Suffragette City

"Suffragette City"
Single by David Bowie
from the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
B-side "Stay"
Released
  • 28 April 1972 (1972-04-28) (as B-side of "Starman")
  • 9 July 1976 (A-side single)
Format 7-inch single
Recorded 4 February 1972
Studio Trident, London
Genre
Length 3:25
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) David Bowie
Producer(s)
David Bowie singles chronology
"Stay"
(1976)		 "Suffragette City"
(1972)		 "Sound and Vision"
(1976)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars track listing
11 tracks
Side one
  1. "Five Years"
  2. "Soul Love"
  3. "Moonage Daydream"
  4. "Starman"
  5. "It Ain't Easy"
Side two
  1. "Lady Stardust"
  2. "Star"
  3. "Hang On to Yourself"
  4. "Ziggy Stardust"
  5. "Suffragette City"
  6. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"

"Suffragette City" is a song by David Bowie. Originally from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album in 1972, it was later issued as a single in 1976 to promote the Changesonebowie compilation in the UK, with the US single edit of "Stay" on the B-side. The single failed to chart.

Recorded on 4 February 1972,[3] towards the end of the Ziggy Stardust sessions, "Suffragette City" features a piano riff heavily influenced by Little Richard, a lyrical reference to the book and film A Clockwork Orange (the word "droogie," meaning "friend") and the sing-along hook; "wham bam, thank you, ma'am!". One interpretation of the song states it is about David Bowie not entirely identify with bisexuality: preferring women more.[4]

Before recording it himself, Bowie offered it to the band Mott the Hoople if they would forgo their plan to break up. The group refused, but recorded Bowie's "All the Young Dudes" instead.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Suffragette City" (Bowie) – 3:25
  2. "Stay" (Bowie) – 3:21

Production credits

  • Producers:
  • Musicians:

Other releases

Live versions

References

  • Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5

Notes

  1. ↑ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time : 35 – David Bowie, 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars'". Rolling Stone. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Greene, Lora (2012). Combat Rock: A History of Punk (From Its Origins to the Present). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1478305637. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Kevin Cann (2010). Any Day Now - David Bowie: The London Years: 1947-1974: p.242
  4. ↑ "Music as Literature". www.eden.rutgers.edu.
  5. ↑ Roberts, David (1998). Guinness Rockopedia (1st ed.). London: Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 282. ISBN 0-85112-072-5.
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