Repetition (song)

"Repetition"
Song by David Bowie from the album Lodger
Released	May 18, 1979
Recorded	1978 - 1979
Genre	Art rock
Length	2:59
Label	RCA
Writer	David Bowie
Producer	David Bowie and Tony Visconti
Lodger track listing
Boys Keep Swinging (8) "Repetition" (9) Red Money (10)

"Repetition" is a song written by David Bowie in 1979 for the album Lodger. In the song Bowie explores domestic violence from the abuser's point of view, sung in a deliberately unemotional tone that served to highlight the lyric and the unnatural slur of the bass guitar.

Musicians on this song:

• David Bowie: Vocals
• Dennis Davis: Drums
• George Murray: Bass
• Carlos Alomar: Guitar
• Simon House: Violin
• Adrian Belew: Guitar
• Roger Powell: Synthesizer

Other releases

• It was released as the B-side of the single "DJ" in June 1979.
• The single release of "Yassassin" in June 1979 had this song as the B-side.
• It also appeared as the B-side of the single "Look Back in Anger" in August 1979.
• It was released as a picture disc in the RCA Life Time picture disc set.

Cover versions

• Au Pairs - Playing with a Different Sex (1981). This had earlier been performed for a John Peel Session broadcast 12/6/1980 and subsequently released on Equal but Different (1994).
• The Emperor Machine - Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered (2008)
• Tearist - "We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie"