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Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Key: F minor
Camelot: 4A
BPM: 116.5

Key confidence low · relative Ab major (4B) · BPM confidence medium · half-time 58.3 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · essentia.js@2.1-beta6-dev

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As of 2026-09-20, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana has charted in 77 markets across 6 platforms, peaking at #3 (CZ) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it runs at 116.5 BPM.

Markets: 77
First seen: 2026-06-17
Latest chart date: 2026-09-20
Peak: #3 cz

Started in 18 markets, now in 77.

Why it's moving

vault release: registered 1999, first charted 2026-08-13
Shazam's #8 across 36 marketsSep 19
Spread from 1 to 34 markets on ShazamSep 11–19
Arrived in 11 new markets since Sep 15, including Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, France
Turned around worldwide: was slipping 10 places a day, now climbing 9 places a daySep 12–15
Climbed #69 → #59 in the USSep 12–15

Signal breakdown

Velocity73.4

Play growth0.0

Breadth57.3

Acceleration87.4

Discovery73.6

New entry0.0

Sources moving5

Score 85.8

Why it's here

Billboard chart reporting dated August 30, 2026 documented "Smells Like Teen Spirit" hitting simultaneous new all-time peaks on both the Billboard Global 200 (No. 8) and Global Excl. U.S., decades after the song's 1991 release. [1] The climb was gradual rather than tied to a single event: three weeks earlier the same song had moved from No. 110 to No. 105 on Billboard's Global Excl. U.S. chart, and it had re-entered Billboard's Rock Streaming Songs chart for the week of June 20, 2026, its 138th week on that list. [2] The record's standing rests on its status as the lead single from Nevermind that carried grunge into the mainstream, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and selling over 13 million copies worldwide. [3]

stapleDrafted 2026-09-01Confidence 0.45

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

Written by Kurt Cobain source
Written by Dave Grohl source
Written by Krist Novoselic source
Covered Pearl Jam source
Covered Tori Amos source
Covered Take That source
Covered Local H source
Covered Execrate source
Covered Phish source
Covered The Bad Plus source
Covered Paul Anka source
Covered Mig Ayesa source
Covered Carajo source
Covered Red Hot Chili Peppers source
Covered Patti Smith source
Remixed by Warp Brothers, Smells Like Teen Spirit (extended Voc 2 the Floor mix)source
Sampled by Credit to the Nation, Call It What You Want source
Sampled by Credit to the Nation, Call It What You Want (remix)source
Sampled by De Fanfaar, Dansen Op Nirvana source
Sampled by Neophyte, Guitar Man source
Sampled by Choci & The Fruits of Fresh Funk, Guns of Nirvana source
Sampled by Jay‐Z feat. Justin Timberlake, Holy Grail source
Sampled by Wendy Milan, Kurt Killed the Bass source
Sampled by Cacola, Thorns source
Sampled by Cherri V, Till the Sun Come Up (Donny Haffer Funky mix)source
Sampled by Cherri V, Till the Sun Come Up (main mix)source
Sampled by Cherri V, Till the Sun Come Up (T2 remix)source

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 3 other handles of this record (remasters, official videos).

MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
Czechiacz · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-20#3192#3
#31
Ukraineua · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify · 1 city2026-06-172026-09-20#1374#5
#13
United Statesus · applemusic_kworb shazam spotify · 35 cities2026-06-172026-09-20#1795#8
#17
Polandpl · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-20#1692#12
#16
Estoniaee · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify2026-06-172026-09-20#4987#20
#49
Slovakiask · applemusic_kworb deezer spotify2026-06-172026-09-20#3879#21
#38
Austriaat · applemusic applemusic_kworb shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-20#3696#28
#36
Belarusby · applemusic shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-20#7493#31
#74

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
Global feedglobal · applemusic_kworb spotify youtube2026-06-172026-09-20#21796#67
#217
World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-09-20#450#2
#4

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

us 35 cities · best #8 cincinnati
de 6 cities · best #36 berlin
ca 2 cities · best #44 vancouver
ru 2 cities · best #45 moscow
au 1 city · best #37 adelaide
pe 1 city · best #44 lima
se 1 city · best #37 malmo
ua 1 city · best #47 kyiv

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Identity

ISRC: USGF19942501
Slug: nirvana__smells-like-teen-spirit
Sources: applemusic, applemusic_kworb, deezer, shazam, spotify, youtube

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