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| background        = solo_singer
| name              = Iggy Pop
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| caption           = Iggy Pop performing in 2018
| birth_name        = James Newell Osterberg Jr.
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1947|04|21}}
| birth_place       = [[Muskegon, Michigan]], U.S.
| origin            = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], U.S
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| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|musician|songwriter|actor}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|drums|keyboards}}
| years_active      = 1963–present
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* {{marriage|Wendy Weissberg|1968|1969|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Suchi Asano|1984|1999|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Nina Alu|2008}}
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'''James Newell Osterberg Jr.''' (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as '''Iggy Pop''', is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and radio broadcaster. He was the vocalist and lyricist of [[proto-punk]] band [[the Stooges]], who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited many times since.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iggypop.org/coachella2003.html |title=The Stooges Reuinion at Coachella 2003 |website=iggypop.org |access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref> Often called the "[[Honorific nicknames in popular music|Godfather of Punk]]",<ref>"But somewhere between his last album, "[[Naughty Little Doggie]]", and his latest one, "[[Avenue B (album)|Avenue B]]", the godfather of punk turned 50 ...", in {{Citation |last=Christman |first=Ed |title=Iggy Pop opens a 'window into the soul' on Virgin's contemplative 'Avenue B' |date=August 7, 1999 |newspaper=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=111 |page=14 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref><ref>"Looking remarkably healthy for a man who nurtured a world-class drug habit for many years, the "Godfather of Punk" Iggy Pop is set to close the Other Stage on Saturday night." in {{Citation |title=Godfather of punk still has lust for life |date=June 5, 2007 |newspaper=[[Western Daily Press]] |page=30}}</ref> he was named one of the ''[[50 Great Voices]]'' by [[NPR]] due to his distinctive voice. In 2010, he was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of the Stooges. Pop also received a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2020 for his solo work.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite magazine |date=December 19, 2019 |title=Iggy Pop, Public Enemy & More to Receive 2020 Lifetime Achievement Awards From the Recording Academy |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8546820/iggy-pop-public-enemy-2020-lifetime-achievement-awards-recording-academy-grammys |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref>  Throughout his career, he is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics, poetic lyrics and unique voice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/music-tidbits-iggy-pop/ |title=Music Tidbits: Iggy Pop – Neatorama |last=Harness |first=Jill |date=March 9, 2009 |website=Neatorama |access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/iggy-pop/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219071907/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/iggy-pop/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2011|title=Iggy Pop Biography {{!}} Rolling Stone |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/proto-punk-ma0000005021|title=Proto-Punk Music Genre Overview |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref>

Initially playing a raw, primitive style of [[rock and roll]] (progressing later towards more experimental and aggressive rock), the Stooges sold few records in their original incarnation and gained a reputation for their confrontational performances, which often involved acts of [[self-mutilation]] by Pop.<ref name=all>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-stooges-mn0000562304/biography | title=The Stooges biography | publisher=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=July 15, 2015 | last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas| author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine }}</ref> He had a long collaborative relationship and friendship with [[David Bowie]] over the course of his career, beginning with the Stooges' album ''[[Raw Power]]'' in 1973. Both musicians went to [[West Berlin]] to wean themselves off their respective drug addictions and Pop began his solo career by collaborating with Bowie on the 1977 albums ''[[The Idiot (album)|The Idiot]]'' and ''[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album)|Lust for Life]]'', Pop usually contributing the lyrics. He was one of the first performers to do a [[stage-dive]] and popularized the activity.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=The Evolution of Stage Diving |date=October 25, 2018 |url=http://kcpr.org/2018/10/25/evolution-of-stage-diving/ |publisher=KCPR |access-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216212127/http://kcpr.org/2018/10/25/evolution-of-stage-diving/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Brooklyn Rail" /> Pop, who traditionally (but not exclusively) performs bare-chested, also performed such stage theatrics as rolling around in broken glass and stage diving. 

Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the course of his career, including [[garage rock]], [[punk rock]], [[hard rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[art rock]], [[New wave music|new wave]], [[grunge]], [[jazz]], [[blues]] and [[Electronic music|electronic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/iggy-pop/43705 |title=Iggy Pop announces release date for 'jazz' album |work=NME |date=March 26, 2009 |access-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref><ref name="electronic">{{Cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/iggy-pop-underworld-ep/ |title=Iggy Pop Announces EP With Electronic Group Underworld |last=Kielty |first=Martin |date=June 25, 2018 |website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref> Though his popularity has fluctuated, many of Pop's songs have become well known, including "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]" and "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" by the Stooges, and his solo hits "[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop song)|Lust for Life]]", "[[The Passenger (song)|The Passenger]]" and "[[Real Wild Child (Wild One)]]". In 1990, he recorded his only Top 40 U.S. hit, "[[Candy (Iggy Pop song)|Candy]]", a duet with [[the B-52s]]' singer [[Kate Pierson]]. Pop's song "[[China Girl (song)|China Girl]]" became more widely known when it was re-recorded by co-writer Bowie, who released it as the second single from his most commercially successful album, ''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]'' (1983). Bowie re-recorded and performed many of Pop's songs throughout his career.

Although Pop has had limited commercial success, he has remained a culture icon and a significant influence on a wide range of musicians in numerous genres. The Stooges' album ''Raw Power'' has proved an influence on artists such as [[Sex Pistols]],<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |title=Sex Pistols |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIp60FGwMK4C&pg=PT6 |first=Jon|last=Savage |date=April 1992 |issn=0886-3032 |volume=8 |issue=1 |page=42 |access-date=February 9, 2012}}</ref> [[the Smiths]],<ref name="HodgkinsonPetridis" /> and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].<ref name="joyfulnoiserecordings.com">{{cite web|title=Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]|url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/top-50-by-nirvana/|access-date=May 8, 2013}}</ref> His solo album ''The Idiot'' has been cited as a major influence on a number of [[post-punk]], electronic and [[industrial music|industrial]] artists including [[Depeche Mode]], [[Nine Inch Nails]] and [[Joy Division]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pegg|first=Nicholas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xHF8AAAAIAAJ|title=The Complete David Bowie|date=2000|publisher=Reynolds & Hearn|isbn=978-1-903111-14-7|language=en}}</ref> and was described by [[Siouxsie Sioux]] as a "re-affirmation that our suspicions were true: the man is a genius."<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.clashmusic.com/features/classic-albums-iggy-pop-the-idiot | title= Classic Albums: Iggy Pop – The Idiot | website=Clash | date=March 16, 2012 | access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>

== Early life ==
[[File:Iggy Pop HS Yearbook.jpeg|thumb|upright|Osterberg as a high school senior, 1965]]

James Newell Osterberg was born in [[Muskegon, Michigan]], on April 21, 1947, the son of Louella (''née'' Christensen; 1917–1996)<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/iggy-pops-trail-of-destruction-234011/4/ | title=Iggy Pop's Trail of Destruction | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=December 11, 2003 }}</ref> and James Newell Osterberg (1921–2007),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/james-osterberg-obituary?pid=90591767 | title=James Osterberg Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information | website=[[Legacy.com]] | date=July 12, 2007 }}</ref> an English teacher and baseball coach at [[Fordson High School]] in [[Dearborn, Michigan]].{{sfn|Trynka|2007|pp=13–14}} He is of English, German, and Irish descent on his father's side, and Danish and Norwegian ancestry on his mother's side. His father was adopted by a Swedish-American nurse surnamed Osterberg.<ref name=bookref1>{{cite book|last=Ambrose|first=Joe|title=Gimme danger: the story of Iggy Pop|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2004|page=2|isbn=1-84449-328-8}}</ref> The family lived in a [[trailer park]] in [[Ypsilanti, Michigan]].<ref name="Brooklyn Rail">{{cite web|last=Simmons |first=Todd |url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2007/5/music/limping-with-the-stooges-in-washington-h |title=Limping with the Stooges in Washington Heights|work=The Brooklyn Rail |date=May 2, 2007 |access-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref> [[Ron Asheton]] later described him as having been a conventional teenager: "He hung out with the popular kids that wore chinos, cashmere sweaters, and penny loafers. Iggy didn't smoke cigarettes, didn't get high, didn't drink."<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Petrusich|first=Amanda|date=August 22, 2019|title=The Survival of Iggy Pop|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/02/the-survival-of-iggy-pop|access-date=November 6, 2021|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US}}</ref>

Osterberg began to play drums in the fifth grade, first starting with rubber pads glued to plywood, before his parents bought him a drum set.<ref name=":0" /> In a 2007 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview, he explained his relationship with his parents and their contribution to his music:

{{cquote|Once I hit junior high in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]], I began going to school with the son of the president of [[Ford Motor Company]], with kids of wealth and distinction. But I had a wealth that beat them all. I had the tremendous investment my parents made in me. I got a lot of care. They helped me explore anything I was interested in. This culminated in their evacuation from the master bedroom in the trailer, because that was the only room big enough for my drum kit. They gave me their bedroom.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/iggy-pop-the-rolling-stone-interview-2-78680/|title=Iggy Pop: The Rolling Stone Interview|first1=David|last1=Fricke|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 19, 2007}}</ref>}}

==Music career==
===Early days: 1960–1967===
[[File:Primemoverslive.gif|thumb|The Prime Movers, featuring Pop on drums]]
Osterberg began his music career as a drummer in various high school bands in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], including [[The Iguanas (Michigan band)|the Iguanas]], who covered several records such as [[Bo Diddley]]'s "[[Mona (I Need You Baby)|Mona]]" in 1965.<ref name="Ankeny (Iguanas)">{{cite web|last1=Ankeny|first1=Jason|title=The Iguanas: Artist Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-iguanas-mn0002295191/biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=July 26, 2015}}</ref> He then began exploring local [[blues]]-style bands such as [[The Prime Movers (Michigan band)|the Prime Movers]] (with brothers Dan and [[Michael Erlewine]]), which he joined at 18 years old. The Prime Movers gave him the nickname "Iggy" for having played in the Iguanas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Prime Movers &#124; Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-prime-movers-mn0001358724/biography|access-date=September 6, 2020|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> According to biographer Jim Ambrose, the two years he spent in the band made him aware of "art, politics, and experimentation".<ref name="Gimme Danger">{{cite book|author=Jim Ambrose|title=Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop|year=2004}}</ref>

Osterberg eventually dropped out of the [[University of Michigan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigandaily.com/arts/iggy-pop-and-ann-arbor |title=Searching in Ann Arbor for the origins of Iggy Pop |publisher=MichiganDaily.com |date=April 17, 2011 |access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> and moved to Chicago to learn more about blues. While in Chicago, he played drums in blues clubs, helped by [[Sam Lay]] (formerly of the [[Paul Butterfield Blues Band]]) who shared his connections with Pop.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.iggypop.org/iggyinterviews.html |title =Weasel interviews Iggy Pop |date = December 1980 |access-date = January 14, 2009 |publisher = [[WDCH-FM|WHFS]], Bethesda, MD, USA}}</ref> Inspired by [[Chicago blues]] as well as bands like [[the Sonics]], [[MC5]] and [[the Doors]], he formed [[The Stooges|the Psychedelic Stooges]]. The band was composed of Osterberg on vocals, [[Ron Asheton]] on guitar, Asheton's brother [[Scott Asheton|Scott]] on drums, and [[Dave Alexander (The Stooges)|Dave Alexander]] on bass. Their first show was played at a Halloween party at a house in Detroit, Michigan. Members of the MC5 were also in attendance. Osterberg became interested in Ron Asheton after seeing him perform in the Chosen Few (a covers band), believing "I've never met a convincing musician that didn't look kind of ill and kind of dirty, and Ron had those two things covered!"<ref>{{cite web|date=March 30, 2010|title=The Stooges: Iggy Pop Interview &#124; Clash Music Exclusive Interview|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/the-stooges-iggy-pop-interview|access-date=July 1, 2011|publisher=Clashmusic.com}}</ref> The three nicknamed Osterberg "Pop" after a local character named Jim Popp,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Trynka |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzsQOEvDGOoC&dq=iggy+pop+jim+popp&pg=PA83 |title=Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed: A Biography |date=April 8, 2008 |publisher=Crown |isbn=978-0-7679-2320-0 |pages=83 |language=en}}</ref> who he was said to have resembled after shaving his eyebrows.<ref name="Mojo161a">Paul Trynka''Meet Ze Monster'' Mojo No.&nbsp;161, April 2007</ref>

