Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Del Mar Fairgrounds, CA, USA)
~ Recording by Nirvana
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.35 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live In Del Mar) | 4:49 | Nirvana | Nevermind (30th Anniversary Super Deluxe) | Nirvana | Album |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) | |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| Geffen | GED 25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (Columbia House) | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| Geffen | *CDGCD 25105, CDGCD 25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | DGCD-25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| Geffen | GED 25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | ?:?? | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | DGC2-25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | DGCC-25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | MVCG-212 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| Geffen | GEF2-25105, MVJG-32001~2 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | GED 25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| Geffen | GEFD-25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | D121424, DGCD-25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | DGCD 9687 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| Geffen | 425 105-2, GED 25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| UFO Records (UK alternative/psychedelic rock) | |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | DGCSD-25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | 425105-1 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:40 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| Geffen | CDGEF(WF)25105 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | CA90069 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | MVJG-32001~2 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | GEF25105(2) |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah / Live! Tonight! Sold Out! | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | UICY-94348 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live California) | 4:47 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")), Geffen | [none] |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (limited edition) | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | UICY-75129 |
| 3.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | Nevermind (30th anniversary super deluxe) | Nirvana | Album |
| Geffen, Sub Pop Records | 3846188 |
| 3.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | Nevermind (30th Anniversary Super Deluxe) | Nirvana | Album |
| Geffen | 602438888900 |
| 3.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:49 | Nirvana | Nevermind (30th Anniversary Super Deluxe) | Nirvana | Album |
| DGC Records (DGC logo with any subtitle ("David Geffen Company", "DGC Records", "Geffen Records, Inc.")) | 3846188 |
| 1.5 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| Geffen | 425 105-2, GED 25105 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 2.6 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (California, USA) | 4:47 | Nirvana | The Broadcast Collection 1987-1993 | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live | Cult Legends (live bootlegs) | CL86613 | |
| 1.13 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | Transmission Impossible | Nirvana | Album + Compilation + Live |
| Eat to the Beat (“Transmission Impossible” series) | ETTB 064 |
| 1.11 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | FM Broadcast: Pearl Jam & Nirvana | Pearl Jam & Nirvana | Album + Live |
| Turnstile (“FM broadcast” bootlegs) | |
| 1.2 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 4:47 | Nirvana | About a Girl: Nirvana Recordings | Nirvana | Album + Live |
| Black Barn Music | |
| 1.7 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (live) | 4:47 | Nirvana | White Lace and Strange: Nirvana | Nirvana | Broadcast + Live |
| Black Barn Music | |
Relationships
| producer: | Shauna O’Brien Diane Stata |
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| mixer: | Andy Wallace (engineer) |
| bass: | Krist Novoselic (on 1991-12-28) |
| drums (drum set) and background vocals: | Dave Grohl (on 1991-12-28) |
| guitar and lead vocals: | Kurt Cobain (lead singer and guitarist for Nirvana) (on 1991-12-28) |
| recorded at: | Nirvana at Pat O'Brien Pavilion, CA, USA (1991-12-28) |
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| recording of: | Smells Like Teen Spirit (on 1991-12-28: live) |
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Related works
Smells Like Teen Spirit
| lyricist: | Kurt Cobain (lead singer and guitarist for Nirvana) |
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| composer: | Chris Novoselic Kurt Cobain (lead singer and guitarist for Nirvana) David Grohl |
| publisher: | EMI‐Virgin Songs, Inc. MJ Twelve Music Murky Slough Music Primary Wave Tunes The End of Music LLC Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) The End of Music (in 1991) Virgin Songs, Inc. (in 1991) |
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| later parody versions: | Humppanirvana Outro Smells Like Birthday Cake Smells Like Colt Spirit Smells Like Nirvana Smells Like Queer Spirit Smells Like Thirtysomething Spirit Smells Like Two‐Spirit |
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| later translated parody versions: | Ejaculatio Praecox |
| later translated versions: | Cмердить, Наче Дух Підлітка (Smells Like Teen Spirit) Riecht wie Teen Spirit Vleugje jeugdcultuur |
| is the basis for: | Smells Like Flatley’s Feet Smells Like Freeland |
| music quoted in: | Ballad of Nirvana |
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