Running Gun Blues

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"Running Gun Blues"
Song by David Bowie from the album The Man Who Sold the World
Released November 4 1970 (U.S.)
April 1971 (UK)
Recorded Trident and Advision Studios, London
18 April - 22 May 1970
Genre Folk rock, hard rock
Length 3:12
Label Mercury Records
Writer David Bowie
Producer Tony Visconti
The Man Who Sold the World track listing
"After All"
(4)
"Running Gun Blues"
(5)
"Saviour Machine"
(6)

"Running Gun Blues" is a protest song against the Vietnam War written by David Bowie in 1970 for his album The Man Who Sold the World. It is a mixture of his past folk days and a proto-heavy metal path. It features Mick Ronson playing slide guitar in an open G tuning.

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