=== The Stooges era: 1968–1974 ===
The seeds of Pop's stage persona were sown when he saw [[the Doors]] perform in 1967 at the University of Michigan and was amazed by the stage antics and antagonism displayed by singer [[Jim Morrison]].<ref name="Brooklyn Rail" /> Morrison's extreme behavior, while performing in a popular band, inspired the young Pop to push the boundaries of stage performance. Other influences on Pop's vocals and persona were [[Mick Jagger]] and [[James Brown]]:

{{blockquote|I attended two concerts by the Doors. The first one I attended was early on and they had not gotten their shit together yet. That show was a big, big, big influence on me. They had just had their big hit, "[[Light My Fire]]" and [[The Doors (album)|the album]] had taken off. ... So, here's this guy, out of his head on [[lysergic acid diethylamide|acid]], dressed in leather with his hair all oiled and curled. The stage was tiny and it was really low. It got confrontational. I found it really interesting. I loved the performance ... Part of me was like, "Wow, this is great. He's really pissing people off and he's lurching around making these guys angry." People were rushing the stage and Morrison's going "Fuck you. You blank, blank, blank." You can fill in your sexual comments yourself. The other half of it was that I thought, "If they've got a hit record out and they can get away with this, then I have no fucking excuse not to get out on stage with my band." It was sort of the case of, "Hey, I can do that." There really was some of that in there.<ref>Wright, Jeb. [http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/show_interview.php?id=97 Irritatingly Interesting: An Interview with Iggy Pop"] classicrockrevisited</ref>}}

In addition to Jim Morrison and the Doors' influence on the band, Pop also attributes the Stooges getting jump-started after seeing an all-girl rock band from [[Princeton, New Jersey]], called the Untouchable. In a 1995 interview with ''[[Bust (magazine)|Bust]]'', he relates:

{{blockquote|And the other thing was we went to New York. We had gone to New York a couple of months before that just to check out the scene, and we had never been to a place like New York ... we went down around Eighth Street there where all the young tourists hang out, and we met these girls from New Jersey, from Princeton, they had a band called The Untouchable, and we're like, "Oh, you've got a band, sure, ha ha ha," and they said "Well, come to our house and see us play." And we didn't have anywhere to crash, and they played for us, and they completely rocked, and we were really ashamed.}}

In 1968, one year after their live debut and now dubbed [[the Psychedelic Stooges]], the band signed with [[Elektra Records]], again following in the footsteps of the Doors, who were Elektra's biggest act at the time (according to Pop, guitarist [[Ron Asheton]] called [[Moe Howard]] to see if it was all right to call the band "The Stooges", to which Howard responded by merely saying "I don't care what they call themselves, as long as they're not [[The Three Stooges|The ''Three'' Stooges]]!" and hung up the phone). Pop himself told the story in the 2016 Jim Jarmusch documentary film about the Stooges, ''[[Gimme Danger]]''. The Stooges' first album ''[[The Stooges (album)|The Stooges]]'' (on which Pop was credited as "Iggy Stooge") was produced by [[John Cale]] in New York in 1969. Both it and the follow-up, ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]'', produced by Don Gallucci in Los Angeles in 1970, sold poorly. Though the release of ''Fun House'' did not receive the recognition expected, it was later ranked No. 191 in ''Rolling Stone's'' '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' in 2003.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-stooges-fun-house-20120524 "500 Greatest Albums of All Time: The Stooges: ''Fun House''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032549/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-stooges-fun-house-20120524 |date=June 15, 2018 }} ''Rolling Stone''. November 2003.</ref> Shortly after the release of ''Fun House'', the group disbanded because of Pop's worsening [[heroin addiction]].

[[File:Iggy Pop in Toronto 1973.jpg|thumb|Iggy Pop performing at [[Massey Hall]], Toronto, 1973]]

In 1971, without a record deal, the Stooges kept performing in small clubs with a five-piece lineup that included both Ron Asheton and [[James Williamson (musician)|James Williamson]] on guitars and Jimmy Recca on bass, Pop having fired Dave Alexander the previous year when he turned up for a gig unable to play because of his chronic alcoholism. That year Pop and [[David Bowie]] met at [[Max's Kansas City]], a nightclub and restaurant in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.maxskansascity.com/bowie/ |title = David Bowie and Iggy Pop Meet at Max's Kansas City |date = September 17, 2008 |access-date = September 17, 2008 |publisher = Max's Kansas City |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927100333/http://www.maxskansascity.com/bowie/ |archive-date = September 27, 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Pop's career received a boost from his relationship with Bowie when Bowie decided in 1972 to produce an album with him in England. With Williamson signed on as guitarist, the search began for a [[rhythm section]]. However, since neither Pop nor Williamson were satisfied with any players in England, they decided to re-unite the Stooges. Ron Asheton grudgingly moved from guitar to bass. The recording sessions produced the rock landmark ''[[Raw Power]]''. After its release, [[Scott Thurston]] was added to the band on keyboards/electric piano and Bowie continued his support, but Pop's [[drug abuse|drug problem]] persisted. The Stooges' last show in 1974 ended in a fight between the band and a group of [[motorcycling|bikers]], documented on the album ''[[Metallic K.O.]]'' Drug abuse stalled Pop's career again for several years.

=== Bowie and Berlin: 1976–1978 ===
[[File:Iggy-Pop 1977.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Iggy Pop on October 25, 1977, at the State Theatre in Minneapolis]]

After the Stooges' second breakup, Pop made recordings with James Williamson, but these were not released until 1977 (as ''[[Kill City]]'', credited jointly to Pop and Williamson).<ref name="HodgkinsonPetridis">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/mar/11/iggy-and-the-stooges-raw-power|title=The world was not ready for Iggy and the Stooges|last1=Hodgkinson|first1=Will|last2=Petridis|first2=Alexis|date=March 11, 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=February 16, 2018}}</ref> Pop was unable to control his [[Recreational drug use|drug use]] and checked himself into a [[mental institution]], the [[UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute]], to try to clean up. Bowie was one of his few visitors, continuing to support his friend and collaborator. In 1976, Bowie took Pop as his companion on the ''[[Station to Station]]'' tour. This was Pop's first exposure to large-scale professional touring, and he was impressed, particularly with Bowie's work ethic. Following a March 21, 1976, show, Bowie and Pop were arrested together for [[marijuana]] possession in [[Rochester, New York]], although charges were later dropped.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/rocroots/2016/01/11/david-bowie-rochester-arrest-march-1976/78619818/ |date=January 11, 2016 |title=When Rochester arrested David Bowie |author=<!--Not stated-->|newspaper=Rochester Democrat & Chronicle |access-date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>

Bowie and Pop relocated to West Berlin to wean themselves off their respective drug addictions. "Living in a Berlin apartment with Bowie and his friends was interesting…" Pop recalled. "The big event of the week was Thursday night. Anyone who was still alive and able to crawl to the sofa would watch ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]''."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Michael|last=Odell|title=Ten Commandments|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=258|date=January 2008|page=162}}</ref>

In 1977, Pop signed with [[RCA Records]]. Bowie helped write and produce ''[[The Idiot (album)|The Idiot]]'' and ''[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album)|Lust for Life]],'' Pop's two most acclaimed albums as a solo artist, the latter featuring one of his best-known songs, "[[The Passenger (song)|The Passenger]]". ''[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album)|Lust for Life]]'' featured another team of brothers, [[Hunt Sales|Hunt]] and [[Tony Fox Sales]], sons of comedian [[Soupy Sales]]. Among the songs Bowie and Pop wrote together were "[[China Girl (song)|China Girl]]", "[[Tonight (Iggy Pop song)|Tonight]]", and "[[Red Money|Sister Midnight]]", all of which Bowie performed on his own albums later (the last being recorded with different lyrics as "[[Red Money]]" on ''[[Lodger (album)|Lodger]]''). Bowie also played keyboards in Pop's live performances, some of which are featured on the album ''[[TV Eye Live 1977|TV Eye Live]]'' in 1978. In return, Pop contributed backing vocals on Bowie's ''[[Low (David Bowie album)|Low]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/david-bowie-133-1195103|title=Iggy Pop says David Bowie saved him from 'annihilation'|last=Britton|first=Luke Morgan|date=January 13, 2016|website=NME|access-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref>

"Artistically, I really like those two records, ''The Idiot'' and ''Lust for Life''," Pop said. "But I was personally just miserable… David was a really good friend to me in many ways, but… he had [[Berlin Trilogy|his whole thing]] going on and a whole apparatus of people around him, and problems that he had to face. For more than year, I lived in the room next door, and I had a good friendship, but it wasn't the same as being in [[The Stooges|a band]]."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Cameron|title=Jack & Iggy|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue= 119 |date= October 2003 |page= 98}}</ref>

===Arista albums: 1979–1981===
[[File:IggyPop1979.jpg|thumb|upright|Iggy Pop in Cardiff, 1979]]

Pop had grown dissatisfied with RCA, later admitting that he had made ''TV Eye Live'' as a quick way of fulfilling his three-album RCA contract. He moved to [[Arista Records]], under whose banner he released ''[[New Values]]'' in 1979. This album was something of a Stooges reunion, with James Williamson producing and latter-day Stooge [[Scott Thurston]] playing guitar and keyboards. Not surprisingly, the album's style harkened back to the guitar sound of the Stooges. ''New Values'' was not a commercial success in the U.S. but has since been highly regarded by critics.

The album was moderately successful in Australia and New Zealand, however, and this led to Pop's first visit there to promote it. While in Melbourne, he made a memorable appearance on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s nationwide show ''[[Countdown (music show)|Countdown]]''. During his anarchic performance of "I'm Bored", Pop made no attempt to conceal the fact that he was [[lip-synch]]ing (shoving the microphone down his pants at one point), and he even tried to grab the teenage girls in the audience. He was also interviewed by host [[Molly Meldrum]], an exchange which was frequently punctuated by the singer jumping up and down on his chair and making loud exclamations of "G'day mate" in a mock [[Australian accent]]. His ''Countdown'' appearance is generally considered one of the highlights of the show's history and it cemented his popularity with Australian punk fans, since then he has often toured there. While visiting New Zealand, Pop recorded a music video for "I'm Bored" and attended a record company function where he appeared to slap a woman and throw wine over a photographer.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jane|last=Clifton|title=Iggy Pop Sets Tour Scene|magazine=The Dominion|date=July 16, 1979}}</ref> While in Australia, Pop was also the guest on a live late-night commercial TV interview show on the [[Ten Network]]. The ''Countdown'' appearance has often been re-screened in Australia.

