"Seven Years in Tibet" | ||||
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Single by David Bowie | ||||
from the album Earthling | ||||
Released | 18 August 1997 | |||
Studio | Looking Glass, New York City | |||
Genre | Industrial rock | |||
Length | 4:01 (single edit/Fleeting Moment) 6:21 (album version) | |||
Label | BMG/Arista | |||
Producer(s) | David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels, Mark Plati | |||
David Bowie singles chronology | ||||
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"Seven Years in Tibet" is a song written by English musician David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels from the 1997 album, Earthling. It was released as the album's fourth single. In some territories, a version of the song sung by Bowie in Mandarin Chinese was released as "A Fleeting Moment".
"Seven Years in Tibet" peaked at number 61 in the UK,[1] and was the last number one song in Hong Kong before the Chinese takeover in June of 1997.[2]