Piss Factory

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| name = Piss Factory

| cover = Piss Factory - Patti Smith.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Patti Smith

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| A-side = Hey Joe

| B-side = Piss Factory

| released = November 1974

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| recorded = Electric Lady Studios,
June 5, 1974

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| genre = Proto-punkMultiple sources:

• {{Cite web |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |date=October 8, 2021 |title=Patti Smith at the Royal Albert Hall: Triumphant set from a rock icon |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/patti-smith-royal-albert-hall-rock-icon-ralph-fiennes-london-b958817.html |access-date=May 13, 2025 |website=Evening Standard}}
• {{Cite web |date=March 29, 2017 |title=Piss Factory |url=https://thefatangelsings.com/tag/piss-factory/ |access-date=May 13, 2025 |website=The Fat Angel Sings}}

| length = 4:41

| label = Mer

| writer = Patti Smith, Richard Sohl

| producer = Lenny Kaye

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"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,{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-18-ca-436-story.html |title=Sire Records Says Yes to Some Rare 'Classic' Oldies - latimes |website=Los Angeles Times |date=September 18, 1992 |access-date=May 17, 2016}} and later reissued on the rarities compilation Land (1975–2002).

In 1989, Dave Marsh placed the song on the list of The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.{{CN|date=December 2023}}

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.{{cite web| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/piss-factory-patti-smith| title=Piss Factory| author=Pat Pemberton| date=June 8, 2012| publisher=RollingStone}}