During the recording of ''[[Soldier (album)|Soldier]]'' (1980), Pop and Bowie argued with Williamson over various aspects of the project. Williamson recalled, "I was not at all happy with a number of aspects of that record including the band, the material and the recording facilities. So I was unhappy in general and vice versa".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i94bar-dev.info/ints/james-williamson09.html|title=The Barman talks to James Williamson of Iggy the and Stooges at the I-94 Bar|last=Barman|website=i94bar-dev.info|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311174729/http://i94bar-dev.info/ints/james-williamson09.html|archive-date=March 11, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Williamson left the project. Bowie appeared on the song "Play it Safe", performing backing vocals with the group [[Simple Minds]]. During a live performance in Brooklyn in 1981, Pop smashed a microphone into his own face, knocking out a front tooth.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/behind-the-scenes-on-the-pirelli-calendar-iggy-pop-cher-and-st-vincent-pose-for-bryan-adams-1.4640528|title=Behind the scenes on the Pirelli calendar: Iggy Pop, Cher and St Vincent pose for Bryan Adams
|author=Brown, Mark|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=August 6, 2021|accessdate=July 3, 2022}}</ref>
Both ''Soldier'' and its follow-up ''[[Party (Iggy Pop album)|Party]]'' (1981) were commercial failures, and Pop was dropped from Arista.

===1980s===
[[File:Iggy Pop - pinkpop87.jpg|thumb|upright|Iggy Pop at the [[Pinkpop Festival]] in 1987]]

In 1980, Pop published his autobiography ''I Need More'', co-written with Anne Wehner, an Ann Arbor arts patron. The book, which includes a selection of black and white photographs, featured a foreword by [[Andy Warhol]]. Warhol wrote that he met Pop when he was Jim Osterberg, at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1966. "I don't know why he hasn't made it really big," Warhol wrote. "He is so good."<ref>{{cite book |title=I Need More: The Stooges and Other Stories |last1=Pop |first1=Iggy |last2=Wehner |first2=Anne |chapter=Foreword by Andy Warhol |year=1982 |page=7 |publisher=Karz-Cohl Publishing |isbn=978-0-943828-50-3}}</ref>

The 1982 album ''[[Zombie Birdhouse]]'' on [[Chris Stein]]'s Animal label, with Stein himself producing, was no more commercially successful than his Arista works. In 1983, Pop's fortunes changed when David Bowie recorded a cover of the song "China Girl". The song had originally appeared on ''The Idiot'' and was a major hit on Bowie's blockbuster ''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]'' album. As co-writer of the song, Pop received substantial [[royalties]]. On ''[[Tonight (David Bowie album)|Tonight]]'' in 1984, Bowie recorded five more of their co-written songs (2 from ''Lust for Life'', 1 from ''New Values'', and 2 new songs), assuring Pop financial security, at least for the short term. The support from Bowie enabled Pop to take a three-year break, during which he overcame his resurgent heroin addiction and took acting classes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hilburn |first1=Robert |title=IGGY POP'S BACK WITH A NEW IMAGE AND 'BLAHS' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-30-ca-8466-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=October 30, 1986 |access-date=October 15, 2020}}</ref>

Additionally, Pop contributed the title song to the 1984 film ''[[Repo Man (film)|Repo Man]]'' (with [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]], previously of the [[Sex Pistols]], on guitar, and [[Nigel Harrison]] and [[Clem Burke]], both of [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] on bass and drums) as well as an instrumental called "Repo Man Theme" that was played during the opening credits.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iggy Pop Talks Repo Man |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2744-iggy-pop-talks-repo-man |website=Criterion |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref>

In 1985, Pop recorded some demos with Jones. He played these demos for Bowie, who was sufficiently impressed to offer to produce an album for Pop: 1986's [[New wave music|new wave]]-influenced ''[[Blah-Blah-Blah (Iggy Pop album)|Blah-Blah-Blah]]'', featuring the single
"[[Wild One (Johnny O'Keefe song)|Real Wild Child]]", a cover of "The Wild One", originally written and recorded by Australian rock 'n' roll musician [[Johnny O'Keefe]] in 1958. The single was a Top 10 hit in the UK and was successful around the world, especially in Australia, where it has been used since 1987 as the theme music for the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]'s late-night music video show ''[[Rage (TV program)|Rage]]''. ''Blah-Blah-Blah'' was Pop's highest-charting album in the U.S. since ''The Idiot'' in 1977, peaking at No. 75 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart.

Also in 1985, Pop and [[Lou Reed]] contributed their singing voices to the animated film ''[[Rock & Rule]]''. Pop performed the song "Pain & Suffering" in the final sequence of the film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Scott |first=Casey |title=Rock & Rule |url=http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/n-s/rockandrule83.htm |website=Dvddrive-in.com|access-date=July 1, 2007}}</ref>

In 1987, Pop appeared (along with [[Bootsy Collins]]) on a mostly instrumental album, ''[[Neo Geo (album)|Neo Geo]]'', by Japanese composer [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]. The music video for "Risky", written and directed by Meiert Avis, won the first MTV Breakthrough Video Award. {{Citation needed|date=March 2021|reason=No evidence provided on this page or Sakamoto's page}} The groundbreaking video explores [[wikt:transhumanism|transhumanist]] philosopher [[FM-2030]]'s ideas of ''Nostalgia for the Future'' in the form of an imagined love affair between a robot and one of [[Man Ray]]'s models in Paris in the late 1930s. Additional inspiration was drawn from [[Jean Baudrillard]], [[Edvard Munch]]'s 1894 painting ''Puberty'', and [[Roland Barthes]] ''[[Death of the Author]]''. The surrealist black-and-white video uses stop motion, light painting, and other retro in-camera effects techniques. Meiert Avis recorded Sakamoto while at work on the score for ''The Last Emperor'' in London. Sakamoto also appears in the video painting words and messages to an open shutter camera. Pop, who performs the vocals on "Risky", chose not to appear in the video, allowing his performance space to be occupied by the surrealist era robot.

Pop's follow-up to ''Blah Blah Blah'', ''[[Instinct (Iggy Pop album)|Instinct]]'' (1988), was a turnaround in musical direction. Its stripped-back, guitar-based sound leaned further towards the sound of the Stooges than any of his solo albums to date. His record label dropped him, but the ''[[King Biscuit Flower Hour]]'' radio show recorded the ''Instinct'' tour (featuring guitarist [[Andy McCoy]] and [[Alvin Gibbs]] on bass) in Boston on July 19, 1988. Working with rock attorney Stann Findelle, Pop scored more movie soundtrack inclusions in 1989: "Living on the Edge of the Night" in the [[Ridley Scott]] thriller ''[[Black Rain (American film)|Black Rain]]''; and "Love Transfusion", a song originally written by [[Alice Cooper]] (who does backing vocals) and [[Desmond Child]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://evenspot.com/html.folder/CDreview/AC_Soundtrack/Shocker.html |title=Alice Cooper Soundtracks |publisher=Evenspot.com |access-date=May 4, 2013 |archive-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331225050/http://evenspot.com/html.folder/CDreview/AC_Soundtrack/Shocker.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> in ''[[Wes Craven's Shocker]]''. Also, at the same time, Pop, dissatisfied from RCA's decisions, revoked copyrights of his RCA releases, assigned it to his company ''Thousand Mile'', and signed a contract with [[Virgin Records]], which was a unique hybrid of distribution deal for his RCA releases and a recording contract for new albums. Virgin first reissued ''Lust for Life'' and ''The Idiot'' in 1990, then ''TV Eye Live 1977'' in 1994.

=== 1990s ===
In 1990, Pop recorded ''[[Brick by Brick]]''. The album was produced by [[Don Was]] and featured members of [[Guns N' Roses]] and [[the B-52's]] as guests. His ''Kiss My Blood'' video (1991) was directed by [[Tim Pope]] and filmed at the Olympia in Paris. The video attracted much controversy, as it included footage of Pop performing with his penis exposed to the audience. ''Brick by Brick'' featured his first Top 40 U.S. hit, "[[Candy (Iggy Pop song)|Candy]]", a duet with B-52's singer [[Kate Pierson]].

Also in 1990, Pop sang the role of "The Prosecutor" for the [[POINT Music]]/[[Philips Records|Philips Classics]] recording (released in 1992) of composer [[John Moran (composer)|John Moran]]'s multimedia opera<ref>{{cite book|last=Griffel|first=Margaret Ross |title=Operas in English: A Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8bQAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA105|access-date=October 30, 2017|date=December 21, 2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8325-3|page=300|author-link= Margaret Ross Griffel}}</ref> ''The Manson Family''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-great-iggy-pop-collaborations-20160317/john-moran-the-manson-family-an-opera-1990-20160317|title=20 Great Iggy Pop Collaborations: John Moran, 'The Manson Family: An Opera' (1990)|last=Harris|first=Keith|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=March 17, 2016|access-date=October 30, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107024313/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-great-iggy-pop-collaborations-20160317/john-moran-the-manson-family-an-opera-1990-20160317|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/17/arts/will-the-manson-story-play-as-myth-operatically-at-that.html?pagewanted=all|title=Will the Manson Story Play As Myth, Operatically at That?|last=Kaznin|first=Allan|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 17, 1990|access-date=October 30, 2017}}</ref> That year he also contributed to the [[Red Hot Organization]]'s AIDS benefit album [[Red Hot + Blue|''Red Hot + Blue'']] project, singing a version of "[[Well Did You Evah! (1990)|Well Did You Evah!]]" in a duet with [[Debbie Harry]].

In the early to middle 1990s, Pop would make several guest appearances on the [[Nickelodeon]] show ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete]]''. He played James Mecklenberg, Nona Mecklenberg's father.

In 1991, Pop and Kirst contributed the song "Why Was I Born (Freddy's Dead)" to the soundtrack of the film ''[[Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare]]''. The song also plays over the end credits of the film, with a compilation of clips from the ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' series running alongside the end credits. In the same year, Pop sang a leading role in the [[John Moran (composer)|John Moran]] opera ''The Manson Family''.

In 1992, he collaborated with [[Goran Bregović]] on the [[Arizona Dream (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for the movie ''[[Arizona Dream]]'' by [[Emir Kusturica]]. Pop sang four of the songs: ''In the Deathcar'', ''TV Screen'', ''Get the Money'', and ''This is a Film''. Also in 1992, he collaborated with the New York City band [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]]. He recorded spoken word vocals on the intro and outro of the song "[[Black Sunshine]]" as well as playing the character of a writer in the video shot for the song.

In 1993, Pop released ''[[American Caesar (album)|American Caesar]]'', including two successful singles, "Wild America" and "Beside You". The following year Pop contributed to [[Buckethead]]'s album ''[[Giant Robot (Buckethead album)|Giant Robot]]'', including the songs "Buckethead's Toy Store" and "Post Office Buddy". He appears also on the [[Les Rita Mitsouko]] album ''[[Système D]]'' where he sings the duet "My Love is Bad" with [[Catherine Ringer]].

In 1996, Pop again found mainstream fame when his 1977 song "[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop song)|Lust for Life]]" was featured in the film ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]''. A new video was recorded for the song, with clips from the film and studio footage of Pop dancing with one of the film's stars, [[Ewen Bremner]]. A Pop concert also served as a plot point in the film. The song has also been used in TV commercials for [[Royal Caribbean International|Royal Caribbean]] and as the theme music to ''[[The Jim Rome Show]]'', a nationally syndicated American sports talk show.

