Panic in Detroit

"Panic in Detroit"
Song by David Bowie
from the album Aladdin Sane
Released19 April 1973 (1973-04-19)[a]
RecordedJanuary 1973
StudioTrident, London
Genre
Length4:25
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)David Bowie
Producer(s)Ken Scott, David Bowie

"Panic in Detroit" is a song written by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie for the album Aladdin Sane in 1973. Bowie based it on his friend Iggy Pop's descriptions of revolutionaries he had known in Michigan and Pop's experiences during the 1967 Detroit riots. Rolling Stone magazine called the track "a paranoid descendant of the Motor City's earlier masterpiece, Martha and the Vandellas' "Nowhere to Run"".[7]

In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine printed its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Mick Ronson was ranked at number 64, and "Panic in Detroit" as his "essential recording".[8]

  1. ^ O'Leary 2015, chap. 6.
  2. ^ Cann 2010, p. 291.
  3. ^ "Aladdin Sane 45th anniversary silver vinyl due". David Bowie Official Website. 14 February 2018. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. ^ Clerc 2022, p. 159.
  5. ^ Berman, Stuart (29 September 2010). "David Bowie: Station to Station (Deluxe Edition)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  6. ^ Perone 2007, p. 37.
  7. ^ Ben, Gerson (19 July 1973). "Aladdin Sane". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007.
  8. ^ Rolling Stone (September 2003). "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Rolling Stone. No. 931.


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