"Death Valley '69" is a song by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth and featuring Lydia Lunch.

The song was written and sung by Thurston Moore and fellow New York musician Lunch, and recorded by Martin Bisi in 1984.

[5] Byron Coley of Spin called it, "a creepy-crawl through Spahn Ranch with guest howls by the Love Kitten of the Hate Generation"[6] John Leland said the band, "massaged their guitars with drumsticks and screwdrivers.

"[7] Soundgarden included a sample of the song on the track Smokestack Lightning from the band's Ultramega OK album in 1988.

[8] The italian comedy punk band Karashow included a 1'39" version of the song in their 2009 release "Killer HH".