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Nirvana played a concert in Beunos Aires where the crowd threw mud and trash at the all-girl opening act. Kurt Cobain was so upset that he sabotaged the show by playing mostly lesser known songs and teasing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' without ever playing it.
When Weird Al Yankovic did a parody of Nirvana's song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," (which is called "Smells Like Nirvana) Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain considered the parody as a sign that they had "made it" as a band.
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Nirvana purposely hired a bad video director, Sam Bayer, so that the music video for Smells Like Teen Spirit would turn out to be rough and 'not corporate' like. But the video was so well received that it gave the band, along with MTV, major corporate success.
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In response to a Buenos Aires audience behaving terribly toward an all-female opening act, Nirvana decided to play a purposely-awful set including many unpopular songs. Cobain also started two songs with the riff from "Smells Like Teen Spirit" before stopping and playing something else.
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Nirvana was once asked to use a back track while performing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on a British T.V. program and they intentionally butchered the performance in protest of such policy. The crowd still loved it.
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Kurt Cobain wrote the lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in about 5 minutes, and the Nirvana band mates hated the song.
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Colgate-Palmolive acquired Mennen, the manufacturer of Teen Spirit deodorant, for $670 Million in 1992; motivated by the popularity of Nirvana's single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit"
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When Weird Al Yankovic parodied the Nirvana song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Titled "Smells like Nirvana"), frontman and guitarist Kurt Cobain considered the parody as a sign that the band had "made it".
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Nirvana purposefully butchered a live performance of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" because the venue forced them to use a pre-recorded backtrack
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It was Kurt Cobain's suggestion to let the kids smash up the set in Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video
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Nirvana became uncomfortable with the success of Smells Like Teen Spirit and often excluded it from their set list during concerts
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Weird Al's song "Smells Like Nirvana" a parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", helped sell an extra million copies of Nirvana's album "Nevermind"
Teen Spirit from the song title "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana is an actual deodorant. The song title comes from a friend of Cobain who spray painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his wall which his then girlfriend at the time wore. - source
A brand of deodorant gained a tremendous boost in sales due to the popularity of the 1991 Nirvana song "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
When Nirvana appeared on Top of The Pops for Smells Like Teen Spirit, Kurt begged to be able to actually sing instead of miming the lyrics. This lead to the band not trying to mimic their own playing and lead to Kurt singing the lyrics in a lounge singer sort of way. - source
Tony Hawk was in the music video for Weird Al's "Smells Like Nirvana"
Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" only topped Billboard's 'Alternative Rock' chart for a single week.
The title of Nirvana's hit song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was indirectly inspired by a now discontinued deodorant worn by Kurt Cobain's girlfriend at that time. Cobain was unaware of the existence of the deodorant until months after the song had been released.
Nirvana's "Smells like Teen Spirit" was named after a brand of deodorant.
Nirvana played a show in Buenos Aires in 1992, and they were so mad at people being sexist at an all woman's band before them, that every time they played the next song, they would play the intro to Smells like teen spirit.
Nirvana played a concert in Beunos Aires where the crowd threw trash and mud at the all-girl opening act. Kurt Cobain was so upset that he sabotaged the show by playing mainly lesser known songs and teasing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' without ever playing it.
