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About This Track
“The Passenger” is a song by Iggy Pop and Ricky Gardiner, recorded and released by Iggy Pop on the Lust for Life album in 1977. It was also released as the B-side of the album’s only single, “Success”. In the summer of 2007 alternative rock radio stations around the USA resumed playing the song in accordance with Iggy Pop and The Stooges tour in that country.
The lyrics, written by Iggy Pop allegedly aboard Berlin’s S-Bahn, have been interpreted as embodying the nomadic spirit of the punk outcast. Guitarist Ricky Gardiner composed the music. While it possesses a distinctive riff, “The Passenger” is perhaps most recognizable by its chorus, on which David Bowie sings back-up.
The Passenger was included in 2008’s The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present.
In 1998 the song was released as a single in the UK after being used in a TV commercial for Toyota’s new Avensis. The single peaked at #22.
The lyrics, written by Iggy Pop allegedly aboard Berlin’s S-Bahn, have been interpreted as embodying the nomadic spirit of the punk outcast. Guitarist Ricky Gardiner composed the music. While it possesses a distinctive riff, “The Passenger” is perhaps most recognizable by its chorus, on which David Bowie sings back-up.
The Passenger was included in 2008’s The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present.
In 1998 the song was released as a single in the UK after being used in a TV commercial for Toyota’s new Avensis. The single peaked at #22.
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Shouts
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puddledumpling wrote:
This ain't Iggy.
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Hellkitten99 wrote:
The heck is this cover?
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matsramus wrote:
Lalalalalala [3]
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starfloka wrote:
doen't sound like Patti Smith at all :-D
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Robesko wrote:
Lalalalalala [2]
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mattq8 wrote:
big in berlin in '96, played at every antifa party i went to. prefer 'the idiot' and lust for life. reminds me of broken bottles and blood n gettin fucked up.
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tuticaro wrote:
sounds good but it's certainly not Iggy Pop... and stops short! please correct.
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escarabat94 wrote:
/:-)
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teutonicdwarves wrote:
sounds like patti smith to me. maybe.
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maxlharris wrote:
We'll see the city fuck and fight, we'll see the wrongs that should be right.
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basvanhaver wrote:
soooooooooooooo great
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cegutierrez73 wrote:
mejor suena en estudio
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SeaHan wrote:
Fuck huuuuuuuuuuuuggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Last.fm. Fuch Hugh.
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Tapani69ofBodom wrote:
Lalalalalala
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gungh0 wrote:
Its Iggy again !! Cool beans.
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Violet-Heart wrote:
Queria matar o Dinho por ter feito "cover" ou "traduzido" essa música...odeio ele.
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DER___stefan wrote:
DERB DERB DERB !!! und einfach großartig ...thx...
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
fuckn` lame waste of time !
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mondscheingasse wrote:
best song for road-trips
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hirogura wrote:
The live version kicks ass! Just guitar-bass-drums. It reminds me of The Stooges.
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