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Vig was only able to get three vocal takes from Cobain; the producer commented, I was lucky to ever get Kurt to do four takes.

The songs success and omnipresence in the early 90s brought the band unrivaled popularity.

Eventually, Kurt grew tired of it and removed it from their live set as often as possible.

Some say Kurt took it as a call for a revolution, in reference to the Bikini Kill-led riot grrl movement; but according to producer Butch Vig, Kurt just thought the phrase was stupid, and it didnt really mean anything at all.

However, it was later revealed that Hanna was referring to the brand of deodorant worn by Kurts then-girlfriend and Hannas then-bandmate Tobi Vail.

I have to admit it.

When I heard them for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that bandor at least in a Pixies cover band.

We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard.

It was meant to poke fun at the jocks and the meatheads, however, as the song began to reach critical acclaim, they started coming to shows to see them perform the song anyways.

At first Kurt found this funny, all of the yoked out athletes jumping up and down and screaming the words to a song meant to criticise them, but with time he just became sick of being asked to perform it.

When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily that I should have been in that bandor at least a Pixies cover band.

When he first presented the song to his bandmates, it comprised just the main riff and the chorus vocal melody, which bassist Krist Novoselic dismissed at the time as ridiculous.

In response, Cobain made the band play the riff for an hour and a half.

In a 2001 interview, Novoselic recalled that after playing the riff repeatedly, he thought, Wait a minute.

Why dont we just kind of slow this down a bit So I started playing the verse part.

As a result, it is the only song on Nevermind to credit all three band members as authors.

Since they had been discussing anarchism, punk rock, and similar topics, Cobain interpreted the slogan as having a revolutionary meaning.

Cobain later claimed he was unaware that it was a brand of deodorant until months after the single was released.

Smells Like Teen Spirit was, along with Come as You Are, one of a few new songs that had been written since Nirvanas first recording sessions with producer Butch Vig in 1990.

Prior to the start of the Nevermind recording sessions, the band sent Vig a rough cassette demo of song rehearsals that included Teen Spirit.

While the sound of the tape was wildly distorted due to the band playing at a loud volume, Vig could pick out some of the melody and felt the song had promise.

Nirvana recorded Smells Like Teen Spirit at Sound City recording studio in Van Nuys, California with Vig in May 1991.

The band recorded the basic track for the song in three takes, and decided to keep the second one.

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