In 1996, Pop released ''[[Naughty Little Doggie]]'' and the single "I Wanna Live". In 1997, he [[remix]]ed ''Raw Power'' to give it a rougher, more hard-edged sound; fans had complained for years that Bowie's official "rescue effort" mix was muddy and lacking in bass. Pop testified in the reissue's liner notes that on the new mix, "everything's still in the red". He co-produced his 1999 album ''[[Avenue B (album)|Avenue B]]'' with [[Don Was]], releasing the single "Corruption".

In 1997, Pop was credited with the soundtrack to the film ''[[The Brave (film)|The Brave]]''.{{sfn|Parrill|2009|page=191}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RwpJFOSyEmEC&pg=PT358|title=Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop|first=Joe|last=Ambrose|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|location=London|year=2002|isbn=978-0711991071}}</ref>{{sfn|Pomerance|2005|page=286}}

On January 1, 1998, Pop made a guest appearance on [[Paramount Television]]'s science fiction series ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. Pop played a [[Vorta]] in an episode based upon the film ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'', titled "[[The Magnificent Ferengi]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/iggy-pop-happy-birthday-star-trek-deep-space-nine-cameo/|title=Celebrate Iggy Pop's 73rd Birthday by Recalling His Guest Spot on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''|author=Rock Cellar Magazine Staff|magazine=Rock Cellar Magazine|publisher=Rock Cellar Productions|location=Los Angeles|date=April 21, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref> Pop also contributed the theme song for ''[[Space Goofs]]''.

Pop sang on the 1999 [[Death in Vegas]] UK Top-10 single ''Aisha''. The same year he appeared on ''[[The End of Law|Hashisheen: The End of Law]]'', a collaborative effort by [[Bill Laswell]], reading on the tracks "The Western Lands" and "A Quick Trip to Alamut". He also sang on the tracks "[[Rolodex Propaganda]]" and "Enfilade" by [[At the Drive-In]] in 2000.

===The Stooges reunion: 2003–2010===
[[File:Iggy Pop (5).jpg|thumb|The Stooges at Sziget Festival 2006]]
Pop's 2003 album ''[[Skull Ring]]'' featured collaborators [[Sum 41]], [[Green Day]], [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]], and [[the Trolls]], as well as Ron and Scott Asheton, reuniting the three surviving founding members of [[the Stooges]] for the first time since 1974. Pop made a guest appearance on [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]]'s song "Kick It" as well as the video. Also in 2003, the first full-length biography of Pop was published. ''Gimme Danger – The Story of Iggy Pop'' was written by Joe Ambrose; Pop did not collaborate on the biography or publicly endorse it.

Having enjoyed working with the Ashetons on ''Skull Ring'', Pop reformed the Stooges, with bassist [[Mike Watt]] (formerly of [[The Minutemen (band)|the Minutemen]]) filling in for the late [[Dave Alexander (musician)|Dave Alexander]] and ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]'' saxophonist [[Steve Mackay]] rejoining the lineup. That year, Pop opened [[Madonna]]'s ''Reinvention'' World Tour in Dublin.

Pop and the Stooges played the Glastonbury Festival in June 2007. Their set included material from the 2007 album ''The Weirdness'' and classics such as "No Fun" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog". Pop also caused controversy in June 2007 when he was interviewed on the [[BBC]]'s coverage of the [[Glastonbury Festival]]. He used the phrase "paki shop", apparently unaware of its racist connotations, prompting three complaints and an apology from the BBC.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6238680.stm|title=BBC 'sorry' for Iggy racist word|work=BBC News|date=June 25, 2007|access-date=July 2, 2007}}</ref>

On March 10, 2008, Pop appeared at [[Madonna]]'s induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] at the [[Waldorf-Astoria Hotel|Waldorf Astoria]] Hotel in New York. Together with the Stooges, he sang raucous versions of two Madonna hits, "[[Burning Up (Madonna song)|Burning Up]]" and "[[Ray of Light]]". Before leaving the stage, he looked directly at Madonna, quoting "You make me feel shiny and new, like a virgin, touched for the very first time", from Madonna's hit song "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]". According to guitarist Ron Asheton, Madonna asked the Stooges to perform in her place, as a protest to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for not inducting the Stooges, despite six appearances on the nomination ballot.<ref name="freep.com">Brian McCollum {{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080310%2FENT04%2F80310062%2F&imw=Y |title=Why the Stooges performed for Madonna |access-date=April 9, 2017 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314021804/http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080310%2FENT04%2F80310062%2F&imw=Y |archive-date=March 14, 2008 }}. freep.com (March 10, 2008)</ref> Pop also sang on the "No Fun" cover by [[Asian Dub Foundation]] on their 2008 album ''[[Punkara]]''.

On January 6, 2009, original Stooges guitarist and Pop's self-described best friend [[Ron Asheton]] was found dead from an apparent heart attack. He was 60 years old.

In 2009, James Williamson rejoined the band after 29 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/12/early-retirement-helped-james-williamson-rejoin-the-stooges/ |title=Early Retirement Helped James Williamson Rejoin the Stooges |publisher=Spinner.com |date=March 12, 2010 |access-date=September 30, 2011 |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812215331/http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/12/early-retirement-helped-james-williamson-rejoin-the-stooges/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On December 15, 2009, it was announced that the Stooges would be inducted into [[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] on March 15, 2010. Pop had "about two hours of a strong emotional reaction" to the news.<ref name=HallOfFame>Andy Green. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110310040031/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/iggy-pop-on-his-emotional-reaction-to-the-stooges-hall-of-fame-induction-20091215 Iggy Pop on His "Emotional Reaction" to the Stooges' Hall of Fame Induction]. Rolling Stone. December 15, 2009</ref>

=== 2000s ===
Pop produced 2001's ''[[Beat 'Em Up]]'', which gave birth to [[the Trolls]], releasing the single "Football" featuring Trolls alumni Whitey Kirst and brother Alex.
In 2005, Pop appeared, along with Madonna, [[Little Richard]], [[Bootsy Collins]], and [[the Roots]]' [[Questlove]], in an American TV commercial for the [[Motorola ROKR]] phone. In early 2006, Pop and the Stooges played in Australia and New Zealand for the [[Big Day Out]]. They also began work on a new album, ''[[The Weirdness]]'', which was recorded by [[Steve Albini]] and released in March 2007. In August 2006, Pop and the Stooges performed at the [[A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise|Lowlands]] pop festival in the Netherlands, Hodokvas in [[Slovakia]] and in the [[Sziget Festival]] in [[Budapest]].

Author [[Paul Trynka]] completed a biography of Pop (with his blessing) called ''Open Up and Bleed'', published in early 2007. In February 2007, Pop and the Stooges played at [[Bam Margera]]'s [[Bam's Unholy Union|wedding]] and Pop appeared on the single "[[Punkrocker (song)|Punkrocker]]" with the [[Teddybears (band)|Teddybears]] in a [[Cadillac]] television commercial. Pop was also the voice of Lil' Rummy on the [[Comedy Central]] cartoon ''[[Lil' Bush]]'' and confirmed that he has done voices for ''[[American Dad!]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'',<ref>[http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/04648031/iggy_pop_on_lil_bush_and_the_stooges.html Pop Pop on Lil' Bush and The Stooges] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228194914/http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/04648031/iggy_pop_on_lil_bush_and_the_stooges.html |date=December 28, 2013}}</ref> which also included the Stooges song "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" (though the game's manual credited Iggy Pop as the artist).

[[File:Iggy Pop Memphis 2007.jpg|thumb|Iggy Pop at Beale Street Music Festival, [[Memphis in May]], 2007]]

Pop guested on ''[[Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)|Profanation]]'', the new album by the [[Bill Laswell]]-helmed group [[Praxis (band)|Praxis]], which was released on January 1, 2008.

Pop collaborated with [[Danger Mouse (music producer)|Danger Mouse]] and [[Sparklehorse]] on the album ''Dark Night of the Soul'', singing the track "Pain".

Pop's fifteenth solo album, ''[[Préliminaires]]'', was released on June 2, 2009. Inspired by a novel by French author [[Michel Houellebecq]] called ''La Possibilité d'une île'' (2005; Trans. as ''[[The Possibility of an Island]]'' by Gavin Bowd, 2006), Pop was approached to provide the soundtrack for a documentary film on Houellebecq and his attempts to make a film from his novel. He describes this new release as a "quieter album with some jazz overtones", the first single off the album, "King of the Dogs", bearing a sound strongly influenced by [[Dixieland|New Orleans jazz]] musicians such as [[Louis Armstrong]] and [[Jelly Roll Morton]]. Pop said that the song was his response to being "sick of listening to idiot thugs with guitars banging out crappy music". The album is available on legal download sites, CD, and a deluxe box set is available at only 6000 units worldwide. This box set contains the ''Préliminaires'' album, a collector "Les Feuilles Mortes" b/w "King of the Dogs" 7&nbsp;inch, the cover of which is Pop's portrait by [[Marjane Satrapi]], and a 38-page booklet of drawings also by Marjane Satrapi.

In January 2009, Pop was signed up as the face of [[Swiftcover]], the UK-based online insurance company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/871141/Iggy-Pop-fronts-Swiftcover-insurance-ad |title=Iggy Pop fronts Swiftcover insurance ad – Brand Republic News |work=Brand Republic |date=January 6, 2009 |access-date=September 8, 2010}}</ref> He fronted a £25&nbsp;million TV ad campaign for [[Swiftcover]], using the strapline "Get a Life".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easier.com/view/Finance/Insurance/Car/article-224426.html |title=Iggy Pop to front £25&nbsp;million car insurance ad campaign |publisher=Easier |date=January 2, 2009 |access-date=September 8, 2010}}</ref> The advert was then banned by the Advertising Standards Authority on April 28, 2009, for being misleading – it implied that Pop himself had an insurance policy with Swiftcover when at the time the company did not insure musicians.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8023358.stm |work=BBC News |title=Iggy Pop advert deemed misleading |date=April 28, 2009 |access-date=April 2, 2010}}</ref>

=== 2010s ===
Pop also sings on "We're All Gonna Die" on [[Slash (musician)|Slash]]'s first solo album ''[[Slash (album)|Slash]]'', which was released in April 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/josh-freese-on-nine-inch-nails-gnr-and-his-solo-album-212527/3 |title=Josh Freese confirms that Iggy Pop is on Slash's album |work=MusicRadar |date=July 9, 2009 |access-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref> He appeared as a character in the video game ''[[Lego Rock Band]]'' to sing his song "[[The Passenger (song)|The Passenger]]" and also lent his voice for the in-game tutorial.<ref>{{cite web |last=McWhertor |first=Michael |url=http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/09/who-wants-some-shirtless-iggy-pop-in-their-lego-rock-band/ |title=Who Wants Some Shirtless Iggy Pop in Their LEGO Rock Band? |publisher=[[Kotaku Australia]] |date=September 12, 2009 |access-date=September 8, 2010 |archive-date=March 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311102643/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/09/who-wants-some-shirtless-iggy-pop-in-their-lego-rock-band/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> With reference to the song "The Passenger", Pop has appeared on NZ television advertising phone networks, showing that he could get a band to play together by conference call. He was inducted as part of the Stooges into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] on March 15, 2010.

