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"The Passenger" is a song written by Iggy Pop and Ricky Gardiner, recorded and released by Iggy Pop on the Lust for Life album in 1977. It was also released as the B-side of the album's first single, "Success". It was released as a single in its own right in March 1998, reaching number 22 in the UK charts.
Speaking of the influence that Iggy Pop's 1977 song "The Passenger" had on "Lost Weekend", Cole recalled in 2010, "It just went that way in rehearsal and while we were aware that the rhythm part was the same, the chords and everything else was different, so we weren't bothered. Gosh, I wish it owed more – 'The Passenger' is a fantastic track ...
He played in his own outfit with this band, Beggars Opera, and also with friends David Bowie and Iggy Pop. For Bowie he played lead guitar on the 1977 album Low. [1] For Pop he worked on his album Lust for Life the same year: the issue included "The Passenger", regarded as one of Pop's best songs, [2] for which Gardiner composed the music ...
Year Title Chart positions Certifications (sales thresholds)UK; 1991 Pop Songs. Released: 1991; Label: Arista – 1996 Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop. Released: October 28, 1996
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and radio broadcaster.He was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band the Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited many times since. [1]
"The Passenger" was inspired by a Jim Morrison poem that saw "modern life as a journey by car", as well as rides on the Berlin S-Bahn, according to Pop's former girlfriend Esther Friedmann. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] The lyrics have also been interpreted as "Iggy's knowing commentary on Bowie's cultural vampirism". [ 22 ]
The following is a complete list of songs that appear in the film Trainspotting in order of appearance: "Lust for Life" – Iggy Pop "Carmen Suite No.2" – Georges Bizet "Deep Blue Day" – Brian Eno
This article can't seem to decide if it's about the Iggy Pop song or the single released by Siouxsie & the Banshees, and it probably needs splitting. I don't know enough about it to do the necessary cleanup, but I do know that the Iggy Pop song was released as a single in 1998 in the UK (charted at #22), something that the article doesn't mention.