Tokyo 1978, RT 3:25. Originally recorded towards the end of the Ziggy Stardust sessions, "Suffragette City" is a trademark piece of early 1970s Bowie glam, with a piano riff heavily influenced by Little Richard, a lyrical reference to A Clockwork Orange (the word "droogie") and the sing-a-long hook "Wham bam thank you ma'am!" the song had become a fixture of Bowie’s live shows, and one of his best known album cuts.

The song is about how a man would rather have sexual encounters with women than help his friends. The word "suffragette" is often seen as a pejorative term from its origins in the early twentieth century, separate from the more positive, all-encompassing term "suffragist." In the song, this usage could reflect the narrator's attitudes towards women as purely sexual and without any other significant value.

In 1976, it was issued as a single to promote the ChangesOneBowie compilation in the UK, with the US single edit of "Stay" on the B-side. The single failed to chart.