Piss Factory

"Piss Factory" is a song written by Patti Smith and Richard Sohl, and released as a B-side on Smith's debut single "Hey Joe" in 1974. It was included on the Vertigo Records compilation album New Wave in 1977, Sire Records 1992 compilation album Just Say Yesterday,^[2] and later reissued on the rarities compilation Land (1975–2002).

"Piss Factory"
Single by Patti Smith
A-side	"Hey Joe"
B-side	"Piss Factory"
Released	November 1974
Recorded	Electric Lady Studios, June 5, 1974
Genre	Proto-punk[1]
Length	4:41
Label	Mer
Songwriter(s)	Patti Smith, Richard Sohl
Producer(s)	Lenny Kaye

In 1989, Dave Marsh placed the song on the list of The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.^{[citation needed]}

The song originated as a poem written by Smith about the time she spent working in a baby buggy factory, expressing her assurance that she would not let the experience kill her ambitions.^[3]