| "Jeepster" | ||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Jeepster_single_cover.jpg) Cover of the original 7" single | ||||
| Single by T. Rex | ||||
| from the album Electric Warrior | ||||
| B-side | "Life's a Gas" | |||
| Released | 5 November 1971 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:12 | |||
| Label | Fly | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marc Bolan | |||
| Producer(s) | Tony Visconti | |||
| T. Rex singles chronology | ||||
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"Jeepster" is a song by English glam rock act T. Rex. It was released on 5 November 1971 by record label Fly as a single from the group's sixth studio album (and second as T. Rex) Electric Warrior. The B-side, "Life's a Gas", is taken from the same album. Several artists have recorded cover versions of it. Both of the single's tracks were written by Marc Bolan[2] and produced by Tony Visconti.[3]
The music (and first couple of lines) of "Jeepster" is based on a Howlin' Wolf blues song called "You'll Be Mine," which was written by Willie Dixon. In interviews, T. Rex leader Marc Bolan acknowledged that he "lifted it from a Howlin' Wolf song."[4]
- ^ a b Bradley, Larry (4 November 2014). "The 1970s: T. Rex - "Jeepster". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.
- ^ "Jeepster - Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Electric Warrior - T. Rex - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ https://www.songfacts.com/facts/t-rex/jeepster [bare URL]