Teenage Dream Single: 1974

The 7-inch vinyl single featuring Marc Bolan and T. Rex's "Teenage Dream", with "Satisfaction Pony" as the B-side, was released in the UK by EMI Records through T. Rex Wax Co. (catalog number MARC 6) on January 25, 1974.

It debuted on the UK charts on February 9, at number 18, climbed to number 13 the following week, which was its peak position, and remained on the chart for a total of 5 weeks.

"Surprise, surprise! Marc sings out - and at last, it really is the new T.Rex sound.... A sweeping orchestra, with blues impregnated piano"

John Peel, Sounds

"While the shimmering strings shimmy out the nostalgic intro to Paul Anka's 'Diana', the la dies of the choir drop their knit- ting to enquire jadedly: 'Whatever happened to the Teenage Dream?' I don't know, but I think someone just smoked it! ... Zinc Zimmerman and The Hidden Riders Of Mars (?) step clumsily on some cold con- gealed turkeyburgers while cranking out this amazingly inarticulate mean teen lament. A very strange brew which (contains) a guitar solo which sounds like a ferret or maybe Mickey Finn being suffocated let's return to THAT guitar solo. Heaven knows, that should never have been accepted as a final take for at certain junctures it veers so far off it shatters windows. Bolan and his producer Tony Visconti have been around long enough to recognise a good solo from a dud one it's not Marc's lack of talent I'm carping about but seemingly his current inability to focus the talent...."

Roy Carr, New Musical Express