[[File:HopFarm2011-0702-025.jpg|thumb|upright|Iggy Pop at the UK [[Hop Farm Festival]], July 2011]]

After a March 2010 [[stage diving]] accident, Pop claimed he would no longer stage dive. However, he did so on three occasions at a concert in Madrid, Spain on April 30, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2010/03/22/13314391-wenn-story.html?cid=rssentertainmentmusic |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713002715/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2010/03/22/13314391-wenn-story.html?cid=rssentertainmentmusic |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |title=CANOE – JAM! Music: Iggy Pop quits stage diving |publisher=Jam.canoe.ca |date=March 22, 2010 |access-date=September 8, 2010}}</ref> and did similarly at London's Hammersmith Apollo on May 2, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/may/03/iggy-and-the-stooges-review |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |title=Iggy and the Stooges |first=Alexis |last=Petridis |date=May 3, 2010 |access-date=May 5, 2010}}</ref> On July 9, 2010, Pop again stage dived at [[Rock Zottegem]], Belgium, causing bleeding from the face.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=QN2SNRGB |title=Iggy Pop naar ziekenhuis na val van podium Roc ... (Zottegem) – Het Nieuwsblad |publisher=Nieuwsblad.be |date=July 11, 2010 |access-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref> In June 2010, Pop appeared at Yonge and Dundas Square in Toronto with the reformed Stooges on the NXNE main stage. In 2011 he teamed up with the Lilies, a collaboration between [[Sergio Dias]] of [[Os Mutantes]] and French group Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family, to record the single "Why?".

Pop lent his image to [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]]'s campaign against the annual Canada seal hunt.<ref>Jordan Press, "[http://www.canada.com/news/Iggy+headline+anti+seal+hunt+campaign/4622646/story.html Ke$ha, Iggy Pop Headline Anti-seal Hunt Campaign], " Postmedia News, April 15, 2011.</ref>

On April 7, 2011, at age 63, Pop performed "Real Wild Child" on the [[American Idol (season 10)#Results show performances|tenth season of ''American Idol'']]; the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' music blog "Iggy Pop & Hiss" described Pop as being "still magnetic, still disturbing".<ref>{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Randall|title=Iggy Pop on 'American Idol': Still magnanamis, still disturbing the American populace with 'Real Wild Child'|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/iggy-pop-on-american-idol-still-magnetic-still-disturbing-the-american-populace-with-real-wild-child.html|work=The L.A. Times Music Blog, "Pop & Hiss"|access-date=April 26, 2011|date=April 8, 2011}}</ref> He is also featured on [[Kesha]]'s song "[[Dirty Love (Kesha song)|Dirty Love]]" on her second album ''[[Warrior (Kesha album)|Warrior]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hogan |first=Marc |url=https://www.spin.com/2012/11/kesha-warrior-stream-iggy-pop-strokes/ |title=Hear Ke$ha's 'Warrior': Iggy Pop, the Strokes, and Ghost Sex (Plus Yodeling) &#124; Songs |work=Spin|date=November 27, 2012 |access-date=December 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 25, 2013, Iggy and the Stooges co-headlined RiotFest 2013's Day 2, performing in Toronto and Denver along with [[The Replacements (band)|the Replacements]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Concerts/riot_fest_featuring_replacements_iggy_stooges_dinosaur_jr_best_coast-fort_york_garrison_common_toronto_on_august_25 |title=Riot Fest featuring the Replacements, Iggy and the Stooges, Dinosaur Jr., Best Coast |work=Exclaim! |date=November 25, 2013}}</ref>

In 2012, Pop was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/206-iggy-pop|title=Michigan Rock and Roll Legends – Iggy Pop|first=Gary|last=Johnson|website=Michiganrockandrolllegends.com}}</ref>
Stooges drummer [[Scott Asheton]] died of a heart attack in March 2014 at the age of 64.

On October 14, 2014, Pop gave the fourth annual [[BBC Music]] [[John Peel]] Lecture in [[City of Salford|Salford]], on the topic of "Free Music in a Capitalist Society".<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Iggy Pop To deliver The John Peel Lecture |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/23Rv573bLxnFzqvNxQxzlcb/iggy-pop-to-deliver-the-john-peel-lecture |access-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> He used the lecture to discuss his experiences of the music industry, and his reflections on the effect of the internet on the consumption of music and the broader media.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pop |first=Iggy |author-link=Iggy Pop |title=BBC Music John Peel Lecture – Iggy Pop's Keynote Speech Transcript |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1DBxXYBDJLt2xZgxjzCkLRg/bbc-music-john-peel-lecture-iggy-pops-keynote-speech-transcript |access-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> 

In January 2015, it was announced that Pop contributed the theme song to [[Alex Cox]]'s film ''[[Bill, the Galactic Hero (film)|Bill, the Galactic Hero]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dangerousminds.net/comments/iggy_pop_reunites_with_director_alex_cox |title=Iggy Pop Reunites with Director Alex Cox for 'Bill, the Galactic Hero' |first=Oliver |last=Hall |date=January 21, 2015 |publisher=Dangerous Minds |access-date=March 20, 2015}}</ref> He also collaborated with [[New Order (band)|New Order]] on the song "Stray Dog" of their album ''[[Music Complete]]'' released in September of that year. Pop also collaborated with [[Tomoyasu Hotei]] on the songs "How The Cookie Crumbles" and "Walking Through The Night" from the album ''Strangers'', also released that same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/10/08/music/guitarist-tomoyasu-hotei-calls-on-his-pals-for-strangers/ |title=Guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei calls on his pals for 'Strangers' |date=October 8, 2015 |work=[[Japan Times]] |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref>

On June 22, 2016, Stooges guitarist [[James Williamson (musician)|James Williamson]] made an official statement saying that the Stooges were no more:

{{blockquote|The Stooges is over. Basically, everybody's dead except Iggy and I. So it would be sort-of ludicrous to try and tour as Iggy and the Stooges when there's only one Stooge in the band and then you have side guys. That doesn't make any sense to me.<ref>{{cite web|last=Earls|first=John|title=The Stooges guitarist says band are over because 'Everybody's dead' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-stooges-1197652|work=[[NME]]|date=June 23, 2016|access-date=March 22, 2019}}</ref>}}

Williamson also added that touring had become boring, and trying to balance the band's career as well as Pop's was a difficult task.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/81665-james-williamson-the-stooges-are-no-more/|title=James Williamson: The Stooges are no more|date=June 23, 2016|website=The List|access-date=June 23, 2016}}</ref>

In 2016, Pop recorded an album with [[Josh Homme]] titled ''[[Post Pop Depression]]''. The album was released on March 18, with a tour of Europe and North America entitled [[Post Pop Depression Tour]] to follow, starting from March 28.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/arts/music/iggy-pop-josh-homme-post-pop-depression.html|title=Iggy Pop and Josh Homme Team Up for Secret Album|date=January 24, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://postpopdepression.com/|title=Tour|website=Post Pop Depression Tour|access-date=April 24, 2016|archive-date=April 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422224301/http://postpopdepression.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On both sides of the Atlantic, the album set a new peak chart position for Iggy Pop albums, becoming his first US Top 20 album<ref name=AMG-Iggy>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/iggy-pop-mn0000926548/awards | title=Allmusic – Billboard Awards – Iggy Pop| magazine=Billboard| access-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref> and first UK Top 5 album.<ref name=chartstats1>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23786/iggy-pop/
| title=Iggy Pop| publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref>

On October 28, 2016, Pop released the double live album ''Post Iggy Pop Depression: Live At The Royal Albert Hall'' on Eagle Rock Entertainment (on DVD+2CD and digital formats).

In 2017, Pop composed and performed vocals on the [[Oneohtrix Point Never]] song "The Pure and the Damned" on the [[Good Time (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for the crime film ''[[Good Time (film)|Good Time]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yoshida |first1=Emily |title=How ''Good Time'' Director Josh Safdie and Composer Daniel Lopatin Got Iggy Pop to Write Them a Heartbreaking Ballad |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/why-iggy-pop-wrote-a-heartbreaking-ballad-for-good-time.html |access-date=May 18, 2019 |work=Vulture |date=August 14, 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Iggy Pop WOWGoth090818-206 (45150620424) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Iggy Pop performing in 2018]]
On July 27, 2018, Pop released a joint EP with [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]], titled ''[[Teatime Dub Encounters]]''. Pop and Underworld had both contributed tracks to [[Danny Boyle]]'s 1996 movie ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]''.<ref name="underworld">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/28/underworld-iggy-pop-teatime-dub-encounters-review |title=Underworld and Iggy Pop: Teatime Dub Encounters – review |last=Empire |first=Kitty |date=July 28, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="electronic" />

Pop's eighteenth studio album, ''[[Free (Iggy Pop album)|Free]]'', was released on September 6, 2019.<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/iggy-pop-announces-new-album-free/|title=Iggy Pop Announces New Album Free|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|date=July 18, 2019|access-date=July 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=See Iggy Pop Emulate 007 in Suave 'James Bond' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/iggy-pop-james-bond-video-871736/ |access-date=May 18, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 14, 2010}}</ref>

=== 2020s ===
In January 2020, Pop received a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref name="auto1"/> In April 2020, he released an alternate mix of his "China Girl", as part of a seven-disc deluxe box set, due to feature expanded remastered versions of ''The Idiot'' and ''[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album)|Lust for Life]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/iggy-pop-the-bowie-years/|title=Iggy Pop Box Set to Focus on First Two David Bowie-Produced LPs|first=Nick|last=DeRiso|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=April 10, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> In December, Pop featured on a rework of [[Elvis Costello]]'s song "No Flag" from Costello's 2020 album ''[[Hey Clockface]]''. The song was a re-recording, with Pop providing the vocals, translated to French for this version.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/iggy-pop-french-language-rendition-of-elvis-costellos-no-flag-1097245/|title=Hear Iggy Pop's French Language Rendition of Elvis Costello's 'No Flag'|first=Andy|last=Greene|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 3, 2020|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref> A new digital track by Pop was also released, titled "Dirty Little Virus". Lyrically, it is about the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iggypop.bandcamp.com/track/dirty-little-virus|title=Dirty Little Virus |website=Iggy Pop (bandcamp)}}</ref> That year, he also collaborated with [[Morrissey]] on his upcoming album ''[[Bonfire of Teenagers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=December 25, 2022 |title=Morrissey Says Miley Cyrus Wants Off His Next Album, and He's Split With Label and Management, Too |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/morrissey-miley-cyrus-wants-off-album-split-label-capitol-1235472792/ |access-date=December 26, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=December 24, 2022 |title=Morrissey Album Likely Delayed Again as Miley Cyrus Wants Guest Spot Taken Off |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/morrissey-album-delayed-miley-cyrus-capitol-records-split-1234652851/ |access-date=December 26, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

