Seven Years in Tibet (song)

"Seven Years in Tibet"
Single by David Bowie
from the album Earthling
Released18 August 1997 (1997-08-18)
StudioLooking Glass, New York City
GenreIndustrial rock
Length4:01 (single edit/Fleeting Moment)
6:21 (album version)
LabelBMG/Arista
Producer(s)David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels, Mark Plati
David Bowie singles chronology
"Dead Man Walking"
(1997)
"Seven Years in Tibet"
(1997)
"Pallas Athena"
(1997)

"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]

  1. ^ "OFFICIAL SINGLES CHART RESULTS MATCHING: SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ Pegg 2016, pp. 239–239.