The original singer of this song collaborated with Lulu to produce its first hit cover, while another cover of this song was performed after a version of "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" and before "Pennyroyal Tea" on an acoustic album recorded at the Sony studios in New York.
On the cover of the album named for this song, the singer wears black boots and a dress and has a woman's hairstyle while lounging on a blue-draped couch in front of a floor where several dozen photographs are scattered. Some of its lyrics are borrowed from William Huhes Means's poem "Antigonish." When this song was first performed on Saturday Night Live, along with "TVC 15" and "Boys Keep Swinging," its singer was wearing a plastic tuxedo and was backed up by performance artist Klaus Nomi. The original singer of this song collaborated with Lulu to produce its first hit cover, while another cover of this song was performed after a version of "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" and before "Pennyroyal Tea" on an acoustic album recorded at the Sony studios in New York. This song is narrated by a figure who "searched for form and land" after stating "I thought you died alone a long long time ago" to someone whom he "passed upon the stairs." For 10 points, name this song in which the narrator claims "we never lost control" after being "face to face" with the titular merchant, the title track of a 1970 David Bowie album which was notably redone by Nirvana.
On the cover of the album named for this song, the singer wears black boots and a dress and has a woman's hairstyle while lounging on a blue-draped couch in front of a floor where several dozen photographs are scattered.
"The Man Who Sold the World"