"Suffragette City" is a single by David Bowie.
Originally recorded towards the end of the Ziggy Stardust sessions, "Suffragette City" is a trademark piece of early 1970s Bowie glam, with a piano riff heavily influenced by Little Richard, a lyrical reference to A Clockwork Orange (the word "droogie") and the sing-a-long hook "Wham bam thank you ma'am!" the song had become a fixture of Bowie’s live shows, and one of his best known album cuts.
The song is about how a man would rather have sexual encounters with women than help his friends. The word "suffragette" is often seen as a pejorative term from its origins in the early twentieth century, separate from the more positive, all-encompassing term "suffragist." In the song, this usage could reflect the narrator's attitudes towards women as purely sexual and without any other significant value.
In 1976, it was issued as a single to promote the ChangesOneBowie compilation in the UK, with the US single edit of "Stay" on the B-side. The single failed to chart.
"Suffragette City" is a single from the Norwegian band Turbonegro released on 7" Vinyl in October of 1997 by Bad Afro Records. The A-side is a cover of a Ziggy Stardust era David Bowie song, while "Kærlighetens Børn" is a monologue of Happy-Tom imitating the mongoloid child of some danish hippie parents - as a matter of fact lead singer Hank once introduced himself as the 'Mongoloid King Of Rock' at a show in Copenhagen '95.
1,000 black wax, 1,000 green swirl and 100 transparent red wax copies were made. Sleeve features Cuban revolutionist Ché Guevara complete with Alice Cooper make-up and pentagram. This single was the debut for drummer Chris Summers.
