on their joint list of the "100 Greatest Pop Songs".<ref name="MTV/RS 2000">{{cite magazine|last=Angulo|first=Sandra P.|date=November 17, 2000|title=News Summary: Lord Jim|magazine=EW.com|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/11/17/jim-carreys-grinch-could-steal-weekend-box-office/|access-date=November 12, 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924062303/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,88627,00.html}}</ref> The Recording Industry Association of America placed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number eighty on their 2001 "[[Songs of the Century]]" list.<ref name="RIAA 2001">{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Jamie|date=March 7, 2001|title=New song list puts 'Rainbow' way up high|publisher=CNN|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/07/365.songs/|access-date=April 7, 2007|archive-date=February 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222174824/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/07/365.songs/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2002, ''[[NME]]'' awarded the song the number two spot on its list of "100 Greatest Singles of All Time",<ref name="NME 2002">{{cite web|date=24 April 2002|title=''NME's'' 100 Greatest Singles of All Time Unveiled|work=NME|location=UK|url=https://www.nme.com/news/103493.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427035859/http://www.nme.com/news/103493.htm|archive-date=April 27, 2006|access-date=May 19, 2007}}</ref> with ''[[Kerrang!]]'' ranking it at number one on its own list of the "100 Greatest Singles of All Time".<ref name="Kerrang! 2002">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/kerrang.htm|title=100 Greatest Singles of All Time|magazine=[[Kerrang!]]|access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref> VH1 placed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number one on its list of "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years" in 2003,<ref name="VH1 2003">{{cite news|date=June 10, 2003|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Songs|publisher=CBSNews.com|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vh1s-100-greatest-songs/|access-date=October 19, 2006}}</ref> while that same year, the song came third in a ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' poll of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".<ref name="Q 2003">{{cite news|date=November 18, 2003|title=U2's One named 'greatest record'|publisher=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3281327.stm|access-date=October 22, 2006}}</ref> In 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked "Smells Like Teen Spirit" fifth on its list of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]".<ref name="RS 2021">{{cite magazine|date=15 September 2021|title=Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 1–50|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/the-beatles-strawberry-fields-forever-2-1225331/|access-date=September 15, 2021}}</ref> The song was placed at number six in ''NME''{{'}}s "Global Best Song Ever Poll" in 2005.<ref name="NME 2005">{{cite web|date=September 29, 2005|title=Queen win 'best song ever' poll|work=NME|location=UK|url=https://www.nme.com/news/michael-jackson/21121|access-date=October 4, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232938/http://www.nme.com/news/michael-jackson/21121|archive-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref> In 2022, it was included in the list "The story of ''NME'' in 70 (mostly) seminal songs": [[Mark Beaumont (journalist)|Mark Beaumont]] wrote that with this song, Nirvana rejuvenated American rock, "honing the melodic roars of Husker Du, Pixies, Dinosaur Jr and Sonic Youth into an MTV friendly quiet-loud dynamic".<ref>{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Beaumont |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/story-of-nme-in-70-seminal-songs-3176759 |title=The Story of ''NME'' in 70 (mostly) Seminal Songs |publisher=NME |date=March 7, 2022 |access-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307110139/https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/story-of-nme-in-70-seminal-songs-3176759 |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 2006 [[VH1 (British & Irish TV channel)|VH1 UK]] poll ''The Nation's Favourite Lyric'', the line "I feel stupid and contagious / Here we are now, entertain us" was ranked the third-favorite lyric by over 13,000 voters.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 17, 2006|title=U2 cop nation's favourite lyric|publisher=[[itv.com]]|url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/15934/U2s-One-Tops-Nations-Favourite-Song-Lyric-Poll|access-date=October 22, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113125123/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/15934/U2s-One-Tops-Nations-Favourite-Song-Lyric-Poll|archive-date=January 13, 2012}}</ref> VH1 placed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number one on its list of the "100 Greatest Songs Of The '90s" in 2007,<ref name="VH1 2007">{{cite web|date=December 12, 2007|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Songs Of The '90s: Not Enough Pavement|publisher=[[Stereogum]]|url=https://www.stereogum.com/7468/vh1s_greatest_songs_of_the_90s_not_enough_pavement/list/|access-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> while ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it number ten on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".<ref name="RS 2008">{{cite magazine|title=The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530212615/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/8|date=May 28, 2008<!--stated in https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-new-issue-of-rolling-stone-the-100-greatest-guitar-songs-108589/-->|archive-date=May 30, 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> In 2009, the song was voted number one for the third time in a row on the [[Triple J Hottest 100|Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time]] in Australia<ref name="Triple J 2009">{{cite news|year=2009|title=Hottest 100 Of All Time 2009|work=[[Triple J]]|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_list.htm|access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> (it was first place previously in 1991<ref name="Triple J 1991">{{cite news|year=2009|title=Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 1991|work=Triple J|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1991.htm|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> and 1998).<ref name="Triple J 1998">{{cite news|year=2009|title=Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 1998|work=Triple J|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1998.htm#h100-all-time|access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref> That year, VH1 ranked the song seventh on its list of the "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs".<ref name="VH1 2009">{{cite web|date=January 5, 2009|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs|publisher=Stereogum|url=https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/list/|access-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> Despite previously proposing in its 2006 entry for ''Nevermind'' on "The All-TIME 100 Albums" that "'Smells Like Teen Spirit' ... may be the album's worst song",<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tyrangiel|first=Josh|date=November 13, 2006|title=All-TIME 100 Albums: ''Nevermind''|magazine=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1955625,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603141651/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1955625,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2010|access-date=April 6, 2007}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine later included it on its list of "The All-TIME 100 Songs" in 2011.