Dead Man Walking (song)
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{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Dead Man Walking
| Cover = Bowie deadmanwalking.JPG
| Artist = [[David Bowie]]
| from Album = [[Earthling (album)|Earthling]]
| Released = March 21, [[1997]]
| Format = [[Single (music)|CD single]]
| Recorded = Looking Glass Studio, New York City
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Length = 4:01
| Label = [[BMG]]/[[RCA]]<br> <small>74321 47585 2</small>
| Producer = [[David Bowie]], [[Reeves Gabrels]], [[Mark Plati]]
| Chart position = * #32 (UK)
| Last single = ''[[Little Wonder]]''<br />(1997)
| This single = '''''Dead Man Walking'''''<br />(1997)
| Next single = ''[[Seven Years in Tibet (song)|Seven Years in Tibet]]''<br />(1997)
}}
"'''Dead Man Walking'''" is song and [[single (music)|single]] by [[David Bowie]] and [[Reeves Gabrels]] from the [[1997]] album ''[[Earthling (album)|Earthling]]''.
The guitar riff used in the intro dates back to the mid-60s when [[Jimmy Page]] taught this to Bowie. Bowie later used it for his song "[[The Supermen]]" in 1972, and revived it 25 years later for "Dead Man Walking".
==The single==
===2 track CD===
# "Dead Man Walking (edit)" - 4:01
# "Dead Man Walking (Album version)" - 6:50
Released March 21, 1997 in Holland by [[BMG]].
=== Arista / 74321 47480 2 (EU) ===
# "Dead Man Walking (Moby mix)" - 7:31
# "Dead Man Walking (Album version)" - 6:50
# "I'm Deranged (Jungle mix)" - 7:00
Released March 21, 1997 in Holland by [[BMG]].
===CD: Arista / 74321 47614 2 (EU) ===
# "Dead Man Walking (Moby mix)" - 7:31
# "Dead Man Walking (House mix)" - 6:00
# "Dead Man Walking (This One's Not Dead Yet Remix)" - 6:28
# "Dead Man Walking (Vigor Mortis Remix)" - 6:29
Released March 24, 1997 in Holland by [[BMG]].
===CD: RCA / 74321 47584 2 (UK) ===
# "Dead Man Walking (Single edit)" - 4:01
# "I'm Deranged (Jungle mix)" - 7:00
# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Good Karma mix)" - 5:00
Released April 14, 1997 in UK by [[RCA]]/[[BMG]].
===CD: RCA / 74321 47585 2 (UK) ===
# "Dead Man Walking (Album version)" - 6:50
# "Dead Man Walking (Moby mix 1)" - 7:31
# "Dead Man Walking (House mix)" - 6:00
# "Dead Man Walking (This One's Not Dead Yet Remix)" - 6:28
Released April 14, 1997 in UK by [[RCA]]/[[BMG]].
===CD: Arista / 74321 47614 2 (Australia) ===
# "Dead Man Walking (Single edit)" - 4:01
# "Dead Man Walking (Moby mix 1)" - 7:31
# "Dead Man Walking (House mix)" - 6:00
# "Dead Man Walking (This One's Not Dead Yet Remix)" - 6:28
# "Dead Man Walking (Vigor Mortis Remix)" - 6:29
Released April 28, 1997 in Australia by [[BMG]].
=== Arista / BVCA-8845 (Japan) ===
# "Dead Man Walking (Single edit)" - 4:01
# "Dead Man Walking (House mix)" - 6:00
# "Dead Man Walking (This One's Not Dead Yet Remix)" - 6:28
# "I'm Deranged (Jungle mix)" - 7:00
Released May 1997 in Japan.
===UK 12" vinyl version===
# "Dead Man Walking (House mix)" - 6:00
# "Dead Man Walking (Vigor Mortis Remix)" - 6:29
# "Telling Lies (Paradox mix)
===Italian 12" vinyl version===
# "Dead Man Walking (Moby mix 1)" - 7:31
# "Dead Man Walking (House mix)" - 6:00
# "Dead Man Walking (This One's Not Dead Yet Remix)" - 6:28
# "Dead Man Walking (Vigor Mortis Remix)" - 6:29
At least 6 additional promo singles were released.
== Production Credits ==
* '''[[Record producer|Producer]]s:'''
** David Bowie
** [[Mark Plati]] (co-producer)
** [[Reeves Gabrels]] (co-producer)
* '''[[Musician]]s''':
** David Bowie: [[Singer|Vocals]], [[Guitar]], [[Saxophone]], [[Sampling (music)|Sample]]s, [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]]
** [[Reeves Gabrels]]: [[Computer programming|Programming]], [[Synthesizer]]s, [[Real]] and [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] [[guitar]]s, [[Singer|Vocals]]
** [[Mark Plati]]: [[Computer programming|Programming]], [[Music loop|Loop]]s, [[Sampling (music)|Sample]]s, [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]]
** [[Gail Ann Dorsey]]: [[Bass guitar|Bass]], [[Singer|Vocals]]
** [[Zachary Alford]]: [[Music loop|Drum loops]], Acoustic [[drum]]s, [[Percussion instrument|Electronic percussion]]
** [[Mike Garson]]: [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]], [[Piano]]
==Live versions==
* Bowie played an acoustic version of the song on the ''Late Night with [[Conan O'Brian]]'' show together with Reeves Gabrels. This was later released on the various artist album ''Live from 6A''.
* Another live version recorded at Fort Apache Studios, April 8 1997, was broadcast at WBCN. The year after this version appeared on the album ''WBCN Naked Too''.
* Bowie played a different live acoustic version of "Dead Man Walking" at a concert at Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta, Georgia on August 4, 1997, which was hosted by Atlanta alternative rock radio station [[99X]]. 99X later included it as a track on their 99X [[Live X]] IV "Home" CD.
==Other releases==
* It was featured in the movie ''[[The Saint (film)|The Saint]]'' in 1997.
* Two [[Moby]] mixes were released on the bonus disc of the 2004 ''Digibook Expanded Edition'' of ''Earthling''.
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