| "Teenage Dream" | ||||
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| Single by Marc Bolan and T. Rex | ||||
| B-side | "Satisfaction Pony" | |||
| Released | 9 February 1974 | |||
| Recorded | August 1973, United States | |||
| Genre | Glam rock | |||
| Length | 5:48 | |||
| Label | EMI/T. Rex Wax Company (MARC 7) | |||
| Writer(s) | Marc Bolan | |||
| Producer | Tony Visconti/Marc Bolan | |||
| Marc Bolan and T. Rex singles chronology | ||||
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"Teenage Dream" is a 1974 single by Marc Bolan and T. Rex, taken from the album Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow.
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After releasing records under the 'T. Rex' name since 1970, "Teenage Dream" was the first release to be credited to 'Marc Bolan and T. Rex'[1] "Teenage Dream" was co-produced by Tony Visconti and Bolan, and featured Lonnie Jordan of War on piano.[2] It was released as a single in February 1974, and spent five weeks in the UK top 40, peaking at number 13.[3] Biographer Mark Paytress called it Bolan's "coming out record", saying that it was "so drenched in melodramatic resignation that it was less a lament than a lordly glimpse through the iron bars of an increasingly detached existence".[2] The song was described by Allmusic as "a virtual mini-opera", with "soaring strings, wailing guitars, towering chorales, and a genuinely foreboding sense of drama".[4] Bolan regarded "Teenage Dream" as the best lyric he had written.[2] It was also chosen by Bolan's former partner Gloria Jones as her favourite Bolan lyric.[5] He wrote and recorded the song while on tour in the United States in August 1973.[2] It was one of the last tracks written for the Zinc Alloy album and these sessions were the last time Bolan recorded with Visconti.[6]
The song was released as a single in France and Germany with "Mad Donna" as the B-side. In Italy it was released with "Venus Loon" on the B-side. The Japanese single on the Odeon label featured "Satisfaction Pony" on the reverse.
In the US, "Teenage Dream" was included on the album Light of Love.[7]
A version of the song was recorded for the BBC, and this was released on the album The BBC Recordings 1970-1976 in 2007.[8]
"Teenage Dream" was used in the soundtrack of the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
"Teenage Dream" was recorded and released as a single in 1994 by Darryl Read; Bill Legend of T. Rex drums on this version - for the second time round. This single was reissued in 2009 along with a promotional video filmed at the Roundhouse London - featuring Read and Legend with T. Rex fans. It was also recorded by former T. Rex drummer Mickey Finn on his 2002 album Renaissance. In a 2007 concert to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Bolan's death, "Teenage Dream" was performed by Marc Almond.[9]
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