20th Century Boy (50th Anniversary) 7" Picture Disc 7 Inch

bull As part of our T. Rex ldquo1973rdquo year campaign, alongside the ldquoWhatever Happened To The Teenage Dreamrdquo 5LP and 4CD box sets, and the ldquoSongwriter 1973rdquo LP, Demon Records will be issuing T. Rexrsquos 1973 singles as highly collectable limited edition 7 rdquo picture discs, with photos from the Keith Morris archive.bull The first release is the absolute classic ldquo20th Century Boyrdquo Boyrdquo, originally released in early March 1973, and these days amongst Marc Bolanrsquos bestremembered songs . It peaked in the UK charts at number 3, where it stayed for three weeks, while skinheads turned glam rockers Sladersquos ldquoCum On Feel The Noize remained at number 1, and the number 2 slot was occupied by The Faces ldquoCindy Incidentallyrdquo and then Donny Osmond ldquoThe Twelfth Of Neverbull ldquo20th Century Boyrdquo returned to the UK Top 20 in August 1991, peaking at number 13 after being used in a TV ad for Levis starring Brad Pitt the one where hersquos being released from prison. The song has been covered by Def Leppard and Siouxsie amp The Banshees, amongst others.bull Neither ldquo20th Century Boyrdquo or its B side ldquoFree Angelrdquo appeared on the ldquo album, released three weeks later.