20th Century Boy

"20th Century Boy"
Single by T. Rex
B-side"Free Angel"
Released2 March 1973
Genre
Length3:39
Label
Songwriter(s)Marc Bolan
Producer(s)Tony Visconti
T. Rex singles chronology
"Solid Gold Easy Action"
(1972)		 "20th Century Boy"
(1973)		 "The Groover"
(1973)

"20th Century Boy" is a 1973 song by glam rock band T. Rex and was released as a stand-alone single. It went to number 3 in the United Kingdom, number 1 in Ireland, number 57 in Australia, number 28 in Spain, number 9 in Norway and number 8 in Germany. It was covered by Def Leppard for their ninth studio album Yeah! in 2006.

Notes

  1. ↑ Savage, Jon (1 February 2013). "The 20 best glam-rock songs of all time". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 822. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8. Bolan (...) started writing manic chant-along glam-rock hits such as "Metal Guru," "20th Century Boy," "Solid Gold Easy Action," and "Children of the Revolution."
  3. ↑ Paytress, Mark (2009). Bolan: The Rise And Fall Of A 20th Century Superstar. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-8460-9147-6.