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Personality Crisis (song)

"Personality Crisis" is the lead track from the New York Dolls' self-titled debut album. It was written by Dolls lead singer David Johansen and guitarist Johnny Thunders.[4] An early demo version of it appears on the 1981 collection Lipstick Killers – The Mercer Street Sessions 1972.

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Personality Crisis (song)

"Personality Crisis" is the lead track from the New York Dolls' self-titled debut album. It was written by Dolls lead singer David Johansen and guitarist Johnny Thunders.^[4] An early demo version of it appears on the 1981 collection Lipstick Killers – The Mercer Street Sessions 1972. 

Release

Mercury Records originally released "Personality Crisis" in 1973 as a double A-side single with "Trash" to coincide with the album's release. Promo singles of "Personality Crisis" were also distributed to radio stations. Following the band's break-up, it was rereleased by Bellaphon Records as a double A-side with "Looking for a Kiss" in 1978. In 1982, a 12" single of "Personality Crisis" & "Looking For A Kiss" b/w "Subway Train" & "Bad Girl" was released by Kamera Records. The same track listing appeared on the See For Miles Records CD single released in 1990.^[5]

Reception

Jack Douglas, who engineered New York Dolls, named "Personality Crisis" as his favorite song on the album.^[6] Music journalist Tony Fletcher called it an "instant glitter rock anthem",^[7] while writer and historian David Szatmary called it an anthemic and dynamic protopunk song.^[8] In Rolling Stone magazine, Tony Glover wrote that "Personality Crisis" serves as "a jumping companion piece to classics" such as The Doors' "Twentieth Century Fox" and "Cool, Calm & Collected" by the Rolling Stones.^[9] It is number 267 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (#271 on the 2010 list).^[10]

Personnel

Sources:^[11][12]

• David Johansen – lead vocals
• Johnny Thunders – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Sylvain Sylvain – rhythm guitar, piano, backing vocals
• Arthur "Killer" Kane – bass
• Jerry Nolan – drums

Covers

• "Personality Crisis" is the closing track on David Johansen's 1982 live album, Live It Up. It is the only New York Dolls original on the album.
• Sonic Youth recorded "Personality Crisis" with Kim Gordon on lead vocals in July 1990. It was first released as a write-in offer promo 7" single in the November 1990 issue of Sassy Magazine,^[13] then included on the 1993 Whores Moaning e.p. and later added to the Deluxe Edition bonus disc of Dirty.
• Teenage Fanclub featuring Donna Matthews of Elastica cover the song for the soundtrack to the 1998 Todd Haynes ode to glam rock, Velvet Goldmine.
• Scott Weiland included it on his 2011 album A Compilation of Scott Weiland Cover Songs
• Todd Rundgren included "Personality Crisis" in a 2011 collection of covers of songs that he'd produced, entitled (re)Production
• Rockhead covers it on the various artist collection, Sin City: Dirty Rock Anthems inspired by the Sin City comic books.

References

1. Fontenot, Robert. "What is Glam Rock?". LiveAbout. Archived from the original on February 28, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
2. Bradley, Larry (November 4, 2014). "The 1970s: New York Dolls - "Personality Crisis". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.
3. Mason, Stewart. "Personality Crisis - New York Dolls | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
4. "Personality Crisis – New York Dolls". Nightly Song: Musings on Songs that Strike a Chord Tonight. June 9, 2010.
5. "New York Dolls – Personality Crisis". Discogs®. 1982.
6. Buskin, Richard (December 2009). "New York Dolls 'Personality Crisis'/Classic Tracks". Sound on Sound.
7. Fletcher, Tony (2009). All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927–77. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 319. ISBN 978-0393334838.
8. Szatmary, David (1996). A Time to Rock: A Social History of Rock and Roll (3rd ed.). Schirmer Books. ISBN 0028646703. Retrieved March 22, 2015. Personality Crisis.
9. Glover, Tony (September 13, 1973). "New York Dolls (Review)". Rolling Stone.
10. "#271 New York Dolls, 'Personality Crisis'". Rolling Stone. April 7, 2011.
11. New York Dolls (Album liner notes). New York Dolls. 1973.
12. "Classic Tracks: New York Dolls 'Personality Crisis'". Sound on Sound. December 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
13. "Sonic Youth - Personality Crisis (Vinyl)". Discogs. November 1990. Retrieved October 8, 2016.