Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)

"Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)"
Single by Cracker
from the album Cracker
Released1992
RecordedSummer 1991 at Hollywood
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:11
LabelVirgin Records
Songwriter(s)David Lowery
Producer(s)Don Smith
Cracker singles chronology
"Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)"
(1992)
"Happy Birthday to Me"
(1992)

"Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)" is a song by the rock band Cracker. Released in 1992, it was the first single from their debut album Cracker, and went to #1 on the US Modern Rock chart.

The song was later released on the compilation albums, Garage D'Or and Get On with It: The Best of Cracker. Re-recordings of the song appear on the album Greatest Hits Redux and accompanied by bluegrass band Leftover Salmon O' Cracker Where Art Thou?.