Songs Similar to Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Album: Sliver - The Best Of The Box · Rock · Energetic
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” is a rock track by Nirvana from the album Sliver - The Best Of The Box. On SongSimilar it sits in our Rock collection and is tagged energetic, so the matches below lean toward that same feel (the original runs at about 117 BPM).
The closest match right now is “Come as You Are” by Nirvana (100% match). The list also pulls in Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and The Cranberries — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Nirvana's. By genre, the list is mostly alternative (9 of 20 tracks), with rock and pop mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
What songs are similar to Smells Like Teen Spirit?
On our list, the closest matches are “Come as You Are” by Nirvana, “Lithium” by Nirvana and “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does Smells Like Teen Spirit sound like?
Based on listening data, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” sits closest to Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains. Fans of Nirvana play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is Smells Like Teen Spirit Rock?
We file “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana under Rock. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to Smells Like Teen Spirit?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.