The Jean Genie

David Bowie

About The Jean Genie

"The Jean Genie" is a song by English musician David Bowie, originally released in November 1972 as the lead single to his 1973 album Aladdin Sane. According to Bowie, it was "a smorgasbord of imagined Americana", with a protagonist inspired by Iggy Pop, and the title being an allusion to author Jean Genet. One of Bowie's most famous tracks, it was promoted with a film clip featuring Andy Warhol associate Cyrinda Foxe and peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.


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2002
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