Mercury Records originally released "Personality Crisis" in 1973 as a double A-sidesingle 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 RecordsCD single released in 1990.
Reception
Jack Douglas, who engineered New York Dolls, named "Personality Crisis" as his favorite song on the album. Music journalist Tony Fletcher called it an "instant glitter rock anthem", while writer and historian David Szatmary called it an anthemic and dynamic protopunk song. 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. It is number 267 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (#271 on the 2010 list).
Personality Crisis was a Canadian punk rock band formed in 1979 in Winnipeg. Originally named Le Kille, the band played a complex yet powerful form of 1980s punk. Their slim recorded output remains highly sought by collectors.
History
The band was formed in 1979 as Le Kille by bassist Mitch Funk, who would remain the group's only consistent member, guitarists Tommy Wharton and Walter Kot, drummer Ed Asselin, singer Doug Bauer, and wind instrumentalist J. LePlume. Bauer, LePlume and Asselin departed the following year, moving Funk to lead vocals, while Wharton left in 1981. The arrival of drummer Mark Halldorson and bassist Richard Duguay coincided with the name change to Personality Crisis later that year. Following Kot's departure in 1982, the group began its final, longest-lasting lineup, including Funk, Duguay (now playing guitar), guitarist Jimmy Green, bassist Duane Eddie, and drummer Jon Card.
Personality Crisis released one LP, 1983's Creatures for Awhile[sic] on Risky Records, as well as several demo tapes. In 1989, Overground Records reissued the LP with a new cover and five new tracks replacing five from the original. The album was later reissued in its original form by War On Music. Overground Records also issued a posthumous 7" record, "Twilight's Last Gleaming", in 1990.
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Personality Crisis
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Personality Crisis · New York Dolls
New York Dolls
℗ 1973 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Released on: 1973-01-01
Producer: Todd Rundgren
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Jack Douglas
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Ed Sprigg
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: New York Dolls
Associated Performer, Harmonica, Vocals: David Johansen
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Arthur "Killer" Kane
Associated Performer, Drums: Jerry Nolan
Associated Performer, Piano, Guitar, Vocals: Sylvain Sylvain
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Johnny Thunders
Composer Lyricist: David Johansen
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Thunders
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The New York Dolls performed October 19, 1973
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PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY tells the definitive story of the culture-defying David Johansen, notorious ’70s glam punk lead singer of the New York Dolls. Framed around an intimate cabaret performance filmed in January 2020 at New York City’s storied Café Carlyle,
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New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Well we can't take it this week
And her friends don't want another speach
Hoping for a better day to hear what she's got to say
All about that
Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
(That's why they talk about Personality)
But now your tryin to be some no you got to do some
Wanna be someone who cow wow wows
But you think about the times you did they took every ounce
When it sure got to be a shame when you start to scream and shout
You got to contradict all those times you were butterflyin about
(You were butterflyin)
All about that Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
break
And your a prima ballerina on a spring afternoon
Change on into the wolfman ...
published: 13 Nov 2009
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The Dolls with David Johanson , Sylvain Sylvain, Sami Yaffa, and Steve Conte and Brian Delaney.
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Personality Crisis · New York Dolls
New York Dolls
℗ 1973 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Released on: 1973-01-0...
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Personality Crisis · New York Dolls
New York Dolls
℗ 1973 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Released on: 1973-01-01
Producer: Todd Rundgren
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Jack Douglas
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Ed Sprigg
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: New York Dolls
Associated Performer, Harmonica, Vocals: David Johansen
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Arthur "Killer" Kane
Associated Performer, Drums: Jerry Nolan
Associated Performer, Piano, Guitar, Vocals: Sylvain Sylvain
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Johnny Thunders
Composer Lyricist: David Johansen
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Thunders
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Personality Crisis · New York Dolls
New York Dolls
℗ 1973 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Released on: 1973-01-01
Producer: Todd Rundgren
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Jack Douglas
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Ed Sprigg
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: New York Dolls
Associated Performer, Harmonica, Vocals: David Johansen
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Arthur "Killer" Kane
Associated Performer, Drums: Jerry Nolan
Associated Performer, Piano, Guitar, Vocals: Sylvain Sylvain
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Johnny Thunders
Composer Lyricist: David Johansen
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Thunders
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PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY tells the definitive story of the culture-defying David Johansen, notorious ’70s glam punk lead singer of the New York Dolls....
PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY tells the definitive story of the culture-defying David Johansen, notorious ’70s glam punk lead singer of the New York Dolls. Framed around an intimate cabaret performance filmed in January 2020 at New York City’s storied Café Carlyle,
Co-directed by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy nominee David Tedeschi, and executive produced by Scorsese and Sikelia Productions with Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Imagine Documentaries. Streaming with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan.
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Personality Crisis: One Night Only (2023) Official Trailer | Documentary | SHOWTIME
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PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY tells the definitive story of the culture-defying David Johansen, notorious ’70s glam punk lead singer of the New York Dolls. Framed around an intimate cabaret performance filmed in January 2020 at New York City’s storied Café Carlyle,
Co-directed by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy nominee David Tedeschi, and executive produced by Scorsese and Sikelia Productions with Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Imagine Documentaries. Streaming with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan.
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Well we can't take it this week
And her friends don't want another speach
Hoping for a better day to hear what she's got to say
All about that
Personality...
Well we can't take it this week
And her friends don't want another speach
Hoping for a better day to hear what she's got to say
All about that
Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
(That's why they talk about Personality)
But now your tryin to be some no you got to do some
Wanna be someone who cow wow wows
But you think about the times you did they took every ounce
When it sure got to be a shame when you start to scream and shout
You got to contradict all those times you were butterflyin about
(You were butterflyin)
All about that Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
break
And your a prima ballerina on a spring afternoon
Change on into the wolfman howlin at the moon hooowww
All about that Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
Now with all the crossin fingers that mother nature says
Your mirrors get jammed up with all your friends
That personality everything starts to blend
Personality when your mind starts to blend
Personality impression of a friend,
Of a friend, of a friend, of a friend, of a friend
Personality wonderin how celebrities ever met
(Look and find out on television)
Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
Frustration and heartache is all you got, don't you worry
Personality Crisis please don't cry
It's just a Personality Crisis, please don't stop
Because you walk a Personality
Talk a Personality
Well we can't take it this week
And her friends don't want another speach
Hoping for a better day to hear what she's got to say
All about that
Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
(That's why they talk about Personality)
But now your tryin to be some no you got to do some
Wanna be someone who cow wow wows
But you think about the times you did they took every ounce
When it sure got to be a shame when you start to scream and shout
You got to contradict all those times you were butterflyin about
(You were butterflyin)
All about that Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
break
And your a prima ballerina on a spring afternoon
Change on into the wolfman howlin at the moon hooowww
All about that Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
Now with all the crossin fingers that mother nature says
Your mirrors get jammed up with all your friends
That personality everything starts to blend
Personality when your mind starts to blend
Personality impression of a friend,
Of a friend, of a friend, of a friend, of a friend
Personality wonderin how celebrities ever met
(Look and find out on television)
Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
Frustration and heartache is all you got, don't you worry
Personality Crisis please don't cry
It's just a Personality Crisis, please don't stop
Because you walk a Personality
Talk a Personality
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Personality Crisis · New York Dolls
New York Dolls
℗ 1973 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Released on: 1973-01-01
Producer: Todd Rundgren
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Jack Douglas
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Ed Sprigg
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: New York Dolls
Associated Performer, Harmonica, Vocals: David Johansen
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Arthur "Killer" Kane
Associated Performer, Drums: Jerry Nolan
Associated Performer, Piano, Guitar, Vocals: Sylvain Sylvain
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Johnny Thunders
Composer Lyricist: David Johansen
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Thunders
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PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY tells the definitive story of the culture-defying David Johansen, notorious ’70s glam punk lead singer of the New York Dolls. Framed around an intimate cabaret performance filmed in January 2020 at New York City’s storied Café Carlyle,
Co-directed by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy nominee David Tedeschi, and executive produced by Scorsese and Sikelia Productions with Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Imagine Documentaries. Streaming with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan.
