Dead Man Walking (song) 4336785 190918940 2008-02-12T16:08:24Z Captain Infinity 2521099 /* Other releases */ Added Bowie template {{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''. {{David bowie}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dead Man Walking (song)}} [[Category:1997 songs]] [[Category:David Bowie songs]] [[Category:1997 singles]] [[Category:Music videos directed by Floria Sigismondi]]