Piss Factory

"Piss Factory"
Single by Patti Smith
A-side	"Hey Joe"
B-side	"Piss Factory"
Released	November 1974
Recorded	Electric Lady Studios, June 5, 1974
Genre	Proto-punk [1]
Length	4:41
Label	Mer
Songwriter(s)	Patti Smith, Richard Sohl
Producer(s)	Lenny Kaye

"Piss Factory" is a song written by Patti Smith and Richard Sohl, and released as a B-side on Smith's debut single "Hey Joe" in 1974. It was included on the Vertigo Records compilation album New Wave in 1977, Sire Records 1992 compilation album Just Say Yesterday , ^[2] and later reissued on the rarities compilation Land (1975–2002) .

In 1989, Dave Marsh placed the song on the list of The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.^{[ citation needed ]}

The song originated as a poem written by Smith about the time she spent working in a baby buggy factory, expressing her assurance that she would not let the experience kill her ambitions. ^[3]

References

1. Multiple sources:
   • Dalton, Stephen (October 8, 2021). "Patti Smith at the Royal Albert Hall: Triumphant set from a rock icon". Evening Standard . Retrieved May 13, 2025.
   • "Piss Factory". The Fat Angel Sings. March 29, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
2. "Sire Records Says Yes to Some Rare 'Classic' Oldies - latimes". Los Angeles Times . September 18, 1992. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
3. Pat Pemberton (June 8, 2012). "Piss Factory". RollingStone.

External links

• Piss Factory at AllMusic