Dead Man Walking (song) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

"Dead Man Walking" is a song written by David Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

and Reeves Gabrels

Reeves Gabrels

Reeves Gabrels is an American guitarist, known for virtuosity, versatility, and originality. His compositions and improvisations defy genre and "explore sonic extremes with a great, adaptive intuition for what each song needs most."...

and released as single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

from the 1997 album Earthling
Earthling (album)
Earthling is an album by David Bowie released in February 1997 via BMG. The album showcases an electronica-influenced sound partly inspired by the Industrial and drum and bass culture of the 1990s.-Album background and development:...

. It was a number 32 hit in the UK.

The guitar riff used in the intro dates back to the mid-60s when Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...

taught this to Bowie. Bowie later used it for his song "The Supermen

The Supermen

"The Supermen" is a song written by David Bowie in 1970 and released as the closing track on the album The Man Who Sold the World. It was one of a number of pieces on the album inspired by the works of literary figures such as Friedrich Nietzsche and H. P...

" in 1970, and revived it 25 years later for "Dead Man Walking".

2 track CD

"Dead Man Walking (edit)" - 4:01
"Dead Man Walking (Album version)" - 6:50

Released 21 March 1997 in Holland by BMG

BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

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 21 March 1997 in Holland by BMG

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 24 March 1997 in Holland by BMG

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 14 April 1997 in UK by RCA

RCA

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/BMG

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 14 April 1997 in UK by RCA

RCA

/BMG

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 28 April 1997 in Australia by BMG

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

Producer
Record producer
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s:
- David Bowie
- Mark Plati
  Mark Plati
  Mark Plati is a New York-based musician, record producer, and songwriter, widely acclaimed for his work in the 1990s with David Bowie. An in-demand producer, Plati also has worked with Spookey Ruben, The Cure, Duncan Sheik, Hooverphonic, Robbie Williams, Joe McIntyre, and Natalie Imbruglia...
  
  (co-producer)
- Reeves Gabrels
  Reeves Gabrels
  Reeves Gabrels is an American guitarist, known for virtuosity, versatility, and originality. His compositions and improvisations defy genre and "explore sonic extremes with a great, adaptive intuition for what each song needs most."...
  
  (co-producer)

Musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

s:
- David Bowie: Vocals, Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , Saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  , Sample
  Sampling (music)
  In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
  
  s, Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Reeves Gabrels
  Reeves Gabrels
  Reeves Gabrels is an American guitarist, known for virtuosity, versatility, and originality. His compositions and improvisations defy genre and "explore sonic extremes with a great, adaptive intuition for what each song needs most."...
  
  : Programming
  Computer programming
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  , Synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  s, Real and sampled
  Sampling (music)
  In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
  
  guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s, Vocals
- Mark Plati
  Mark Plati
  Mark Plati is a New York-based musician, record producer, and songwriter, widely acclaimed for his work in the 1990s with David Bowie. An in-demand producer, Plati also has worked with Spookey Ruben, The Cure, Duncan Sheik, Hooverphonic, Robbie Williams, Joe McIntyre, and Natalie Imbruglia...
  
  : Programming
  Computer programming
  Computer programming is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in one or more programming languages. The purpose of programming is to create a program that performs specific operations or exhibits a...
  
  , Loop
  Music loop
  In electroacoustic music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections of material can be repeated to create ostinato patterns...
  
  s, Sample
  Sampling (music)
  In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
  
  s, Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Gail Ann Dorsey
  Gail Ann Dorsey
  Gail Ann Dorsey is an American musician considered one of the premier bass guitarists and vocalists within the alternative rock scene. With a distinguished career as a session musician, it has been most notably her long association performing in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to the present day,...
  
  : Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , Vocals
- Zachary Alford: Drum loops
  Music loop
  In electroacoustic music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections of material can be repeated to create ostinato patterns...
  
  , Acoustic drum
  Drum
  The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
  
  s, Electronic percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
- Mike Garson
  Mike Garson
  Mike Garson is an American pianist, most notable for his work with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Billy Corgan, Free Flight, and The Smashing Pumpkins.- Early career :...
  
  : Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , Piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

Live versions

Bowie played an acoustic version of the song on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am...

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, 8 April 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 4 August 1997, which was hosted by Atlanta alternative rock radio station 99X
WNNX (99X)
W255CJ FM 98.9 is a radio station in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, airing a modern rock radio format branded as 99X, which originally began on full-power station WNNX FM 99.7 in 1992. Its city of license was previously Tallapoosa , which is now far beyond its current broadcast range, nearly in Alabama...

. 99X later included it as a track on their 99X Live X
Live X
Live X refers to concerts hosted by the Atlanta, Georgia-based radio station 99X, generally performed in an unplugged, acoustic style. Each year, a CD was released by 99X containing select tracks from many Live X concerts that occurred in the past year. All proceeds from the sales benefit the I Am...

IV "Home" CD.

Other releases

It was featured in the movie The Saint
The Saint (film)
The Saint is a 1997 film based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in 1928 for a series of books published as "The Saint." The film stars Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija...

in 1997.
Two Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...

mixes were released on the bonus disc of the 2004 Digibook Expanded Edition of Earthling.

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