Classic music video for the song “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, the opening track of the Snowmind (1991) album, reached 2 billion views on YouTube
THE Nirvana hit a record this week that put him in the same “club” Guns n ‘Roses and Linkin Park. For the first time, a band clip reached 2 billion views on Youtube.
The feat was in charge of the classic video of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”opening track of the album Snowmind (1991). There are only four records of its type with this amount of reproductions. Namely:
- Linkin Park – “Numb” (2.5 billion)
- Guns n ‘Roses – “November Rain” (2.2 billion)
- Linkin Park – “In The End” (2 billion)
- Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (2 billion)
The next to conquer this number should be “What’s up”from 4 non blondesand “Bohemian Rhapsody”from Queen. Both clips record 1.9 billion executions on the platform.
Nirvana and the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” clip
With simple but impactful scenes, the video of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” It was recorded on August 17, 1991, at a studio in Culver City, California, United States. The board was in charge of Samuel Bayer.
Interestingly, Kurt Cobain didn’t like the video so much. In an interview of 1994, the year of his death, to MTV (via Igor Miranda website), the singer, guitarist and leader of Nirvana stated that he had no control over the artistic direction of filming.
“When I have ideas for videos, I want it to be produced exactly as I see it in my mind. This was not so. […] It was very ‘contemporary’. Do you know those commercials where people are sitting, trying to sell something like aspirines? Sam edited, sent to me and I didn’t like it. I came back last minute to Los Angeles and I edited again. I put extra scenes that were stored. There were many good scenes that were not used. Most of the material used (by Bayer) seemed artificial. ”
Considered a milestone of the grunge and rock movement of the 1990s, the single of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” It reached the top of the charts of four countries: Belgium, Spain, France and New Zealand. He entered the top 10 of several others, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, Canada and Germany. In US territory, he received diamond certification for more than 10 million copies sold.
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Source: Rollingstone
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