“Suffragette City” is a single by David Bowie. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) is a sub-genre of Rock music that developed in the UK in the post- Hippie early 1970s which was "performed by In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Ken Scott (born April 20, 1947 in London) is an influential English Record producer and Recording engineer. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. " TVC 15 " was a single by David Bowie. The song was inspired by an episode in which Iggy Pop, during a drug-fuelled period at Bowie’s LA " Sound and Vision " is a song and single by David Bowie. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger.
Originally recorded towards the end of the Ziggy Stardust sessions, “Suffragette City” is a trademark piece of early 1970s Bowie glam, with a piano riff heavily influenced by Little Richard, a lyrical reference to A Clockwork Orange (the word “droogie”) and the sing-a-long hook "Wham bam thank you ma'am!” the song had become a fixture of Bowie’s live shows, and one of his best known album cuts. Rev Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5 1932 better known by the Stage name Little Richard, is an American Singer, Songwriter A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 Satirical Science fiction Film adaptation of a 1962 novel of the same name, by Anthony
The song is about how a man would rather have sexual encounters with women than help his friends. The word "suffragette" is often seen as a pejorative term from its origins in the early twentieth century, separate from the more positive, all-encompassing term “suffragist”. Suffragette is a term originally coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for the more radical and Militant members of the The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS also known as the Suffragists (not to be confused with the Suffragettes was an organisation of Women's In the song, this usage could reflect the narrator's attitudes towards women as purely sexual and without any other significant value.
In 1976, it was issued as a single to promote the ChangesOneBowie compilation in the UK, with the US single edit of “Stay” on the B-side. ChangesOneBowie was David Bowie 's first widely-selling compilation album " Stay " is a song written by David Bowie for the 1976 album Station to Station. The single failed to chart.
Track listing
- “Suffragette City” (Bowie) – 3:25
- “Stay” (Bowie) – 3:21
Production credits
Appearances in popular culture
- Before recording it himself, Bowie offered it to the band Mott the Hoople if they would forego their plan of breaking up. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Ken Scott (born April 20, 1947 in London) is an influential English Record producer and Recording engineer. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Mick Ronson (26 May 1946 &ndash 29 April 1993 was an English Guitarist, Composer, Multi-instrumentalist, Arranger and producer The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Trevor Bolder (born 9 June 1950, Kingston upon Hull, England) is an English rock Bass guitarist Biography The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey (born c 1951 is an English rock Drummer from Driffield, Yorkshire, best known for his work with David The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. Carlos Alomar (born 1951 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is an American Guitarist, composer and arranger best known for his work with David Bowie Earl Slick (born Frank Madeloni in Staten Island New York, 1952 is a Guitarist best known for his collaborations with David Bowie, Jim George Murray may refer to Lord George Murray (general (1694&ndash1760 Jacobite general Lord George Murray (bishop (1761&ndash1803 Dennis Davis is an American drummer and Session musician best known for his work with David Bowie. Roy Bittan (born July 2 1949 in Rockaway Beach Queens, New York City) is an American Keyboardist, best known as a member The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Mott the Hoople were a 1970s English rock band with strong R&B roots and known for being part of the popular Glam rock scene of the early The group refused, but recorded Bowie's "All the Young Dudes" instead. " All the Young Dudes " is a song written by David Bowie, originally recorded and released as a single by Mott the Hoople in 1972
- British indie band Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine sampled the line "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am!" in their song "Surfin' USM". In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (frequently shortened to Carter USM) were a British indie band formed in 1987 by singer Jim " Jim Bob
- It is featured as one of the staple songs in the video game "Rock Band" and was also used in one of the trailers for the game.
- Steve Marriott originally sung "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am!" in The Small Faces' song "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" in the 60s and throughout his career
- The song was the background for the closing credits on Ben Stillers 2007 movie The Heartbreak Kid. Stephen Peter Marriott ( January 30 1947 - April 20 1991) popularly known as Steve Marriott, was a successful and versatile Small Faces were an English rock group from East London, heavily influenced by American Rhythm and blues.
