Hang on to Yourself

Infobox Song
Name = Hang Onto Yourself
Type = B-side to "Moonage Daydream"
Artist = Arnold Corns
alt Artist =
Album =
Published =
Released = start date|1971|4
track_no =
Recorded = start date|1971|6|17, Radio Luxembourg studios
Genre = Glam rock
Length = 2:51
Writer =
Label = B&C Records
Producer =
Tracks =
Misc =
Audio sample? =Song infobox
Name = Hang on to Yourself


Artist = David Bowie
Album = The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Released = start date|1972|6|6
track_no = 8
Recorded = 1972
Genre = Glam rock
Length = 2:38
Writer = David Bowie
Label = RCA
Producer = David Bowie and Ken Scott
Misc =
Tracks = ;Side one
# "Five Years"
# "Soul Love"
# "Moonage Daydream"
# "Starman"
# "It Ain't Easy";Side two
#

"Lady Stardust"
# "Star"
# "Hang on to Yourself"
# "Ziggy Stardust"
# "Suffragette City"
# "Rock 'N' Roll Suicide""Hang Onto Yourself" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 and released as a single under the name Arnold Corns. A re-recorded version (spelled "Hang on to Yourself") was released on the album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars". The main riff is quite representative of glam rock's influence as a bridge between the rock and roll of the past and the punk of the (then) future—it is quite similar in style to Eddie Cochran, and yet carries a distinctive sound which would be used in many punk records and songs.

Arnold Corns version

It was recorded at the Radio Luxembourg studios on start date|1971|6|17. The Arnold Corns version of "Hang Onto Yourself" was first released by B&C as the B-side to the single "Moonage Daydream" in the UK in start date|1971|4. In start date|1971|9 it was released again, this time as an A-side, by B&C.

# "Hang Onto Yourself"
# "Man in the Middle"

Personnel

*David Bowie – vocals
*Freddi Buretti – vocals
*Mick Ronson – lead guitar
*Mark Carr Pritchard: guitar
*Trevor Bolder – bass guitar
*Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums

The official band line-up, fronted by dress designer Freddi Buretti, was a total fabrication; Buretti was at the session but his contributions were simply lost alongside Bowie's.

This version was released as a bonus track to the Rykodisc/EMI remastering of "The Man Who Sold the World" album (1990). In 2002 the Arnold Corns version appeared again on the "Ziggy Stardust 30th 2CD Anniversary Reissue" bonus disc.

Other releases

* It was released as the B-side of the single "John, I'm Only Dancing" in start date|1972|9.
* It was also released as the B-side to the single "Looking for a Friend" in start date|1985|5.
* The Portuguese version of the single "Starman" from start date|1972|9 also had "Hang on to Yourself" as the B-side.
* In start date|1972|11 it was released as the B-side of the US release of the single "The Jean Genie".
* It was released as a picture disc in the RCA "Life Time" picture disc set.
* It also appeared on the Japanese compilation "The Best of David Bowie" (1974).

Live versions

* Bowie recorded the song for the BBC radio program "Sounds of the 70s Bob Harris" start date|1972|1|1. This was broadcast start date|1972|2|7. On start date|1972|5|16, Bowie again played the song on "Sounds of the 70s: John Peel", and this was broadcast on start date|1972|5|13. Both of these versions were released on the "Bowie at the Beeb" album in 2000.
* A live version, recorded for radio broadcast at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on start date|1972|10|20 was released on "Santa Monica '72". This version also appeared on the Japanese release of "RarestOneBowie" and on the official 2008 release of that concert as "Live Santa Monica '72".
* The version played at the famous "last concert" at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, start date|1972|7|3, was released on "Ziggy Stardust – The Motion Picture".
* A recording from the 1978 "Heroes" tour was recorded at the Philadelphia Spectrum, start date|1972|4|28–start date|1972|4|29, was released on "Stage".