- This Is Not America
Infobox Single
Name = This Is Not America
Caption =
Artist =David Bowie /Pat Metheny Group
from Album = The Falcon and the Snowman
A-side =
B-side = This Is Not America (Instrumental)
Released = February1985
Format = 7" single
Recorded = Late 1984
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:43
Label =EMI
EA190
Writer =
Producer =David Bowie ,Pat Metheny
Chronology =David Bowie
Last single = "Tonight"
(1984)
This single = "This Is Not America"
(1985)
Next single = "Loving the Alien "
(1985)
Misc ="This Is Not America" is a song from the soundtrack to the film "
The Falcon and the Snowman ", and is a result of a collaboration between rock singerDavid Bowie and thejazz fusion Pat Metheny Group .Pat Metheny recorded the rest of the soundtrack album, while Bowie collaborated on the main theme, providing lyrics and vocals.The single reached #14 in the UK, and #32 in America. It was performed live by Bowie on his 2000 world tour.
Track listing
7": EMI America / EA 190 (UK)
# "This Is Not America" (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:43
# "This Is Not America [Instrumental] " (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:43Production credits
* Producers:
**David Bowie
**Pat Metheny *
Musician s:
**David Bowie : Vocals
**Pat Metheny :Guitar
**Lyle Mays :Keyboards
**Steve Rodby : Bass
**Nana Vasconcelos :Percussion
**Paul Wertico :Drum sLive versions
* A version recorded at BBC Radio Theatre, London, June 27, 2000, was released on the bonus disc following the first release of "
Bowie at the Beeb ".
* Pat Metheny Group recorded it live in the DVD We Live HereOther releases
* It was released on the single "
I Can't Read " in December 1997.
* It also appeared on the compilation "The Singles Collection" in 1993.
* The Virgin Records release of the "Tonight" album in 1995 featured this song as a bonus track.
* An instrumental version of "This Is Not America" performed by the "Ahn Trio " (cello, piano and violin) featured on the 2001 album "Classical Chillout".
* Appears on the compilation "Best of Bowie."Cover versions
*
Lana Lane withRocket Scientists - "Echoes from the Garden" (1998)
*Xavier Naidoo - "Nicht von dieser Welt" (1997)
* Yellow Prophet - "Ashes to Ashes: A Tribute to David Bowie" (1998)
* Italian singer-songwriter Alice - "Personal Jukebox" (2000)
*Silje Nergaard - "Nightwatch" (2003)
*Protection - "Protection EP" (2005)
* Microsillon featuring Eugenie Alquezar - "BowieMania: Mania, une collection obsessionelle de Beatrice Ardisson" (2007)
*Liberation Music Orchestra - "Not in Our Name" (2005)Chart positions
References
* Pegg, Nicholas, "The Complete David Bowie", Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5
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