The success of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" didn't only push Nirvana and the Seattle grunge scene to the mainstream, it elevated that stature of the city itself. It was a sonic shriek into the ether that reverberates to this day. It's a song comprised of fantastic elements across the board-Cobain's intelligible yet immediately visceral lyrical delivery, Grohl's thundering drums, eerie minimalist ringing of Cobain's two-note guitar riff during the verses, the masterclass on soft-loud verse-chorus dynamics-that still manages to be a case where the sum is greater than its parts. In a vacuum, the mega hit single isn't the best song on Nevermind, but we don't live in a frickin' vacuum. There's just no denying "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Any argument against it taking the top spot is simply trying too hard to be clever.
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