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"The Jean Genie" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was originally released in November 1972 as the lead single to his 1973 album Aladdin Sane.Co-produced by Ken Scott, Bowie recorded it with his backing band the Spiders from Mars − comprising Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey.
RCA issued "The Jean Genie" as the lead single on 24 November 1972. [62] [63] In its advertising, the label said it was "the first single to come from Bowie's triumphant American tour". [62] The song charted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, [64] making it Bowie's biggest hit to date.
Two of the tracks, "Ziggy Stardust" and "Suffragette City", had never been released as singles when Changesonebowie was issued, though the former had been the B-side of "The Jean Genie" in November 1972 and the latter would be released as an A-side in July 1976 to help promote the compilation.
The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 is a compilation album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released by EMI in 1997. The US release of the album was pulled from the stores because of multiple inaccuracies in the credits and liner notes.
Bowie's 1975 song "Fame" features contributions from former Beatle John Lennon. [70] On top of covering Lennon's songs over his career, [71] Bowie performed a one-off live cover of "Imagine" on the final date of the 1983 Serious Moonlight Tour to mark the third anniversary of Lennon's death. The performance was uploaded to YouTube in 2016. [72]
"Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?)" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, the title track from his 1973 album Aladdin Sane. Described by biographer David Buckley as the album's "pivotal" song, it saw Bowie moving into more experimental musical styles following the success of his breakthrough glam rock release The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972.
Its Muddy Waters-inspired blues riff is markedly similar to that featured on fellow RCA act David Bowie's "The Jean Genie", released shortly before, but all parties maintained this was a coincidence. [9]
Russel said of using "Dirty Work" that "I love reclaiming things that aren't considered cool" and that when the song kicks in, it is "so specific and affecting". [6] However, "Dirty Work" was not included on the soundtrack album; the song's writers, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen , were approached about putting it on the album but refused to ...