Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)

"Search and Destroy"
Promo single label
Single by Iggy and the Stooges
from the album Raw Power
B-side"Penetration"
ReleasedJune 1973[1]
Genre
Length3:26
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

"Search and Destroy" is a song by American rock band the Stooges, recorded for the group's third album Raw Power (1973). Lead singer Iggy Pop said that the title was derived from a column heading in a Time article about the Vietnam War.[2]

In 1997, "Search and Destroy" (along with the rest of the songs on Raw Power) was remixed and remastered by Pop and Bruce Dickinson. The result was far more aggressive and stripped down than the original release, which had been mixed by David Bowie.

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Search and Destroy" at No. 468 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2009, it was named the 49th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[3] The song has also been characterized as garage rock,[4][5] glam rock[6] and proto-punk.[7]

  1. ^ "Stooges singles".
  2. ^ Trynka, Paul (2011). Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed. Random House Digital. p. 136. ISBN 9780767927222.
  3. ^ "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  4. ^ Kane, Tyler (August 27, 2014). "The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time". Paste. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Smith, Troy L. (May 24, 2016). "50 greatest album-opening songs". cleveland.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018. 'Search and Destroy' is a raw form of garage rock that would go onto influence a number of artists.
  6. ^ Savage, Jon (February 1, 2013). "The 20 best glam-rock songs of all time". The Guardian. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Terich, Jeff (November 5, 2015). "10 Essential Proto-punk tracks". Treblezine. Retrieved February 5, 2016.