Piss Factory
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Single by Patti Smith | |
A-side | "Hey Joe" |
B-side | "Piss Factory" |
Released | November 1974 (November 1974) |
Recorded | Electric Lady Studios, June 5, 1974 |
Genre | Proto-punk |
Length | 4:41 |
Label | Mer |
Songwriter(s) | Patti Smith, Richard Sohl |
Producer(s) | Lenny Kaye |
"Piss Factory" is a proto-punk song written by Patti Smith and Richard Sohl, and released as a B-side on Smith's debut single "Hey Joe" in 1974. It was included on the Vertigo Records compilation album New Wave in 1977, Sire Records 1992 compilation album Just Say Yesterday,[1] and later reissued on the rarities compilation Land (1975–2002).
In 1989, Dave Marsh placed the song on the list of The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.[citation needed]
The song originated as a poem written by Smith about the time she spent working in a baby buggy factory, expressing her assurance that she would not let the experience kill her ambitions.[2]
References
- ^ "Sire Records Says Yes to Some Rare 'Classic' Oldies - latimes". Los Angeles Times. 18 September 1992. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Pat Pemberton (June 8, 2012). "Piss Factory". RollingStone.
External links
- Piss Factory at AllMusic
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