Song of the day for September 10, 2024
Smells Like Teen Spirit is today’s featured song.
On this day in 1991, Nirvana’s breakthrough single, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” was released in the US. But the song, which appeared on their sophomore album, Nevermind, was not an immediate hit. It wasn’t until its accompanying music video – in which a high school pep rally breaks out into a riot – began to pick up traction on MTV that the song rose up the charts. By the end of the year, it had become an international sensation, landing in the Top Ten on the singles charts in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and across Europe. Dubbed an “anthem for apathetic” Gen X kids by TIME Magazine, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” also propelled Nevermind to the top of the charts, marking the moment when alternative rock (and particularly grunge) entered the mainstream.
