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Iggy Pop

The Passenger

1977 · via Bauhaus

Iggy Pop recorded “The Passenger” in 1977. Iggy Pop wrote it with Ricky Gardiner. This is the first recording of the song. Also recorded by Fiendens Musik (1978), Siouxsie and the Banshees (1987) and Die Toten Hosen (1996), among 106 recordings on file.

Iggy Pop – The Passenger
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Bauhaus played this one live, but it starts with Iggy Pop, who wrote it with a guitarist named Ricky Gardiner. Siouxsie and the Banshees cut it too, so follow Iggy and you'll keep running into the same crowd.

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Written by Ricky Gardiner and Iggy Pop.

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

Other recordings on file

106 recordings of “The Passenger” on MusicBrainz in all.

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