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This Is Not America
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| "This Is Not America" | ||
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| Single by David Bowie/Pat Metheny Group | ||
| from the album The Falcon and the Snowman | ||
| B-side(s) | This Is Not America (Instrumental) | |
| Released | February 1985 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | Late 1984 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:43 | |
| Label | EMI EA190 |
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| Producer(s) | David Bowie, Pat Metheny | |
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| David Bowie/Pat Metheny Group singles chronology | ||
| "Tonight" 1984 |
"This Is Not America" 1985 |
"Loving the Alien" 1985 |
"This Is Not America" is song from the soundtrack to the film The Falcon and the Snowman , and is a result of a collaboration between rock singer David Bowie and the jazz 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.
Contents |
- "This Is Not America" (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:43
- "This Is Not America [Instrumental]" (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:43
- 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 Here
- 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.
- Lana Lane with Rocket Scientists - Echoes from the Garden (1998)
- Xavier Naidoo - Nicht von dieser Welt (1997)
- Yellow Prophet - Ashes to Ashes: A Tribute to David Bowie (1998)
- Silje Nergaard - Nightwatch (2003)
- Protection - Protection EP (2005)
Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5