T. Rex - 20th Century Boy (50th Anniversary)

As part of our T. Rex 1973 year campaign , alongside the Whatever Happened To The Teenage Dream? 5LP and 4CD box sets , and the Songwriter: 1973 LP , Demon Records will be issuing T. Rex's 1973 singles as highly collectable limited edition 7 picture discs , with photos from the Keith Morris archive.The first release is the absolute classic 20th Century Boy, originally released in early March 1973 , and these days amongst Marc Bolan's best remembered songs . It peaked in the UK charts at number 3 , where it stayed for threeweeks, while skinheads turned glam rockers Slade's Cum On Feel The Noize remained at number 1, and the number 2 slot was occupied by The Faces (Cindy Incidentally) and then Donny Osmond (The Twelfth Of Never).20 th Century Boy returned to the UK Top 20 in August 1991 , peaking at number 13 after being used in a TV ad for Levi's starring Brad Pitt (the one where he's being released from prison). The song has been covered by DefLeppard and Siouxsie & The Banshees , amongst others.Neither 20th Century Boy or its B side Free Angel appeared on the album, released three weeks later.