"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a grunge style single sung by Nirvana, co-written and composed by Kurt Cobain, David Grew, and Krist Novosek, and produced by Butch Vig, Released on September 10, 1991, was included in Nirvana's second studio album "Nevermind".

In 1991, the song won the Best Single Award at the 39th NME Music Awards. In 1992, the music video of the song won the Best Alternative Music Video Award and the Best Newcomer Video Award at the MTV Music Video Awards. In 2000, the song won the Best Single Ever Award at the 47th NME Music Awards. In 2004, the song ranked ninth among the "500 Greatest Songs in History" by "Rolling Stone" magazine.

The title of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is derived from the graffiti of the rock band Bikini Kill lead singer Kathleen Hannah. She believes that the body scent of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain and the smell of the deodorant spray "Teen Spirit" Very similar, so the words "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" were sprayed on the walls of Cobain's bedroom. Kurt Cobain wrote the song in the style of the Elf band. The original version that Kurt Cobain sent to the other members of the Nirvana band had only the guitar accompaniment and some harmonies, so bassist Krist Novosek and drummer David Grew completed it in an hour and a half. Accompaniment for other parts. Krist Novosek guided David Grew to complete the drumming part by lowering BPM. In 1991, the recording of the song was completed in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, USA. During the recording, the guitar and bass were so loud that David Grew couldn't use a microphone to pick up his drums.

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" sounds tough, full of punk and ABBA melody. It is a pure and desperate song. It influenced young people in the 1970s and 1980s and is a model of garbage rock. It integrates beautiful melody and violent emotions and bluntly points out people's own shortcomings. The song is the common cry of young people against the alienation of modern society, and the joy of infinite satisfaction of those who cannot be satisfied in spirit. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a product of anger, from which people can hear a bloody sense of violence.