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Personality Crisis: One Night Only (2023) Official Trailer | Documentary | SHOWTIME
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Well we can't take it this week
And her friends don't want another speach
Hoping for a better day to hear what she's got to say
All about that
Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
(That's why they talk about Personality)
But now your tryin to be some no you got to do some
Wanna be someone who cow wow wows
But you think about the times you did they took every ounce
When it sure got to be a shame when you start to scream and shout
You got to contradict all those times you were butterflyin about
(You were butterflyin)
All about that Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
break
And your a prima ballerina on a spring afternoon
Change on into the wolfman howlin at the moon hooowww
All about that Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got
Now with all the crossin fingers that mother nature says
Your mirrors get jammed up with all your friends
That personality everything starts to blend
Personality when your mind starts to blend
Personality impression of a friend,
Of a friend, of a friend, of a friend, of a friend
Personality wonderin how celebrities ever met
(Look and find out on television)
Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
Frustration and heartache is all you got, don't you worry
Personality Crisis please don't cry
It's just a Personality Crisis, please don't stop
Because you walk a Personality
Talk a Personality
Mercury Records originally released "Personality Crisis" in 1973 as a double A-sidesingle 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 RecordsCD single released in 1990.
Reception
Jack Douglas, who engineered New York Dolls, named "Personality Crisis" as his favorite song on the album. Music journalist Tony Fletcher called it an "instant glitter rock anthem", while writer and historian David Szatmary called it an anthemic and dynamic protopunk song. 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. It is number 267 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (#271 on the 2010 list).
Jason Evigan and Kate Ritchotte are the credited producers on the upbeat empowerment track that suggests life goes on and must go on even when a person is facing a crisis ... back to the person one is.
The new wave band Talking Heads had a popular song released in 1981 addressing personal existential crisis titled "Once in a Lifetime" with the line "And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?" ... .
Yet, the recurring sense of change that unsettles the album’s smoothness was political as well as personal, and, anchored by Thorn’s warmly lugubrious alto, Eden’s songs confront crisis without succumbing to it.
However, thinking “about songs” kept the singer sane through the tough time ... While he dealt with his personal health crisis, the world unitedly coped with the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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The 68th Eurovision song contest is taking place in Malmo in Sweden...Songs must be original and no more than three minutes long ... The revised lyrics tell the story of a woman experiencing a personal crisis, according to Israel's public broadcaster, Kan.
Israel's Eden Golan made it through Thursday night's semi-final in Malmo with her song Hurricane... After several revisions, October Rain was renamed as Hurricane and now tells the story of a woman emerging from a personal crisis.
Security guards take a Palestinian flag and lead a person from the ... After several revisions, October Rain was renamed as Hurricane and now tells the story of a woman emerging from a personal crisis.
'I was kind of shocked when the European Broadcasting Union didn't approve the song,' Ms Golan said ... After several revisions, October Rain was renamed as Hurricane and now tells the story of a woman emerging from a personal crisis.
Security guards take a Palestinian flag and lead a person from the ... After several revisions, October Rain was renamed as Hurricane and now tells the story of a woman emerging from a personal crisis.
One person wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter ... 'This song is a propaganda song ... After several revisions, October Rain was renamed as Hurricane and now tells the story of a woman emerging from a personal crisis.
Golan pictured performing her song Hurricane during rehearsal at the Malmo Arena on Wednesday ... After several revisions, October Rain was renamed as Hurricane and now tells the story of a woman emerging from a personal crisis.
... the story of a woman emerging from a personal crisis ... After several revisions, Eden's song October Rain was renamed as Hurricane and now tells the story of a woman emerging from a personal crisis.
"The identity crisis that followed forced me to take a lonely journey to write super-personal songs to rediscover how to trust myself and my artistry." ... "I clearly revere how much Nashville values an authentically great song, regardless of genre.
... Golan told Kan 11, the Israeli public broadcaster that airs Eurovision, that she thought the song had a more personal theme ... “It’s about a woman who is going through a personal crisis — a hurricane.”.