In April 2021, French singer Clio released a duet with Iggy Pop titled "L'appartement".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z_Q-X5xmUc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/4z_Q-X5xmUc| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Clio, Iggy Pop – L'appartement (en duo avec Iggy Pop) (Clip officiel)|publisher=YouTube|date=April 23, 2021|access-date=May 7, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On his new album ''Breathe'' by Hammond master Lonnie Smith, Pop provides vocals on two tracks, "[[Why Can't We Live Together]]" (a cover version of the Timmy Thomas original) and on "[[Sunshine Superman (song)|Sunshine Superman]]" (a cover version of the Donovan original). The album was released in March 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/arts/music/lonnie-smith-iggy-pop.html |title=How Lonnie Smith Found an Unlikely New Collaborator: Iggy Pop |work=The New York Times |last=Farberman |first=Brad |date=March 24, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Pop collaborated with Belgian composer and violinist Catherine Graindorge on three tracks on her new EP ''The Dictator''. It was released in September 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/catherine-graindorge-iggy-pop-share-challenging-new-the-dictator/ | title=Catherine Graindorge, Iggy Pop Share Challenging New 'The Dictator' &#124; News | date=September 8, 2022 }}</ref> "Frenzy" was released late 2022 ahead of Pop's nineteenth studio album ''[[Every Loser]]'': the track featured [[Duff McKagan]] and [[Chad Smith]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kerrang.com/iggy-pop-teams-up-with-duff-mckagan-chad-smith-for-new-single-frenzy| title=Iggy Pop teams up with Duff McKagan, Chad Smith for new single Frenzy| date=October 28, 2022 }}</ref> The album was produced by [[Andrew Watt (record producer)|Andrew Watt]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/iggy-pop-announces-new-album-every-loser/ | title=Iggy Pop Announces New Album Every Loser (The rocker's follow-up to 2019's Free arrives on Friday, January 6, 2023) |first=Matthew |last=Strauss |website=pitchfork.com |date=November 10, 2022 |access-date=November 16, 2022}}</ref> Upon release in January 2023. ''Every Loser'' received favourable reviews with ''[[NME]]'' dubbing it "a high-velocity joyride full of delightful doses of wit and grit".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/iggy-pop-every-loser-album-review-3369696|title=Iggy Pop – 'Every Loser' review|last=Campbell|first=Erica|website=[[NME]]|date=January 4, 2023|access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref> In 2024 he re-recorded "The Passenger" in duet with [[Siouxsie Sioux]]: their orchestral version with a slower tempo was conceived for a commercial.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2024/04/siouxsie-sioux-iggy-pop-the-passenger-duet/ |title=Siouxsie Sioux and Iggy Pop Duet on New Version of "The Passenger"|publisher=Consequence.net|date=April 30, 2024 |access-date=May 31, 2024}}<br />{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/siouxsie-sioux-cover-the-passenger-iggy-pop-ice-cream-ad-1235012583/ |title=Siouxsie Sioux's First Song in Nine Years Is a New Cover of 'The Passenger' With Iggy Pop — for an Ice Cream Ad|publisher=Rollingstone.com|date=April 30, 2024 |access-date=May 31, 2024}}</ref>

==Film, television and radio career==
[[File:Iggy Pop -.jpg|thumb|Iggy Pop in 2006]]As an actor Pop has appeared in a number of movies, including ''[[Sid and Nancy]]'' (a non-speaking cameo role), ''[[The Color of Money]]'', ''[[Hardware (film)|Hardware]]'' (voice only), ''[[The Crow: City of Angels]]'', ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'', ''[[Snow Day (2000 film)|Snow Day]]'', ''[[Coffee and Cigarettes]]'' (opposite [[Tom Waits]], in the third segment of the film, "[[Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California|Somewhere in California]]"), ''[[Cry-Baby]]'', ''[[Dead Man]]'', ''[[Tank Girl (film)|Tank Girl]]'' and ''Atolladero'', a Spanish science fiction [[Western (genre)|Western]]. He was wanted to play Funboy in the original ''[[The Crow (1994 film)|The Crow]]'' movie, but his recording schedule would not permit him. In February 2009, he played the character Victor in the movie ''[[Suck (film)|Suck]]''. Pop was featured alongside [[Independent film|indie]] starlet [[Greta Gerwig]] in the film ''Art House'', which premiered at the [[Nashville Film Festival]] in April 2010.

Pop has also appeared in many television series, including ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]'', where he played Nona's dad in the second and third season, and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', in which he played [[Yelgrun]] in the episode "[[The Magnificent Ferengi]]". With the Stooges, he was featured in an episode of [[MTV]]'s ''[[Bam's Unholy Union]]'' as the main band performing at [[Bam Margera]]'s wedding. Additionally, a portion of the music video for Pop's "Butt Town" was featured on an episode of ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]''. Pop voiced Lil' Rummy on the [[Comedy Central]] show ''[[Lil' Bush]]'', and also provided the voice for a character in the English-language version of the 2007 animated film ''[[Persepolis (film)|Persepolis]]''.

Pop has been profiled in several [[rockumentary|rockumentaries]] and has had songs on many soundtracks, including ''[[Crocodile Dundee II]]''; ''[[Trainspotting (soundtrack)|Trainspotting]]''; ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]''; ''[[Haggard: The Movie|Haggard]]''; ''[[Arizona Dream]]''; ''[[Repo Man (1984 film)|Repo Man]]''; ''[[Black Rain (American film)|Black Rain]]''; ''[[Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare]]''; ''[[Shocker (film)|Shocker]]''; and ''[[Kurt Cobain: About a Son]]''.

Pop worked with [[Johnny Depp]] on several films: they appeared together in ''[[Cry-Baby]]'' and ''[[Dead Man]]''. Pop provided the soundtrack for ''[[The Brave (film)|The Brave]]'', which was directed by and starred Depp, and music for Depp's 1993 film ''[[Arizona Dream]]''.

Pop also voiced a cameo in the ''[[American Dad!]]'' episode "[[American Dream Factory]]" as Jerry, the drummer, in [[Steve Smith (American Dad!)|Steve Smith]]'s band.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cartoons You Didn't Know Were Voiced By Musicians |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/5eh1la/cartoon-characters-voiced-by-musicians |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520181600/https://www.vh1.com/news/5eh1la/cartoon-characters-voiced-by-musicians |url-status=live |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |website=VH1 |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> He makes an appearance in ''FLicKeR'', a 2008 feature documentary by Nik Sheehan about [[Brion Gysin]] and the [[Dreamachine]]. Pop played himself as the DJ of the fictional rock station Liberty Rock Radio 97. 8 in the video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''. The Stooges song "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" was featured on the same station. Pop also featured as a voice talent in the 2004 [[Atari, Inc. (1993–present)|Atari]] video game ''[[DRIV3R]]'' (as Baccus and other characters),<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Iggy Pop (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Iggy-Pop/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=September 28, 2021|type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}</ref> which was produced by Reflections Interactive. Pop appears as a character in the [[Adult Swim]] animated comedy-adventure series ''[[The Venture Bros.]]''. He is one of the bodyguards, along with [[Klaus Nomi]], of [[David Bowie]], who is "The Sovereign" of the Guild of Calamitous Intent. Pop has some unclear super-powers, which he uses when he and Nomi turn against Bowie.

In 2012, Pop played the conscience of a clown named Elliot ([[Denis Lavant]]) in the French film ''{{ill|L'Étoile du jour|fr}}'' (''Morning Star'') directed by {{ill|Sophie Blondy|fr}}.

In 2013, Pop appeared briefly in the French film ''[[Les gamins]]'' then he voiced [[Caterpillar (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|The Caterpillar]] in the television series ''[[Once Upon a Time in Wonderland]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title='Once Upon a Time in Wonderland' casts Iggy Pop |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/09/16/once-upon-a-time-in-wonderland-iggy-pop/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref>

In 2014, Pop presented (narrated) the BBC documentary ''Burroughs at 100''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03v9p0x |title=BBC Radio 4:Burroughs at 100 |publisher=BBC |access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> [[William Burroughs]] profoundly affected Pop's writing, inspiring lyrics in the famous "Lust for Life". It was aired in the US on ''[[This American Life]]'' on January 30, 2015, in the episode "Burroughs 101", commemorating his 101st birthday.

On August 8, 2017, [[In Praise of Nothing (2017 film)|In Praise of Nothing]] premiered at the Locarno Film Festival which he solely [[Voice-over|voiced over]] its full length.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dribblingpictures.com/films/in-praise-of-nothing/ |title=In Praise of Nothing |access-date=July 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720023737/http://dribblingpictures.com/films/in-praise-of-nothing/ |archive-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref>

Pop voiced the character Texas Red on the [[Adult Swim]] animated comedy ''[[Mr. Pickles]]'', which ran from 2014 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2, 2014 |title=Creators and Stars of 'Mr. Pickles' on the Humor and Horror of Adult Swim Series |url=https://www.cbr.com/creators-and-stars-of-mr-pickles-on-the-humor-and-horror-of-adult-swim-series/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}</ref>

Pop hosts a weekly radio show and podcast titled "Iggy Confidential" on [[BBC Radio 6 Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03yblbx |title=BBC Radio 6 Music: Iggy Pop |publisher=BBC |access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> In it he covers an eclectic range of music from punk to jazz, and champions new artists such as [[Shame (band)|Shame]], [[Fat White Family]], [[False Heads]], and [[Sleaford Mods]]. He also championed Mik Artistik, whose song "Sweet Leaf of the North" was named by Iggy as one of his favorite songs of the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Artistik |first=Mik |date=November 13, 2019 |title=NPR: Iggy Pop On Mik Artistik's Ego Trip |url=https://www.mikartistik.com/news/iggy-pop-on-mik-artistik}}</ref>

Based on {{Interlanguage link|Kai Grehn|de}}'s German translation of [[Walt Whitman]]'s poetry cycle in 2005, a radio drama and bilingual double-CD audio book "Kinder Adams/Children of Adam" was released by Hörbuch Hamburg in 2014, including a complete reading by Pop.<ref>{{cite web |author-last1=Pop |author-first1=Iggy |author-link1=Iggy Pop |author-link2=Paula Beer |author-link3=Jule Böwe |author-link4=Volker Bruch |author-link5=Alexander Fehling |author-link6=Robert Gwisdek |author-link7=Birgit Minichmayr |author-link8=:de:Josef Ostendorf |author-link9=Lars Rudolph |author-link10=Marianne Sägebrecht |author-link11=Martin Wuttke |date=August 25, 2019 |orig-date=2014 |editor-last=Grehn |editor-first=Kai |editor-link=:de:Kai Grehn |title=Iggy Pop spricht Walt Whitman - Kinder Adams – Children of Adam: Von Kai Grehn nach einem Text von Walt Whitman |trans-title= |url=https://www.hoerspielundfeature.de/iggy-pop-spricht-walt-whitman-kinder-adams-children-of-adam-100.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111015528/https://www.hoerspielundfeature.de/iggy-pop-spricht-walt-whitman-kinder-adams-children-of-adam-100.html |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=January 11, 2022 |publisher=[[Radio Bremen|RB]]/[[Deutschlandradio Kultur]]/[[Südwestrundfunk|SWR]] |language=de |author-first2=Paula |author-last2=Beer |author-first3=Jule |author-last3=Böwe |author-first4=Volker |author-last4=Bruch |author-first5=Alexander |author-last5=Fehling |author-first6=Robert |author-last6=Gwisdek |author-first7=Birgit |author-last7=Minichmayr |author-first8=Josef |author-last8=Ostendorf |author-first9=Lars |author-last9=Rudolph |author-first10=Marianne |author-last10=Sägebrecht |author-first11=Martin |author-last11=Wuttke}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20230111021209/https://download.deutschlandfunk.de/file/dradio/2019/08/24/kinder_adams_children_of_adam_drk_20190824_1830_d075d4fe.mp3] [52:29]</ref>

In 2015, Pop had a starring role as Vicious in the [[Björn Tagemose]]-directed silent film ''[[Gutterdämmerung (film)|Gutterdämmerung]]'' opposite [[Grace Jones]], [[Henry Rollins]] and [[Lemmy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Iggy Pop, Grace Jones, Henry Rollins to Star in Silent Movie Gutterdämmerung |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/60406-iggy-pop-grace-jones-henry-rollins-to-star-in-silent-movie-gutterdammerung |work=Pitchfork|date=July 15, 2015 }}</ref>
Pop also featured in the [[Rammstein]] documentary ''[[Rammstein in Amerika]]'' that same year.

