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Everyone Says 'Hi'
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Wikipedia article
"'Everyone Says 'Hi' is a song recorded by English singer David Bowie for his twenty-second studio album 'Heathen' (2002). It was written by Bowie, and produced by British duo Brian Rawling and Gary Miller, with vocals produced by the singer himself with Tony Visconti. The song was released on 16 September 2002, by ISO and Columbia Records. "Everyone Says 'Hi' peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and also reached number 83 in the German Singles Chart.
Background
Reeves Gabrels, Bowie's guitarist throughout the 1990s and close creative partner up until a few years before 'Heathen' was released, said that "Everyone Says 'Hi was the only song Bowie made after his departure that he heard "because someone told me that David wrote that for me. That made me cry."
Four of the six B-sides to this 3 CD set are re-recordings of some of Bowie's less familiar 1960s material that were intended for their own album release back in 2000, whilst "Safe" and "Wood Jackson" were new compositions, the former originally written but dropped from the soundtrack to 'The Rugrats Movie'."The Complete David Bowie" by Nicholas Pegg, (p.151)
Track listing
UK version 1
# "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29# "Safe" - 4:43
# "Wood Jackson" - 4:48
UK version 2
# "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29# "When the Boys Come Marching Home" - 4:46
# "Shadow Man" - 4:46
UK version 3
# "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29# "Baby Loves That Way" - 4:44
# "You've Got a Habit of Leaving" - 4:51
European version 1
# "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29# "Safe" - 4:43
# "Baby Loves That Way" - 4:44
# "Sunday (Tony Visconti mix)" - 4:56
European version 2
# "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29# "Safe" - 4:43
12" promo version
# "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Metro remix)"# "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Metro remix - Radio edit)"
# "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship (Deepsky's Space Cowboy remix)"
Charts
Production credits
* 'Producers'
** Brian Rawling
** Gary Miller
** David Bowie
** Tony Visconti
*'Musicians:'
**David Bowie: Vocals, Keyboards, Synths, Guitars, Sax, Stylophone, Drums
**Tony Visconti: Bass guitar, Guitars, Recorders, B-vox, String arrangements
**Matt Chamberlain: Drums, Loop programming, Percussion
**David Torn: Guitars, Guitar loops, Omnichord
**Jordan Rudess: Piano and Hammond organ.
**Carlos Alomar: Guitar
** Gary Miller: Programming and guitar
** Dave Clayton: Keyboards on "Everyone Says 'Hi'
**The Scorchio Quartet
***Greg Kitzis: 1st violin
***Meg Okura: 2nd violin
***Martha Mooke: Viola
***Mary Wooten: Cello
Other releases
* The "Metro mix - radio edit" was released on two various artists charity albums for War Child called 'Peace Songs' and 'Hope'.
* The "Metro mix" was also featured in the video game 'Amplitude'.
* The song, as covered by Fyfe Monroe, features in the closing of the final episode of the TV series 'Defiance'.
References
Category:2002 singles
Category:David Bowie songs
Category:Songs written by David Bowie
Category:Song recordings produced by David Bowie
Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Visconti
Category:2002 songs
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