- The song is one of the featured theme songs in the video game, Driver: Parallel Lines.
- The song was played on Rock Star: Supernova By Storm Large with Dave Navarro on guitar
- In the Sandman graphic novel Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman, "Suffragette City" is the name of a strip club that is destroyed by the goddess Ishtar as a demonstration of the true power of sex and lust. Rock Star Supernova was the second season of the Reality television show Rock Star. Storm Large (born Susan Storm Large The Sandman is a Comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published in the United States by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo Brief Lives (1994 is the seventh collection of issues in the DC Comics series The Sandman. Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and Ishtar ( D IŠTAR 𒀭𒌋𒁯 is the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to
- The song was used as background music in the trailer for the film The Long Kiss Goodnight. The Long Kiss Goodnight is a 1996 action thriller Film starring Geena Davis and Samuel L
Trivia
- Bowie's own style of saxophone playing couldn't produce the raunchy effect he wanted for the song, so an ARP synthesizer was used instead, imitating a saxophone sound.
- Although there is a distinct break between the two songs, "Suffragette City" often receives airplay paired with "Ziggy Stardust", the song immediately preceding it on the album. " Ziggy Stardust " is a song written by David Bowie in 1972 for the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- The full list of chords for Suffragette City is--not in this order--A, B, C, D, E, F and G--all major and all natural.
- "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" was a song by jazz artist Charles Mingus on his 61' LP "Oh Yeah"
Other releases
- It was released as the B-side of the singles "Starman" in April 1972 and "Young Americans" in February 1975. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Charles Mingus ( 22 April 1922 &ndash 5 January 1979) was an American Jazz Bassist, Composer, Oh Yeah is an Album by Charles Mingus.This highly regarded album features the leader (normally a bassist singing on three of the cuts and playing " Starman " is a single by David Bowie, released in April 1972 " Young Americans " is a single by David Bowie. History The first studio result of Bowie’s mid-1970s obsession with soul, "Young
- A picture disc release appeared in the RCA Life Time picture disc set. RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986
- It also appeared on the following compilations:
Live versions
- Bowie recorded the song for the BBC radio program "Sounds of the 70s: John Peel", and this was broadcast May 23rd, 1972. ChangesOneBowie was David Bowie 's first widely-selling compilation album Changesbowie is a compilation album by David Bowie, released in 1990 in the U The Singles Collection is a compilation album by David Bowie, released in 1993 in the UK and (with some changes as The Singles 1969 to 1993 The Singles Collection is a compilation album by David Bowie, released in 1993 in the UK and (with some changes as The Singles 1969 to 1993 John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio In 2000 this recording was released on the Bowie at the Beeb album. Bowie at the Beeb is a compilation album by David Bowie, first released in 2000
- A live version recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 20 October 1972 was released on Santa Monica '72. Santa Monica '72 is a live album by David Bowie, recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 20 October 1972 during the
- The version played at the famous concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3 1973 was released on Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture. The Hammersmith Apollo is a major entertainments and concert venue located in Hammersmith, London, England. Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture is a live album by David Bowie, corresponding to the film of the same name.
- A recording from the 1974 tour was released on David Live. David Live is David Bowie ’s first official live album originally released by RCA in 1974 This version was also released in the Sound and Vision box set. Sound + Vision is David Bowie 's box set compilation released on Rykodisc in 1989 Another live recording from the 1974 tour was released on the semi-legal A Portrait in Flesh.
