Watch Springsteen, Madonna, More Hope for Haiti Performances

MTV has posted videos of all 19 performances from tonight's Hope for Haiti Now telethon on their Website. Read about the show's big team-ups and cover songs in our live blog, and watch a selection of the best songs here (check out the rest at MTV). As we reported earlier, all the performances will be available for sale on iTunes, and later the Amazon MP3 store and Rhapsody, with proceeds going to benefit Haiti relief. (Note: all the videos are set to auto-play, so hit pause or mute to end the cacophony!):

Hope for Haiti Now: check out photos from the all-star telethon.

Bruce Springsteen - "We Shall Overcome":

Madonna - "Like a Prayer":

Jay-Z, Rihanna, Bono and The Edge - "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)":

Dave Matthews and Neil Young - "Alone and Forsaken":

Justin Timberlake - "Hallelujah":

For more of Rolling Stone's ongoing coverage of the music industry's response to the crisis in Haiti, check out the following stories:

• Inside the Recording of Bono and Jay-Z's Haiti Single "Stranded"
• Dave Matthews Band, Lady Gaga and More Stars Rock to Aid Haiti
• Radiohead Announce Haiti Benefit Show in Los Angeles
• Rihanna Covers Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" for Haiti Relief

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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