“All the Young Dudes” is a song written by David Bowie, originally recorded and released as a single by Mott the Hoople in 1972. …

Bowie wrote “All the Young Dudes” in short order specially for them, allegedly sitting cross-legged on the floor of a room in Regent Street, London, in front of the band’s lead singer, Ian Hunter. …

Bowie himself once claimed that the song was not intended to be an anthem for glam, that it actually carried a darker message of apocalypse. …

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