Cover versions
- Mr. Big - Live recording on "Live at Budokan" (1997)
- Alice in Chains - Sweet Alice (1989)
- Toni Basil - Live at the Roxy
- Big Audio Dynamite - F-Punk (1995)
- Boy George - Live in Detroit, Michigan (1995), live at every show of his UK tour in January and February 2008, and on the album The Unrecoupable One Man Bandit (1998)
- Corpus Delicti - Goth Oddity - A Tribute to David Bowie (1999)
- Duran Duran - Live recording - 1980 Birmingham Christmas Show
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Single (1989)
- Golden Delicious - Crash Course for the Ravers - A Tribute to the Songs of David Bowie (1996)
- Adolf & the Piss Artists - Zero Hour (2000)
- The Get Up Kids - Eudora (2001)
- Steve Jones - Fire and Gasoline (1989)
- Seu Jorge recorded a Portuguese version for the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
- Killer Nannies In America - Ashes To Ashes: A Tribute to David Bowie (1998)
- Kyosuke Himuro – Single (1988)
- L.A. Guns – Cuts (1992)
- Of Montreal – Live on March 17, 2007 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Hazel O'Connor – Single
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – B-side to the "Aeroplane" single (1996)
- Andy Taylor – Single
- Turbonegro – Single (1998)
- Warrant - Under the Influence (2001)
- Wakefield - New York Minute soundtrack (2004)
- Wounded Turkey - Only Bowie (1995)
- Nerve Agents - "Kill Your Idols / Nerve Agents Split"
- Storm Large ft. Mr Big was an American Hard rock super group. Formed in 1988, Mr Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle Washington in Toni Basil (born Antonia Christina Basilotta; September 22 1943) is an American Musician, video Artist, Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) were a British musical group formed in 1984 by the Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd 14 June 1961 in Eltham London) is an English Singer-songwriter, who was part of the English New Corpus delicti (plural corpora delicti ( Latin: " body of crime " is a term from Western Jurisprudence which refers to the Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two Frankie Goes to Hollywood ( FGTH) was a UK dance-pop band that were extremely popular in the mid 1980s The Golden Delicious is a Cultivar of Apple with a yellow color The Get Up Kids were an American indie rock band Forming in Kansas City Missouri in 1995 the band opened for bands such as Green Day and Weezer Stephen Phillip Jones (born 3 September, 1955 in Shepherds Bush, London) is an English rock Guitarist Fire and Gasoline is a Heavy metal album released in 1989 by British Musician Steve Jones, formerly of the Sex Pistols Seu Jorge (born June 8, 1970) ( Portuguese: ˈsew ˈʒɔxʒi is a Brazilian Musician, Singer/songwriter and Actor Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Anderson 's fourth feature length Film, released in the U is a Japanese singer He was a member of the Japanese legendary rock group Boøwy from 1981 to 1988 LA Guns is an American rock band whose music is frequently associated with the L Of Montreal (officially capitalized " of Montreal " is an American Indie pop band formed in Athens Georgia. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Hazel O'Connor (born 16 May 1955) is a British Singer-songwriter and actress originating from Coventry. Red Hot Chili Peppers are Andy Taylor (born 16 February 1961 is an English Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter, best known as a member of Duran Duran and "Suffragette City" is a single from the Norwegian band Turbonegro released on 7" Vinyl in October of 1997 by Bad Afro Under the Influence is the sixth studio album by Warrant. The album is a covers album with 2 original new tracks "Face" and "Subhuman" Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. New York Minute is a 2004 comedy Teen film starring Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen and Eugene Levy. Storm Large (born Susan Storm Large Dave Navarro - Rock Star: Supernova
- Vixen - Live & Learn (2006)
- Franz Ferdinand & Scissor Sisters V Festival (2005)
- Tara Slone - Just Look Pretty and Sing (2007)
- Poison - Poison'd! (2007)
- Rehasher - "Off Key Melodies"
- *The Spiders from Mars - The Mick Ronson Memorial Concert (2001); the Spiders here consisting of Joe Elliott (vocals, acoustic guitar), Phil Collen (guitar), Bill Nelson (guitar), Trevor Bolder (bass), Woody Woodmansey, (drums), Billy Rankin (guitar), and Phil Lanzon (keyboards)
- Ozark Henry - Glittering 2000: Belgian Acts Revisiting Glam Classics (2000)
References
- Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5
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