Song · Iggy Pop
“Funtime” by Iggy Pop
From the album The Idiot (1977)
“Funtime” by Iggy Pop appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1977 on the album The Idiot. Its best result is #1850 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,122 alternative song of all time.
"Funtime" is one of the songs Iggy Pop and David Bowie wrote together for The Idiot, Iggy's 1977 album on RCA, and it catches the pair falling hard for the German scene: it bears a marked family resemblance to "Lila Engel" by the krautrock band Neu!.
The spark was hearing the Sex Pistols cover "No Fun" by Iggy's band the Stooges, and the words take the same sardonic view of a good time; Sly and the Family Stone's "Fun" seems to have been in the back of someone's mind as well. Bowie wrote the music and produced, plays piano and synthesizers and takes the main chorus himself, and one of his riffs is a cheeky send-up of the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". Phil Palmer plays guitar, Michel Santangeli drums, and Laurent Thibault engineered.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1850 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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