It Ain't Easy (song)

“It Ain't Easy”

Song by David Bowie
Album	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Released	June 6, 1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Rock
Length	2:57
Label	RCA Records
Writer	Ron Davies
Producer	David Bowie and Ken Scott
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars track listing
Side one "Five Years" "Soul Love" "Moonage Daydream" "Starman" "It Ain't Easy" Side two "Lady Stardust" "Star" "Hang on to Yourself" "Ziggy Stardust" "Suffragette City" "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"

"It Ain't Easy" is a song written and originally recorded by Ron Davies. (It is sometimes mistakenly credited to Ray Davies)^{[citation needed]}

David Bowie recorded and released this song on the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972. The song was originally recorded during the Hunky Dory sessions. The song was also released on the B-Side of the European, US and Japanese re-release of the single "Space Oddity" in December 1972.

It was also covered by The Raconteurs for a BBC Radio 2 Session. It was also covered by Five Horse Johnson for their album No. 6 Dance. Three Dog Night had previously performed the song on their 1970 album It Ain't Easy. Other covers include a version by Claudia Lennear who was probably introduced to the song after her meeting with David Bowie during his 1972 USA tour. It appears on her 1974 solo album entitled Phew.