Repetition (song)
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| "Repetition" | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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"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
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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"
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