"Zip Gun Boogie" is a 1974 single, originally credited in the UK as a solo single by

Marc Bolan Marc Bolan ( ; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex (band), T. Rex. Bolan strongly i ...

of the British

glam rock Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was primarily defined by the flamboyant clothing, makeup, and hairstyles of its musicians, particularly platform shoes and glitter. Glam artists d ...

band T. Rex. In other territories, the single was credited to "T. Rex" or "Marc Bolan and T. Rex"; almost all reissues of the track credit it solely to T. Rex. The track and its B-side feature on the 1975 T. Rex album ''

Bolan's Zip Gun ''Bolan's Zip Gun'' is the tenth studio album by English rock band T. Rex, released in February 1975 by record label EMI. Eight of the eleven songs on the album had already been released in the US the previous year on the '' Light of Love'' al ...

''. The single was in the UK Singles Chart for a total of three weeks, peaking at number 41, making it T. Rex's lowest charting single during Bolan's lifetime.

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1974 singles T. Rex (band) songs Songs written by Marc Bolan Song recordings produced by Marc Bolan EMI Records singles 1974 songs {{1970s-rock-song-stub