Smells Like Teen Spirit

Released in September 1991, Nirvana’s breakthrough single peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 but permanently ended the dominance of hair metal and glam rock overnight. With 1.7 billion Spotify streams, it is the most-streamed song from the 1990s and Kurt Cobain’s final performance of it — at a 1993 MTV Unplugged taping — is considered one of rock’s most haunting moments.