| Piss Factory | |
| Cover: | Piss Factory - Patti Smith.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Patti Smith |
| A-Side: | Hey Joe |
| B-Side: | Piss Factory |
| Recorded: | Electric Lady Studios, June 5, 1974 |
| Genre: | Proto-punk |
| Length: | 4:41 |
| Label: | Mer |
| Producer: | Lenny Kaye |
"Piss Factory" is a proto-punk 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,[1] 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.
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.[2]