| "Soul Love" | |
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| Song by David Bowie | |
| from the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | |
| Released | 16 June 1972 |
| Recorded | 12 November 1971 |
| Studio | Trident, London |
| Length | 3:33 |
| Label | RCA |
| Songwriter(s) | David Bowie |
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"Soul Love" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie from his 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Co-produced by Bowie and Ken Scott, it features Bowie's backing band known as the Spiders from Mars – Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey. It was recorded on 12 November 1971 at Trident Studios in London and features a saxophone solo from Bowie and a guitar solo from Ronson. Lyrically, the song is about numerous characters dealing with love before the impending disaster that will destroy Earth as described in the album's opening track "Five Years". Like most tracks on the album, the song was rewritten to fit the Ziggy Stardust narrative.
The song has received positive reviews from music critics, with many praising Ronson's guitar work and Bowie's saxophone solo. Bowie rarely performed the song live, only on occasion during the Ziggy Stardust and the Serious Moonlight tours, but was a regular on the Isolar II Tour. The song, along with its parent album, was remastered in 2012 for its 40th anniversary and was re-released on the Five Years (1969–1973) box set in 2015.