Which group had a top ten hit in 1972 with All The Young Dudes
All the Young Dudes a minor hit in the UK, reaching No. 23. It was part of his album "Tattooed Millionaire". World Party covered the track on the soundtrack to the 1995 movie "Clueless". All the Young Dudes "All the Young Dudes" is a song written by David Bowie, originally recorded and released as a single by Mott the Hoople in 1972. In 2004, "Rolling Stone" rated "All the Young Dudes" No. 253 in its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and on its 2010 update was ranked at number 256. It is also one of the Rock and Roll Hall
All the Young Dudes to an interview Bowie gave to "Rolling Stone" magazine in 1973, the boys are carrying the same news that the newscaster was carrying in the song "Five Years" from Ziggy Stardust; the news being the fact that the Earth had only five years left to live. Bowie explains: "All the Young Dudes is a song about this news. It's no hymn to the youth, as people thought. It is completely the opposite." "All the Young Dudes" is also thought of as a gay anthem. Lou Reed said "It's a Gay Anthem! A rallying call to the young dudes to come