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Survive (David Bowie song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Survive'" is a song and single written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels for the album 'Hours' in 1999. "Survive" was released as the third single from the album in January 2000, it reached number 28 on the UK Singles Chart. It was characterized as a confessional highlight in a review by Rolling Stone.
Bowie explained that "There was a time in my life when I was desperately in love with a girl, and I met her as it happens, quite a number of years later. And boy was the flame dead! So in this case on the album the guy's thinking about a girl he knew many years ago, and she was 'the great mistake he never made'"
There is a music video for this song, containing a green background and features objects floating including an egg, a table, Bowie himself and his chair, and eventually retreat back to their positions.
Track listing
UK CD version 1
# "Survive (Marius De Vries mix)" - 4:18# "Survive (Album version)" - 4:11
# "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" (Stigmata soundtrack version)
This version also includes the full length "Survive" video in QuickTime format.
UK CD version 2
# "Survive (live)" - 4:11# "Thursday's Child (live)" - 5:37
# "Seven (live)" - 4:06
This version also includes a full length video in QuickTime format of the live version of "Survive". All tracks are from the Paris Elyse Montmartre show on October 13, 1999.
International CD version 1
# "Survive (Marius De Vries mix)" - 4:18# "Survive (Album version)" - 4:11
International CD version 2
# "Survive (Marius De Vries mix)" - 4:18# "Survive (Album version)" - 4:11
# "Thursday's Child (live)" - 5:37
# "Seven (live)" - 4:06
A promo version and a 7" vinyl version with the same track list as the "International CD version 1" was also released.
Production credits
* 'Producers'
** David Bowie
** Reeves Gabrels
* 'Mixed by:'
** Mark Plati
*'Musicians:'
**David Bowie: vocals, Keyboards, 12 string acoustic guitar, Roland 707 drum programming.
**Reeves Gabrels: Electric guitar and acoustic 6 and 12 string guitars, Drum loops and programming, synth.
**Mark Plati: Bass guitar, Acoustic & electric 12 string guitar, Synth and drum programming, Mellotron
**Mike Levesque: drums
**Brendan Gallagher: Guitar on "Marius De Vries mix".
Live versions
* A live version recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre in London, June 27, 2000, was released on the live bonus disc that followed the first released of 'Bowie at the Beeb'.
Other releases
* The "Marius De Vries mix" was released on the bonus disc that followed the 2004 reissue of ' 'hours...' '.
Charts
References
Category:1999 songs
Category:2000 singles
Category:David Bowie songs
Category:Songs written by David Bowie
Category:Songs written by Reeves Gabrels
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