20th Century Boy

"20th Century Boy"
"20th Century Boy"
Single by T. Rex
B-side	"Free Angel"
Released	2 March 1973
Genre	Glam rock; hard rock;
Length	3:39
Label	T. REX (UK); Ariola (Germany);
Songwriter(s)	Marc Bolan
Producer(s)	Tony Visconti
T. Rex singles chronology

"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.

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↑ Savage, Jon (1 February 2013). "The 20 best glam-rock songs of all time". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
↑ 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."
↑ Paytress, Mark (2009). Bolan: The Rise And Fall Of A 20th Century Superstar. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-8460-9147-6.

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[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.

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