Australian singles charts:
Rebel Rebel entered the Kent Music Report on 25 March 1974 and peaked at #28.
Album:
The song is on Diamond Dogs which entered the Kent Music Report album chart on 3 June 1974 and peaked at #3.
Songwriter:
David Bowie
Producer:
David Bowie
Record label of Australian release:
RCA Victor
BONUS CLIP BELOW – Rockin’ 1000 doing Rebel Rebel
Wikipedia:
According to biographer Marc Spitz, the lyrics of Rebel Rebel revisit familiar Bowie territory, featuring “a ‘hot’ young ‘tramp’ worrying his or her parents with his or her sexy nihilism”, are reflected by the line “You got a few lines and a handful of ‘ludes’.” Even though the world is ending, the “Rebel” doesn’t care, suggesting “we like dancing and we look divine.” It also features gender-bending lyrics (“You got your mother in a whirl / She’s not sure if you’re a boy or a girl”).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Rebel
Songfacts:
This song is about a boy who rebels against his parents by wearing makeup and tacky women’s clothes. It was a defining song of the “Glam Rock” era. Characterized by feminine clothes and outrageous stage shows, Glam was big in England in the early ’70s. Bowie had the most mainstream success of the glam rockers.
www.songfacts.com/facts/david-bowie/rebel-rebel
This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
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