1 | Smells Like Teen Spirit- assistant engineer:
- James Johnson and Jeff Sheehan
- engineer and producer:
- Nirvana and Butch Vig
- mixer:
- Andy Wallace
- bass guitar:
- Krist Novoselic
- drums (drum set):
- Dave Grohl
- guitar and lead vocals:
- Kurt Cobain
- background vocals:
- Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Geffen Records (in 2011)
- recorded at:
- Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States (in 1991-05)
- mixed at:
- Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States
- music videos:
- Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
- part of:
- Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 2), NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 2), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 6), The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 5) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 9)
- recording of:
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- lyricist:
- Kurt Cobain
- composer:
- Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic
- publisher:
- EMI‐Virgin Songs, Inc., MJ Twelve Music, Murky Slough Music, Primary Wave Tunes, The End of Music LLC, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , The End of Music (in 1991) and Virgin Songs Inc. (in 1991)
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