<ref name="Time 2011">{{cite magazine|last=Suddath|first=Claire|date=October 21, 2011|title=All-TIME 100 Songs: 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'|magazine=Time|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/10/24/the-all-time-100-songs/slide/smells-like-teen-spirit-nirvana/|access-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> That same year, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" kept its number nine ranking on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s updated list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time",<ref name="RS 2011">{{cite magazine|year=2011|title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Nirvana, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-20110516|access-date=October 7, 2013|archive-date=October 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008043033/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-20110516|url-status=dead}}</ref> while in 2019, the magazine ranked it at number one in its list of "50 Best Songs of the Nineties".<ref>{{cite web|date=August 28, 2019|title=50 Best Songs of the Nineties|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-songs-of-the-nineties-252530/nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-1991-252544/|access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref> ''NME'' placed the song at number two on its list of the "100 Best Tracks Of The '90s" in 2012,<ref name="NME 2012">{{cite web|date=16 May 2012|title=NME's 100 Best Tracks Of The '90s|publisher=Stereogum|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1032631/nmes-100-best-tracks-of-the-90s/list/|access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> and at number one on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2014.<ref name="NME 2014">{{cite web|date=January 31, 2013|title=Pictures of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time: 100-1 – Photos|publisher=NME|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-100-1/330996/1/1#100|access-date=August 3, 2014}}</ref> In 2015, the song was also named the most iconic song of all time according to a study by Goldsmith's College, which analysed various songs featured in numerous 'all-time best' lists, using analytical software to compare their key, BPM, chord variety, lyrical content, timbral variety, and sonic variance{{snd}} the result of which designated the title to this song.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loudermilk|first=Lauren|title='Smells Like Teen Spirit' Named the Most Iconic Song Ever by Science|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/09/smells-like-teen-spirit-named-the-most-iconic-song.html|website=Paste|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925163925/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/09/smells-like-teen-spirit-named-the-most-iconic-song.html|archive-date=September 25, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref> In 2017, it was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/nirvana|title=Nirvana|date=November 19, 2019|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref>

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was rereleased as a limited edition 7-inch vinyl single in December{{nbsp}}2011. In an attempt to emulate a successful 2009 Facebook campaign to promote [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s song "[[Killing in the Name]]", an online campaign was launched to promote "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to 2011 [[List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones|Christmas number one]] in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in protest at the dealings of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' television series with the children's charity [[Rhythmix (charity)|Rhythmix]].<ref name="guardian-dec2011">{{cite news|last=Michaels|first=Sean|title=Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit to be re-released for Christmas|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/dec/07/nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-christmas?newsfeed=true|access-date=December 9, 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=December 7, 2011}}</ref> A similar campaign was also launched in Ireland to get the track to 2011 [[List of Irish Singles Chart Christmas number ones|Christmas number one]] in the [[Irish Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Lauren|title=Push is on for Christmas No 1|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2011/1209/1224308798142.html|access-date=December 13, 2011|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=December 9, 2011|archive-date=December 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213003350/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2011/1209/1224308798142.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The campaign resulted in the song reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, selling 30,000 copies.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sexton|first=Paul|title=Michael Buble, Military Wives Top U.K. Charts|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464651/michael-buble-military-wives-top-uk-charts|date=December 27, 2011|access-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref> According to [[Nielsen Music]]'s year-end report for 2019, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the most-played song of the decade on mainstream rock radio with 145,000 spins. All of the songs in the top 10 were from the 1990s.<ref name="MainstreamRockDecade2010-2019">{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/nirvana-most-played-radio-rock-band-decade/|title=Nirvana Were the Most-Played Band of the Decade on Rock Radio|last=Trapp|first=Philip|date=January 14, 2020|access-date=January 23, 2020|website=[[Loudwire]]}}</ref> In June 2021, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" became the second song from the 1990s to reach 1&nbsp;billion [[Streaming media|streams]] on the [[Spotify]] platform.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schaffner|first=Lauryn|date=June 2, 2021|url=https://loudwire.com/nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-billion-streams-spotify/|title=Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit Has Hit 1 Billion Streams On Spotify|work=[[Loudwire]]|access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rolli|first=Bryan|date=June 29, 2021|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2021/06/29/nirvanas-smells-like-teen-spirit-surpasses-1-billion-spotify-streams/|title=Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Surpasses 1 Billion Spotify Streams|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref> As of 2024, the song ranked at number 80 for [[list of Spotify streaming records]]. With 2.203 billion streams on Spotify, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" became the most streamed song from the 90s.<ref>Spotify Most Streamed Songs from the 90s https://kworb.net/spotify/songs_1990.html</ref>