Iggy told NPR,
I try to mix three things. I mix something that comes from within me, and it can also include a particular experience, a particular detail that really happened. And then I try to see if that matches up with something I think might have happened to some other people who interest me. A...
[Intro]
Well, alright
[Chorus]
Well, it's 1969, okay?
All across the USA
It's another year for me and you
Another year with nothin' to do
[Verse]
Now, last year I was twenty-one
I didn't have a lot of fun
And now I'm gonna be twenty-two
I say "Oh my" and a, a "Boohoo"
And now I'm gonna be twenty-two
A "Oh my" and a, a "Boohoo"
[Chorus]
Well, it's 1969, okay?
All across the USA
It's another year for me and you
Another year with nothin' to do
Another year with nothin' to do
[Post-Chorus]
Well, it's 1969
Well, it's 1969
Well, it's 1969, baby
Well, it's 1969, baby
Well, it's 1969
Well, it's 1969
Well, it's 1969
Well, it's 1969
Well, it's 1969, baby
Well, it's 1969, baby
Well, it's 1969, baby
Baby
1969 was written by Iggy Pop & Dave Alexander & Ron Asheton & Scott Asheton.
1969 was produced by John Cale.
The Stooges released 1969 on Tue Aug 05 1969.