"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" | ||||
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Single by David Bowie | ||||
from the album The Next Day | ||||
B-side | "Where Are We Now?" | |||
Released | 25 February 2013 | |||
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Genre | Art rock, alternative rock[2] | |||
Length | 3:57 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | David Bowie | |||
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David Bowie singles chronology | ||||
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"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" on YouTube |
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" is a song by English musician David Bowie; it serves as the second single from his twenty-fourth studio album The Next Day. The song's official music video was released on 25 February 2013 and the song itself was released for digital download the following day.[3][4] In the UK it joined BBC Radio 2's Playlist in the B list in March 2013, "The Next Day" was also the album of the week beginning 11 March, the week in which it was released. The song was released with "Where Are We Now?" – the album's first single – on a limited edition 7" 45 vinyl record on 20 April 2013 in celebration of Record Store Day.[5] In December 2013 the song was nominated for a 2014 Grammy Award in the category 'Best Rock Performance'.
The single's artwork is an image of painter Egon Schiele, created by Al Farrow in 1990.[6]