| "Death Valley '69" | ||||
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| Single by Sonic Youth featuring Lydia Lunch | ||||
| from the album Bad Moon Rising | ||||
| B-side | "Brave Men Run (In My Family)" | |||
| Released | December 1984 | |||
| Recorded | July 1984 | |||
| Genre | Noise rock, no wave | |||
| Label | Iridescence | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Bertelli, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, , Lydia Lunch | |||
| Producer(s) | Sonic Youth, Clint Ruin | |||
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| Death Valley '69 | ||||
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| EP by Sonic Youth featuring Lydia Lunch | ||||
| Released | June 1985 | |||
| Genre | Noise rock, no wave | |||
| Label | Blast First, Homestead | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | D[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
"Death Valley '69" is a song by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth and featuring Lydia Lunch. The song was written and sung by Thurston Moore and fellow New York musician Lunch, and recorded by Martin Bisi in 1984.
A demo version of the song was released in December 1984 on Iridescence Records. A re-recorded version was released in EP format with different artwork in June 1985; this version was featured on their second studio album, Bad Moon Rising.
- ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Death Valley '69 – Sonic Youth | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Sonic Youth". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- ^ "Sonic Youth: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2015.