You've Got a Habit of Leaving

"You've Got a Habit of Leaving"
Reissue compilation sleeve
Single by Davy Jones
B-side	"Baby Loves That Way"
Released	20 August 1965 (1965-08-20)
Recorded	July 1965
Studio	IBC, London
Genre	Rock freakbeat[1]
Length	2:35
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Davy Jones (David Bowie)
Producer(s)	Shel Talmy
David Bowie singles chronology
"I Pity the Fool" (1964) "You've Got a Habit of Leaving" (1965) "Can't Help Thinking About Me" (1966)

"You've Got a Habit of Leaving" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, recorded and released as a single on 20 August 1965 through Parlophone. Released under the name Davy Jones, it featured his band at the time, the Lower Third, whose contributions were uncredited. Produced by Shel Talmy and recorded in early July 1965, the single marked a departure from the Americanised R&B of his two earlier singles into Who-style mod music.^[2] The original recording later appeared on the compilation albums Early On (1964–1966) (1991) and Nothing Has Changed (2014).

Over thirty years after its initial release, Bowie re-recorded the song during the sessions for Toy in mid-2000, along with other tracks he wrote and recorded during the mid-1960s. After the project was shelved, the remake saw release as a B-side in 2002 and 2003 and before it was officially released in 2021 as part of the Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001) box set.