In 2016, Pop was featured as a main subject in the documentary ''[[Danny Says (film)|Danny Says]]'' starring alongside [[Danny Fields]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[Judy Collins]], [[Wayne Kramer]], [[Jac Holzman]] and more.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/magnolia-pictures-nabs-danny-fields-854984 |title=Magnolia Pictures Nabs Danny Fields Documentary |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=January 12, 2016 |access-date=April 6, 2016}}</ref> In the same year, Pop starred in Toby Tobias' thriller ''[[Blood Orange (2016 film)|Blood Orange]]'' in which he plays an aging rock star.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/iggy-pop-blood-orange-film-899510 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |title='Blood Orange': Film Review |date=June 3, 2016 |access-date=August 20, 2017}}</ref> Also during 2016, [[Jim Jarmusch]] directed ''[[Gimme Danger]]'', a documentary movie about the band.<ref name="VarCannes">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-film-festival-official-selection-lineup-2016-1201753269/ |title=Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup |access-date=April 15, 2016 |work=Variety|date=April 14, 2016 }}</ref>

Also in 2016, he participated, with [[Michel Houellebecq]] and others, in Erik Lieshout's documentary ''[[To Stay Alive: A Method]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Earp|first=Joseph|title=Iggy Pop meets his match with Michel Houellebecq in To Stay Alive – A Method|url=https://thebrag.com/iggy-pop-meets-his-match-with-michel-houellebecq-in-to-stay-alive-a-method/|publisher=Thebrag.com|date=May 28, 2017|access-date=March 22, 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, Pop appeared in ''[[Song to Song]]'' directed by [[Terrence Malick]], opposite [[Michael Fassbender]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71725-lykke-patti-iggy-and-more-every-musician-in-terrence-malicks-song-to-song/|title=Lykke, Patti, Iggy, and More: Every Musician in Terrence Malick's Song to Song|website=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]|first=Amy|last=Phillips|date=March 7, 2017|access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theplaylist.net/michael-fassbender-plays-lucifer-like-character-terrence-malicks-weightless-shares-scenes-iggy-pop-john-lydon-20161229/|title=Michael Fassbender Plays A "Lucifer"-Like Character in Terrence Malick's 'Weightless,' Shares Scenes With Iggy Pop & John Lydon|website=[[The Playlist]]|first=Kevin|last=Jagernauth|date=December 29, 2016|access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>

In early 2019, Pop executive produced a four-part documentary series entitled ''PUNK'' for [[Epix]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Carrier|first=Shannon|title='Kids Did Everything. It Was Beautiful': Inside Iggy Pop's New Punk Documentary|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/kids-did-everything-it-was-beautiful-inside-iggy-pops-new-punk-documentary|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=March 22, 2019|access-date=March 22, 2019}}</ref>

Pop also appears as a zombie in the 2019 [[Jim Jarmusch]] film ''[[The Dead Don't Die (2019 film)|The Dead Don't Die]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Lane|first1=Anthony|author-link=Anthony Lane|title=''The Dead Don't Die'' Does the Zombie Genre to Death|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/24/the-dead-dont-die-does-the-zombie-genre-to-death|magazine=The New Yorker|date=June 12, 2019|access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref>

In 2021 Pop appeared with Nico Rosberg – 2016 Formula One champion – in a video advert for the German State Railways' (Deutsche Bahn) high-speed train services. The backing music was Pop's song "The Passenger". Pop also participated in the [[Detroit City FC]] public investment fund, contributing $1,000 to the club.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wefunder.com/dcfc | title=Detroit City Football Club: Be an owner of Detroit's professional soccer team! }}</ref>

Pop's music has also appeared in the soundtracks to the films ''[[Dogs in Space]]'' and ''[[He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (film)|He Died with a Felafel in his Hand]]''.

===Filmography===

==Biopic {{Anchor|Future biopic}}<!-- Courtesy note per WP:RSECT, The Passenger (2007 film) and others link here -->==
''The Passenger'' was the putative name for a biographical film about Pop's early career with the Stooges. The film was to be directed by [[Nick Gomez (director)|Nick Gomez]] and [[Elijah Wood]] was to play Pop.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20435 |title=Elijah Wood to Play Iggy Pop – |publisher=Comingsoon.net |date=May 16, 2007 |access-date=September 30, 2011 |archive-date=January 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121184535/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20435 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/asia/wood-to-star-as-iggy-pop-1117965043/ |work=Variety |title=Wood to star as Iggy Pop |first=Patrick |last=Frater |date=May 16, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/entertainment/993/backtalk-with-elijah-wood.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206012356/http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/entertainment/993/backtalk-with-elijah-wood.html|url-status=dead|title=Sound and Vision Magazine – BackTalk: Elijah Wood|archive-date=December 6, 2008}}</ref>

Pop liked the script but refused to take part in the film. He said:

{{blockquote|The script ain't chopped liver ... It was a work of art. But subjectively, I don't want to be involved in any way. A producer and the writer sent me a very decent letter and asked me to write back if I didn't want them to do it ... I don't feel negative about it at all.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Iggy Pop Refuses To Take Part in Biopic|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/iggy-pop/news/iggy-pop-refuses-to-take-part-in-biopic|magazine=[[Contactmusic.com]]|date=January 11, 2006|access-date=March 22, 2019}}</ref>}}

He also called Wood "a very poised and talented actor".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?ContentID=12309 |title=GIGWISE, Elijah Wood To Play Iggy Pop in Movie Biopic |work=Gigwise.com |access-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref>

The project appears to have been shelved.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Thiessen|first=Brooke|title=Iggy Pop Nixes Biopic|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/iggy_pop_nixes_biopic|magazine=[[Exclaim!]]|date=March 31, 2009|access-date=March 22, 2019}}</ref>

==Classical scholarship==
In 1995, a newly founded journal of classical scholarship, ''Classics Ireland'', published Pop's reflections on the applicability of [[Edward Gibbon]]'s ''[[The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire]]'' to the modern world in a short article, "Caesar Lives" (Vol. 2, 1995).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucd.ie/cai/classics-ireland/1995/Pop95.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912062503/http://www.ucd.ie/cai/classics-ireland/1995/Pop95.html|archive-date=September 12, 2016|title=Classics Ireland |publisher=Ucd.ie}}</ref> Pop also relates how reading Gibbon while on tour in the Southern United States inspired him to a spontaneous [[soliloquy]] he called "Caesar", which was included on his 1993 album ''American Caesar.''

== Personal life ==
Pop lives near Miami, Florida.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2010/04/happy_62nd_birthday_iggy_pop.php |title= Happy 62nd Birthday, Iggy Pop!|work= Miami New Times |access-date=January 24, 2012}}</ref> He has been married three times: to Wendy Weissberg for several weeks in 1968 before divorcing her in [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]], on November 25, 1969;<ref>{{cite web |title=Iggy Pop was a punk before punk was invented but now the master |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/iggy-pop-was-a-punk-before-punk-was-invented-but-now-the-master-revivalist-is-set-to-take-a-regular-9161251.html |website=The Independent |date=February 28, 2014 |access-date=October 25, 2018}}</ref> to Suchi Asano (from 1984 until their divorce in 1999);<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gothamist.com/2011/12/13/photo_iggy_pop_in_1980s_greenwich_v.php |title=Iggy Pop in 1980s Greenwich Village |publisher=gothamist |access-date=March 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126012410/http://gothamist.com/2011/12/13/photo_iggy_pop_in_1980s_greenwich_v.php |archive-date=November 26, 2013 }}</ref> and to his longtime partner Nina Alu, whom he married in 2008. He has a son, Eric Benson, born in 1970 from a relationship with Paulette Benson.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/lust-life-and-the-whole-crazy-thing/story-e6frg8n6-1111113233877?nk=af8ee32659c8a858817370762c69df63-1469184910 "Lust, life and the whole crazy thing"]. The Australian. March 31, 2007.</ref>

At age 23, Pop allegedly had a relationship with 13-year-old [[Sable Starr]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/07/28/rock-music-underage-girls/|title=Underage girls unabashedly treated as objects of desire in rock lyrics|website=Toronto.citynews.ca|date=July 28, 2018 |access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-talking-about-bowies-sexual-misconduct-matters_b_9009230|title=The Danger in Treating Celebrities Like Gods|first=Angelina|last=Chapin|date=January 18, 2016|website=HuffPost|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebigsmoke.com.au/2019/02/17/ryan-adams-allegedly-courting-a-minor-is-as-old-as-hollywood-itself/|title=Ryan Adams allegedly courting a minor is as old as Hollywood itself|website=Thebigsmoke.com.au|date=February 17, 2019|access-date=June 19, 2021|archive-date=August 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807101852/https://www.thebigsmoke.com.au/2019/02/17/ryan-adams-allegedly-courting-a-minor-is-as-old-as-hollywood-itself/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since the emergence of the [[MeToo movement]], he has faced criticism for this. ''[[Look Away (2021 film)|Look Away]]'', a documentary about sexual abuse in the rock music industry, is named after an Iggy Pop song about Starr.<ref name=mangan>{{cite news |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/13/look-away-review-horrifying-stories-of-abuse-at-the-hands-of-male-rock-stars |title=Look Away review – horrifying stories of abuse at the hands of male rock stars |work= The Guardian |date=September 13, 2021 |access-date=September 13, 2021}}</ref>

Pop was diagnosed with [[scoliosis]], with one leg being one and a half inches shorter than the other.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/05/iggy-pop-and-josh-homme-talk-about-their-post-pop-depression-album|title=Josh Homme on Iggy Pop: 'Lemmy is gone. Bowie is gone. He's the last of the one-and-onlys'
|work=The Guardian|access-date=September 20, 2020|author=Perry, Kevin EG|date=March 5, 2016}}</ref>

