"Eighteen Strings" is a song by English house music producer Tinman.
It was released in August 1994 by Polydor Records, reaching number nine in the United Kingdom and peaked atop the UK Dance Chart.
Music writer and columnist James Masterton described 'Eighteen Strings' as a "mainly instrumental track", "using a guitar figure that is startlingly similar to 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.
"[2] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "The strings attached to this dance bopper are direct quotes from Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.
"[3] Mark Frith from Smash Hits gave it a full score of five out of five, writing, "A furious, pounding guitar dance tune with some samples and hooks that is even better than that one.