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 9 July 1976
Format 7" single
Recorded Trident Studios, London, January 1972
Genre Glam rock
Length 3:25
Label RCA Records
2726
Producer David Bowie, Ken Scott
David Bowie singles chronology
“TVC 15”
(1976)		 “Suffragette City”
(1976)		 “Stay”
(1976)
Alternative cover
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars track listing
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 1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album, 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 towards the end of the Ziggy Stardust sessions, “Suffragette City” features a piano riff heavily influenced by Little Richard, a lyrical reference to the film A Clockwork Orange (the word “droogie”) and the sing-along hook "Wham bam thank you ma'am!”.

Before recording it himself, Bowie offered it to the band Mott the Hoople if they would forgo their plan of breaking up. The group refused, but recorded Bowie's "All the Young Dudes" instead.[1]

Contents

Track listing

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

Production credits

Other releases

Live versions

Cover versions

References

Notes

  1. ^ Roberts, David (1998). Guinness Rockopedia (1st ed.). London: Guinness Publishing Ltd.. p. 282. ISBN 0-85112-072-5.