from the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
A-side
"Starman"
Released
28 April 1972 (B-side)
16 June 1972 (album)
Recorded
4 February 1972
Studio
Trident, London
Genre
Glam rock
proto-punk
hard rock
Length
3:25
Label
RCA
Songwriter(s)
David Bowie
Producer(s)
David Bowie
Ken Scott
Official audio
"Suffragette City" (2012 Remaster) on YouTube
"Suffragette City"
Single by David Bowie
from the album Changesonebowie
B-side
"Stay"
Released
9 July 1976
Length
3:25
Label
RCA
David Bowie singles chronology
"Stay" (1976)
"Suffragette City" (1976)
"Sound and Vision" (1977)
"Suffragette City" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was originally released in April 1972 as the B-side of the single "Starman" and subsequently appeared on his fifth studio album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972). The song was later reissued as a single in 1976, with the US single edit of "Stay" as the B-side, to promote the compilation album Changesonebowie in the UK. Co-produced by Bowie and Ken Scott, it was recorded by Bowie at Trident Studios in London with his backing band the Spiders from Mars, consisting of Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey, at a late stage of the album's sessions. The song was originally offered to English band Mott the Hoople, who declined it and recorded Bowie's "All the Young Dudes" instead. It is a glam rock song that is influenced by the music of Little Richard and the Velvet Underground. The lyrics include a reference to Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange and the lyric "Oooohh wham bam, thank you, ma'am".
"Suffragette City" received acclaim from music critics, with many praising the guitar work, the band's performance, the false ending, the lyric and the song's power. It has subsequently been called one of Bowie's greatest songs by multiple publications, including NME. Bowie performed the song frequently during his concert tours and it has appeared on multiple compilation albums. It has been remastered several times, including 2012 for the 40th anniversary of the album; this version was included as part of the 2015 box set Five Years (1969–1973).
"SuffragetteCity" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was originally released in April 1972 as the B-side of the single "Starman"...
Richard ("SuffragetteCity"), "Over the Rainbow" from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz ("Starman"), and the Velvet Underground ("SuffragetteCity" and "Velvet...
the song, which he had given to the band after they rejected his "SuffragetteCity". Bowie would subsequently record the song himself. Regarded as an...
original version as well. Two of the tracks, "Ziggy Stardust" and "SuffragetteCity", had never been released as singles when Changesonebowie was issued...
(both 1973), and Diamond Dogs (1974). His songs from this era include "SuffragetteCity", "The Jean Genie", "Rebel Rebel" and "All the Young Dudes" (made famous...
Suffragettes in Great Britain and Ireland orchestrated a bombing and arson campaign between the years 1912 and 1914. The campaign was instigated by the...
documentaries. In 2010, she presented SuffragetteCity (part of A History of the World series), telling the story of the suffragette movement through objects from...
The Suffragette Memorial is an outdoor sculpture commemorating those who fought for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, located in the north-west...
Gazoo made a cameo appearance in the Animaniacs revival segment "SuffragetteCity". He makes a cameo appearance in Space Jam: A New Legacy amongst the...
most ambitious to date, featuring a giant set designed to evoke "Hunger City", the post-apocalyptic setting for Diamond Dogs, and his largest band, led...
make a cameo as silhouettes in the 2020 Animaniacs revival segment "SuffragetteCity". "Golden Records First (and Last) Cartoon Music Compilation". cartoonresearch...
66 in 1972, it re-entered the chart in 1974, peaking at No. 41. "SuffragetteCity" was originally from the 1972 album Ziggy Stardust, but was not released...
about to split, he persuaded them to stay together and offered them "SuffragetteCity" which later appeared on his Ziggy Stardust album. They turned it down...
Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 3:13 8. "SuffragetteCity" The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 3:25...
Hanna-Barbera and Looney Tunes characters make cameo appearances in the "SuffragetteCity" song on the Animaniacs revival. They were previously parodied in the...
single to "Rage Hard" were covers of David Bowie's "SuffragetteCity", stylized as "SuffRAGEtteCity" to fit in with the "Rage Hard" promotion and the second...
Bamm-Bamm have cameo appearances in the 2020 Animaniacs revival segment "SuffragetteCity". Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm make a cameo in the Looney Tunes film Space...
appearance as a silhouette in the 2020 Animaniacs revival segment "SuffragetteCity". Squiddly Diddly appears in Jellystone!, voiced by Niccole Thurman...
filmmaker. Muir has written three novels: West Coast, Left Bank and SuffragetteCity, and the non-fiction books, The Insider's Guide to Paris and Arms and...
Global Information
