Zip Gun Boogie

{{Infobox song

| name = Zip Gun Boogie

| cover = Zip Gun Boogie.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Marc Bolan (on original issue) / T. Rex (on reissues)

| album = Bolan's Zip Gun

| B-side = Space Boss

| released = 1 November 1974

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Glam rock

| length = 3:26

| label = EMI (UK)

| writer = Marc Bolan

| producer = Marc Bolan

| prev_title = Light of Love

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = New York City

| next_year = 1975

| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|PFRT9KbWp2M|"Zip Gun Boogie"}}}}

}}

"Zip Gun Boogie" is a 1974 single, originally credited in the UK as a solo single by Marc Bolan of the British glam rock band T. Rex. In other territories, the single was credited to "T. Rex" or "Marc Bolan and T. Rex"; almost all reissues of the track credit it solely to T. Rex. The track and its B-side feature on the 1975 T. Rex album Bolan's Zip Gun.{{cite web|title=Zip Gun Boogie|website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/Zip-Gun-Boogie/dp/B005B22Q54|access-date=14 January 2014}}{{cite web|last=Thomson|first=Dave|title=Bolan's Zip Gun|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bolans-zip-gun-mw0000199062|website=AllMusic|access-date=14 January 2014}}{{cite web|title=T•Rex* – Zip Gun Boogie|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bolans-zip-gun-mw0000199062|website=Discogs.com|access-date=14 January 2014}}

The single was in the UK Singles Chart for a total of three weeks, peaking at No. 41, making it T. Rex's lowest charting single during Bolan's lifetime.{{cite web|title=T. Rex|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/t.%20rex/|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=14 January 2014}}

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