"Lady Grinning Soul" is a ballad written by David Bowie, which is the final track on the album Aladdin Sane, released in 1973. The composer's first meeting with American soul singer Claudia Lennear in 1972 is often cited as the inspiration for the song.[1][2]
The style of the piece has been compared to a James Bond theme.[3] Pianist Mike Garson described his own performance as "about as romantic as it gets … French with a little Franz Liszt thrown in there".[4] Rolling Stone's contemporary review called Bowie's singing "the album's most expansive and sincere vocal",[5] while author Nicholas Pegg considers the track "one of Bowie's most underrated recordings … quite unlike anything else he has ever done".[6] The song contains the highest note Bowie has sung on a studio album (G#5).[7]
The track was used in the films The Runaways (2010) and Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012).
- It was released as the B-side of the single "Let's Spend the Night Together" in June 1973.
- It was also the B-side of the Spanish release of the single "Sorrow" in November 1973.
- The US release of the single "Rebel Rebel" had "Lady Grinning Soul" as the B-side.
- It appeared as the B-side of the Japanese release of the single "1984" in April 1974.
"Lady Grinning Soul"
She'll come, she'll go.
She'll lay belief on you
Skin sweet with musky oil
The lady from another grinning soul
Cologne she'll wear. Silver and Americard
She'll drive a beetle car
And beat you down at cool Canasta
And when the clothes are strewn
don't be afraid of the room
Touch the fullness of her breast.
Feel the love of her caress
She will be your living end
She'll come, she'll go.
She'll lay belief on you
But she won't stake her life on you
How can life become
her point of view
And when the clothes are strewn
don't be afraid of the room
Touch the fullness of her breast.
Feel the love of her caress
She will be your living end [repeat]
She'll lay belief on you
Skin sweet with musky oil
The lady from another grinning soul
Cologne she'll wear. Silver and Americard
She'll drive a beetle car
And beat you down at cool Canasta
And when the clothes are strewn
don't be afraid of the room
Touch the fullness of her breast.
Feel the love of her caress
She will be your living end
She'll come, she'll go.
She'll lay belief on you
But she won't stake her life on you
How can life become
her point of view
And when the clothes are strewn
don't be afraid of the room
Touch the fullness of her breast.
Feel the love of her caress
She will be your living end [repeat]
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