Blackout (David Bowie song)

"Blackout"
Song by David Bowie
from the album "Heroes"
Released14 October 1977
RecordedHansa Studio by the Wall, West Berlin
July–August 1977
GenreArt rock
Length3:50
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)David Bowie
Producer(s)David Bowie, Tony Visconti

"Blackout" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie in 1977 for the album "Heroes". Author Nicholas Pegg described the track as "typical of the darkly exhilarating sonic schizophrenia of the "Heroes" album",[1] while biographer David Buckley remarked on "a backing verging on industrial".[2] Regarding its lyrics and subject matter, Bowie himself said in 1999 that the song "did indeed refer to power cuts. I can't in all honesty say that it was the NY one [New York City blackout of 1977], though it is entirely likely that that image locked itself in my head."[3][1]

  1. ^ a b Pegg, Nicholas (2016) [2000]. The Complete David Bowie. London: Titan Books, p. 40. ISBN 978-1785653650
  2. ^ Buckley, David (2016) [1999]. Strange Fascination. David Bowie: The Definitive Story. London: Random House, p. 277. ISBN 978-0-7535-4515-7
  3. ^ "Uncut Interviews David Bowie on Berlin – The Real 'Uncut' Version". davidbowie.com. 19 May 2020. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020.