In the 1990s, Pop became friends with [[Johnny Depp]], [[Jim Jarmusch]], and tattoo artist [[Jonathan Shaw (tattoo artist)|Jonathan Shaw]]. Shaw said the four wore matching rings depicting a skull, and all but Pop received a similar skull-and-crossbones tattoo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deppimpact.com/bodyart.php |title=Johnny Depp's Body Art |publisher=Deppimpact.com |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415034431/http://www.deppimpact.com/bodyart.php |archive-date=April 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Legacy ==
'''Admirers'''
* Music journalist [[Lester Bangs]] was one of the first writers to champion the Stooges in a national publication. His piece "Of Pop and Pies and Fun" for ''[[Creem]] Magazine'' was published about the time of the Stooges' second album ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]''. Another music journalist, [[Legs McNeil]], was especially fond of Iggy and the Stooges and championed them in many of his writings.
* [[Kurt Cobain]] consistently listed ''[[Raw Power]]'' as his No.&nbsp;1 favorite album of all time in the "Favorite Albums" lists that featured in his ''[[Journals (Cobain)|Journals]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kurt Cobain's 50 favorite albums|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/kurt-cobains-50/|publisher=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]|date=November 15, 2012|access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>
* In August 1995, all three Stooges albums were included in British music magazine ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'s'' influential "100 Greatest Albums of All Time" feature. ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]'' was placed the highest, at 16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Mojo%27s+100+Greatest+Albums+of+All+Time|title=Mojo's 100 Greatest Albums of All Time &#124; Book awards &#124; LibraryThing|website=Librarything.com}}</ref>
* Australian band [[Radio Birdman]] took their name, although incorrectly, from the lyrics of the Stooges song "1970".<ref>{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Bryan|title=Lost in the Aussie Funhouse: "Descent Into the Maelstrom: The Radio Birdman Story"|url=http://nightflight.com/lost-in-the-aussie-funhouse-descent-into-the-maelstrom-the-radio-birdman-story/|publisher=[[Night Flight (TV series)|Night Flight]]|date=November 12, 2018|access-date=April 4, 2019|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404152145/http://nightflight.com/lost-in-the-aussie-funhouse-descent-into-the-maelstrom-the-radio-birdman-story/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the Stooges No.&nbsp;78 on their list of 100 of the most influential artists of the past 50 years.<ref>{{cite web| title = The Immortals: The First Fifty|work=Rolling Stone Issue 946| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316103016/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/| url-status=dead| archive-date=March 16, 2006}}</ref>
* [[Layne Staley]] said that he was a big fan of both The Stooges and Iggy Pop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Emt_WlEqlfU&feature=youtu.be|title=Alice In Chains - 10-28-93 Layne Staley Guest Programming Rage|website=YouTube.com|date=February 19, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] included their self-titled debut amongst his favorite studio albums.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slashparadise.com/background/influences-slash.php|title=Slash's Influences &#124; Favorite bands, albums and songs|website=Slashparadise.com}}</ref>
* [[Peter Hook]] included their live album Metallic K.O. amongst his favorite albums.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Hook : my top 10 favourite albums|url=https://louderthanwar.com/peter-hook-my-top-10-favourite-albums/|publisher=[[Louder Than War]]|date=October 26, 2012|access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>
* In 2023, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Pop at number 176 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 1, 2023|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/iggy-pop-10-1234642408/|access-date=February 16, 2023}}</ref>

'''Portrayals'''
* In the film ''[[Velvet Goldmine]]'', [[Ewan McGregor]] portrays Curt Wilde, a character loosely based on Pop.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mackie |first1=Rob |title=Velvet Goldmine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian/0,,44299,00.html |website=Guardian U.K.}}</ref> McGregor performs the Stooges songs "TV Eye" and "Gimme Danger" in the film.
* In the ''[[Super Mario]]'' video game series, the character [[Koopalings|Iggy Koopa]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/16520/features/10-amazing-mario-facts/ |title=Nintendo Feature: 10 Amazing Mario Facts |magazine=Official Nintendo Magazine |date=April 30, 2010 |access-date=August 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603174405/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/16520/features/10-amazing-mario-facts/ |archive-date=June 3, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* [[James O'Barr]] fashioned the character Funboy in ''[[The Crow]]'' after Pop.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baiss |first1=Bridget |title=The Crow: The Story Behind the Film |date=2012 |publisher=Titan Books |isbn=978-1-78116-184-5}}</ref>
*In the 2013 film ''[[CBGB (film)|CBGB]]'', Pop was played by [[Taylor Hawkins]].
*Iggy played himself as a puppet in the short film ''Squirrel Mountain 'Iggy to the Rescue'', that also featured him performing the song "Frozen Peas", along with his touring guitarist Kevin Armstrong.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/rock-legend-iggy-pop-stars-in-st-leonards-childrens-series-3000578|title=Rock legend Iggy Pop stars in St Leonard's children's series|work=Biggleswade Chronicle|date=October 12, 2020 }}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Iggy Pop discography|The Stooges discography}}
*''[[The Idiot (album)|The Idiot]]'' (1977)
*''[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album)|Lust for Life]]'' (1977)
*''[[Kill City]]'' (with James Williamson) (1977)
*''[[New Values]]'' (1979)
*''[[Soldier (album)|Soldier]]'' (1980)
*''[[Party (Iggy Pop album)|Party]]'' (1981)
*''[[Zombie Birdhouse]]'' (1982)
*''[[Blah-Blah-Blah (Iggy Pop album)|Blah-Blah-Blah]]'' (1986)
*''[[Instinct (Iggy Pop album)|Instinct]]'' (1988)
*''[[Brick by Brick]]'' (1990)
*''[[American Caesar (album)|American Caesar]]'' (1993)
*''[[Naughty Little Doggie]]'' (1996)
*''[[Avenue B (album)|Avenue B]]'' (1999)
*''[[Beat 'Em Up]]'' (2001)
*''[[Skull Ring]]'' (2003)
*''[[Préliminaires]]'' (2009)
*''[[Après]]'' (2012)
*''[[Post Pop Depression]]'' (2016)
*''[[Free (Iggy Pop album)|Free]]'' (2019)
*''[[Every Loser]]'' (2023)

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result !! Ref.
|-
| rowspan=5|1977
| rowspan=6|[[Creem]] Magazine Awards
| ''[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album)|Lust for Life]]''
| Top Album – No. 24
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| ''[[Raw Power]]''
| Best Reissue – No. 5
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan=4|Himself
| Best New Wave Group/Performer – No. 3
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| Punk of the Year – No. 2
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| Comeback of the Year – No. 1
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1980
| Punk of the Year – No. 1
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 1987
| rowspan=3|[[Pollstar]] Concert Industry Awards
| rowspan=3|''Tour''
| Small Hall Tour of the Year
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1986.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308064612/http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1986.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2017|title=Pollstar Awards Archive – 1986|date=March 8, 2017|access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
| Club Tour of the Year
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1987.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308065031/http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1987.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2017|title=Pollstar Awards Archive – 1987|date=March 8, 2017|access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|1989
| Small Hall Tour of the Year
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1988.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308064644/http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1988.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2017|title=Pollstar Awards Archive – 1988|date=March 8, 2017|access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[1989 Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| "Cold Metal"
| [[Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 1992
| [[12th Golden Raspberry Awards|Razzie Awards]]
| "Why Was I Born (Freddy's Dead)"
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1997
| [[1997 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]]
| "[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop song)|Lust for Life]]"
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film|Best Video from a Film]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Firecracker Alternative Book Award]]
| ''I Need More''
| Music
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.readersread.com/awards/firecracker.htm|title=Firecracker Alternative Book Awards|work=ReadersRead.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304133738/http://www.readersread.com/awards/firecracker.htm|archive-date=March 4, 2009}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| [[Kerrang! Awards]]
| Himself
| Hall of Fame
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Manson wins Kerrang! honour|publisher=[[BBC]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1513974.stm|date=August 28, 2001|access-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| [[Design and Art Direction|D&AD Awards]]
| "[[Kick It (Peaches song)|Kick It]]" (with [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]])
| Direction
| {{won|place=Bronze|Wood Pencil}}
|-
|2009
| [[Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards]]
|Himself
| Living Legend
| {{won}}
|-
| 2010
| [[Design and Art Direction|D&AD Awards]]
| ''Together Incredible'' (with [[Orcon Internet Limited|Orcon]])
| Integrated
| {{won|place=Bronze|Wood Pencil}}
|-
| 2014
| [[GQ]] Men of the Year Awards
| Himself
| Icon Award
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=4|2016
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
| ''[[Gimme Danger]]''
| Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=4|[[Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards]]
| "[[Gardenia (Iggy Pop song)|Gardenia]]"
| Song of the Year
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/song-of-the-year-2016-ultimate-classic-rock-awards/ |title=Song of the Year: 2016 Ultimate Classic Rock Awards |last=DiRiso |first=Nick |website=Ultimateclassicrock.com |date=November 7, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Post Pop Depression]]''
| Album of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|''Post Pop Depression: Live at the Royal Albert Hall''
| rowspan=2|Best New Live Album or Video
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=6|2017
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/2017-best-new-live-album-video/ |title=What Was 2017's Best New Live Album / Video? UCR Fan Choice Awards |work=Ultimateclassicrock.com |last=Lifton |first=Dave |date=December 9, 2017 |access-date=July 29, 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| [[59th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| ''[[Post Pop Depression]]''
| [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music Album]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/files/59thpresslist12072016.pdf |title=Final Nominations List |work=The Grammys |access-date=December 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220072743/https://www.grammy.com/files/59thpresslist12072016.pdf |archive-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[74th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| "Gold" (with [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]])
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7617703/2017-golden-globe-awards-list-of-nominees |title=2017 Golden Globe Awards – List of Nominees |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=December 12, 2016 |access-date=August 20, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| A2IM Libera Awards
| rowspan=2|Himself
| Best Live Act
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[New Music Awards]]
| College Artist of the Year
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://newmusicweekly.com/new-music-weekly-magazine-announces-2017-new-music-awards-winners/|title=NMW Magazine Announces 2017 NMA Winners|last=newmusicweekly|date=March 7, 2017|website=New Music Weekly|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Q Awards]]
| "American Valhalla" (with [[Josh Homme]])
| rowspan=2|Best Video
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2018
| "Bells & Circles" (with [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]])
| {{won}}
|-
| 2019
| Sweden GAFFA Awards
| ''[[Teatime Dub Encounters]]'' (with [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]])
| Best International Album
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2019
| [[GQ]] Men of the Year Awards
| Himself
| Lifetime Achievement Award 
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=5|2020
| Grammy Awards
| rowspan=2|Himself
| [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Gaffa (magazine)|Denmark GAFFA Awards]]
| Best Foreign Solo Act 
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gaffa.dk/prisen/afstemningen|title=GAFFA-PRISEN '20|website=gaffa.dk|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111084625/https://gaffa.dk/prisen/afstemningen|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Free (Iggy Pop album)|Free]]''
| Best Foreign Album 
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Hungarian Music Awards]]
| International Alternative Music Album of the Year
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fonogram.hu/jeloltek|title=Jelöltek|website=www.fonogram.hu|access-date=April 27, 2020|archive-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309185107/http://www.fonogram.hu/jeloltek|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[NME Awards]]
| Himself
| Best Live Act
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/awards/winners|title=NME Awards 2020: Winners|publisher=NME|access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref>
|}

==Honors==
In 2017, shortly after his 70th birthday, Pop was made a Commander of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] by the French [[Consul general]] in Miami on behalf of the French government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2017/04/26/03004-20170426ARTFIG00304-iggy-pop-devient-commandeur-de-l-ordre-de-l-art-et-des-lettres-de-france.php |title=Iggy Pop devient commandeur de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres |work=[[Le Figaro]] |date=April 26, 2017 |language=fr |access-date=August 20, 2017}}</ref>

A photo of Pop on stage with fans at the Sydney Opera House in 2019 taken by Antoine Veling won the Culture Category of the [[Sony World Photography Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-52298900|title=In pictures: Sony World Photography Awards|date=April 15, 2020|work=BBC News|access-date=April 16, 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCOfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA191|title=The Films of Johnny Depp|first=William B.|last=Parrill|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location=New York City|year=2009|isbn=978-0786440221|page=191}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yfw_Ij5T6gwC&pg=PA286|title=Johnny Depp Starts Here|first=Murray|last=Pomerance|author-link=Murray Pomerance|publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]]|location=[[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]|year=2005|isbn=978-0813535654|page=286}}
* {{cite book |last=Trynka |first=Paul |date=2007 |title=Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed |location=London |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-1-84744-019-8}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last1=Logan |first1=Nick |last2=Woffinden |first2=Bob |date=1977 |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=Harmony Books |isbn=0-517-52852-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00loga|ref=none}}
* {{cite book |last=Pop|first=Iggy|date=2019|title=Til' Wrong Feels Right: Lyrics and More|publisher=Viking|isbn=978-0-241-39987-3|ref=none}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03yblbx ''Iggy Pop''] (BBC Radio 6 Music)
*{{IMDb name|0006563}}

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