Moonage Daydream

"Moonage Daydream"
Single by Arnold Corns
B-side "Hang On to Yourself"
Released 7 May 1971
Format 7" single
Recorded 25 February 1971
Genre
Length 3:52
Label B&C Records CB 149
Writer(s) David Bowie
Producer(s) David Bowie
Arnold Corns singles chronology
"Moonage Daydream"
(1971)		 "Hang On to Yourself"
(1972)
David Bowie singles chronology
"Holy Holy"
(1971)		 "Moonage Daydream"
(1971)		 "Changes"
(1971)
"Moonage Daydream"
Song by David Bowie from the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Released 16 June 1972[1]
Recorded November 1971
Genre
Length 4:37
Label RCA Records
Writer(s) David Bowie
Producer(s) David Bowie and Ken Scott
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"

"Moonage Daydream" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 and first released as a single with the band Arnold Corns. A re-recorded version, featuring Bowie and his backing band The Spiders from Mars, was released in 1972 on the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

The song tells of an alien messiah and hints at his destiny to save the world from the impending disaster described in Bowie's "Five Years", as well as his fate as the quintessential "soul lover". In terms of the story arc of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, this is one of the most important songs as it describes the creation of Ziggy from a combination of religion, romance, sexual freedom, rebellion, and passion; he metamorphoses into the archetypal rock star.

Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust is the title of a book written by David Bowie, published in 2002 by Genesis Publications, named after this song. The book documented the years 1972-73 and was fully illustrated with the photography of Mick Rock. Bowie and Rock met in 1972 and formed a working relationship and lasting friendship. Subsequently, Mick Rock was the only photographer authorised to record the two-year career of Ziggy Stardust.

Arnold Corns version

The Arnold Corns version of "Moonage Daydream", recorded on 25 February 1971,[2] was released by B&C as a single in the UK on 7 May 1971.[3] "Hang on to Yourself" was the B-side.

The official band line-up, fronted by dress designer Freddi Buretti, was a total fabrication; Buretti was at the session but his contributions were simply lost alongside Bowie's.

This version was also released as a bonus track on the Rykodisc rerelease of The Man Who Sold the World album (1990) with an alternate lyrics (Come on strong girl, and lay your heavy trip on me, the church of mad love is such a holy place to be...). It also appeared on the Ziggy Stardust - 30th Anniversary Reissue bonus disc in 2002.

Production credits

Arnold Corns version (recorded February 1971)
Album version (recorded November 1971)

Live versions

Other releases

Cover versions

Notes

  1. ↑ "Happy 43rd Birthday to Ziggy Stardust". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Kevin Cann (2010). Any Day Now - David Bowie: The London Years: 1947-1974: pp.206-207
  3. ↑ Kevin Cann (2010). Any Day Now - David Bowie: The London Years: 1947-1974: p.216

References

Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5

External links

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