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| Single by David Bowie | ||||
| from the album Earthling | ||||
| Released | 14 April 1997 | |||
| Recorded | Looking Glass Studio, New York City | |||
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| Length | 6:50 (album version) 4:01 (single edit) | |||
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"Dead Man Walking" is a song by English musician David Bowie, released as the third single from his 21st studio album, Earthling (1997). Written by Bowie and Reeves Gabrels, it was a top 40 hit in the UK, peaking at number 32. Bowie described "Dead Man Walking" as his homage "to rock and roll that is still young while we are all growing old".[1] As such, the lyrics reflect his thoughts on aging at this point in his career.[2]
The music is, in author James E. Perone's words, "largely conventional dance", featuring atonal piano, sequenced keyboards and electric guitar and containing elements of Latin dance music and jazz;[3] Biographer Nicholas Pegg describes the song as "modern rock".[2]
- ^ O'Leary 2019, chap. 10.
- ^ a b Pegg 2016, pp. 73–74.
- ^ Perone 2007, pp. 118–123.