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Iggy Pop

Funtime

1977 · via Blondie and 1 more

Iggy Pop recorded “Funtime” in 1977. Iggy Pop wrote it with David Bowie. This is the first recording of the song. Also recorded by R.E.M. (1988), Peter Murphy (1988) and Boy George (1995), among 73 recordings on file. It is on the album The Idiot (1977).

Iggy Pop – Funtime
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Blondie only had this one on a live radio tape, but the original belongs to Iggy Pop, who wrote it with Bowie. Follow him and you get two doors for the price of one.

Bowie's name is on Funtime, but Iggy Pop co-wrote it and sang it first, in 1977, and R.E.M. and Blondie both went back to it later. Put Iggy's original next to The Cars' take and you can hear exactly what they borrowed.

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Written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

First recorded by Iggy Pop in 1977: this is the first recording.

On the album The Idiot (1977).

Other recordings on file

73 recordings of “Funtime” on MusicBrainz in all.

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Blondie tore through "Funtime" on a San Francisco radio broadcast. David Bowie co-wrote it, but which artist shares that credit and cut the first recording?Iggy Pop
a knot from Blondie · next: Iggy Pop
The Cars have a recording of Funtime, a song David Bowie co-wrote. Who shares that writing credit with Bowie and cut the very first recording?Iggy Pop
a knot from The Cars · next: Iggy Pop
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