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| Name = Bring Me the Disco King
| name = Bring Me the Disco King
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| Artist = [[David Bowie]]
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| artist = [[David Bowie]]
| Album = [[Reality (David Bowie album)|Reality]]
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| Recorded = between March and December 1992<br />at either<br />[[Mountain Studios]], [[Switzerland]];<br />or at<br />[[Music on demand|38 Fresh Recordings]], [[Los Angeles|L.A.]];<br />or at<br />[[the Hit Factory]], [[New York City |NYC]].
| recorded = between March and December 1992<br />at either<br />[[Mountain Studios]], [[Switzerland]];<br />or at<br />[[Music on demand|38 Fresh Recordings]], [[Los Angeles|L.A.]];<br />or at<br />[[the Hit Factory]], [[New York City|NYC]].
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[blue-eyed soul]], [[jazz]]
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| Length = 7:45 (album version)<br>6:06 (Lohner remix)
| Writer = [[David Bowie]]
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| Producer = David Bowie, [[Tony Visconti]]
| genre = [[Blue-eyed soul]], [[Jazz]]
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"'''Bring Me the Disco King'''" is a song written by [[David Bowie]] in the early 1990s. It was first recorded for ''[[Black Tie White Noise]]'' in 1993<ref>"Bowie's Wedding Album" by David Wild, Rolling Stone magazine, 21 January 1993, page 14</ref> and then for ''[[Earthling (album)|Earthling]]'' in 1997, but never made it to the final release of these albums. [[Nile Rodgers]], who produced ''Black Tie White Noise'' with Bowie, would remember he wrote it as "a spoof on the whole disco thing from the seventies, one hundred and twenty [[Tempo#Beats per minute|bpm]], very funny. But it just sounded too trite."<ref>Quote in Dave Thompson, ''Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie'', p.96. ECW Press, 28/05/2006. ISBN 1-55022-733-5</ref>
"'''Bring Me the Disco King'''" is a song written by [[David Bowie]] in the early 1990s, and recorded three times, although only the last recording was released as part of Bowie's ''[[Reality (David Bowie album)|Reality]]'' album in 2003. A remix was also released in 2003 as part of the ''[[Underworld (2003 film)|Underworld]]'' movie soundtrack.


==Background==
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In [[2003 in music|2003]], "Bring Me the Disco King" was recorded for the third time and then released on the album ''[[Reality (David Bowie album)|Reality]]''.<ref name="song facts">[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4453 Song Facts]</ref> For this ultimate recording, he hoped to get it right. According to Bowie himself, "I stripped it down completely and just had [[Mike Garson]] playing piano. We did it at half the tempo as the original, and now it works brilliant. This poor little orphan Annie thing seems to have a home now."<ref>Dave Thompson, ''Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie'', p.271.</ref> The track also features [[Matt Chamberlain]] on the drums.
===Early recordings===
"Bring Me the Disco King" was first recorded for ''[[Black Tie White Noise]]'' in 1993<ref name="RSMag93">{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Wild|title=Bowie's Wedding Album|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=Wenner Media LLC|location=New York City|date=21 January 1993|page=14}}</ref> and again for ''[[Earthling (album)|Earthling]]'' in 1997,{{sfn|O'Leary|2019|loc=chap. 10}} but never made it to the final release of these albums. While promoting ''Black Tie White Noise'', Bowie called the song "a depressing song summing up the sad late Seventies with a [[Philip Glass]] refrain running through it", at the time expecting it to be included on the album.<ref name="RSMag93" /> [[Nile Rodgers]], who produced the track with Bowie, recalled years later that Bowie wrote it as "a spoof on the whole disco thing from the seventies, one hundred and twenty [[Tempo#Beats per minute|bpm]], very funny. But it just sounded too trite."<ref name="Hallo">{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Thompson|title=''Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie''|publisher=ECW Press|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|year=2006|isbn=1-55022-733-5}}</ref>


===''Reality'' release===
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Rejecting the raucous guitar-led assault of ''Reality'''s [[Reality (David Bowie song)|title track]] and the other songs, "Bring Me the Disco King" has a rhythm that often resembles [[samba]], [[Tango music|tango]] and mostly [[jazz]],<ref>Dave Thompson, Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie, p.166 </ref> and according to [[Nicholas Pegg]], "Initially seems incongruous, but its stately presence succeeds in binding the album together".<ref>Pegg, ''The Complete David Bowie'', p.43. Reynolds & Hearn, 01/10/2006.</ref> In fact, literally the song is similar to the concept of the whole album, with David Bowie reflecting on the past of his career and looking at his old age and his imminent death. As James E. Perone wrote, "The vague references suggest a look back at a lifetime of wasted moments. [...] The somewhat tired-sounding approach Bowie takes on the song works perfectly within the context of the album's focus on aging."<ref>Perone, ''The words and music of David Bowie'', p.141. Greenwood Publishing Group, 30/06/2007. ISBN 0-275-99245-4</ref>
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In [[2003 in music|2003]], "Bring Me the Disco King" was recorded for the third time and then released on the album ''[[Reality (David Bowie album)|Reality]]''.<ref name="tvdb">{{cite web | url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/david-bowie-tony-visconti | title=David Bowie & Tony Visconti Recording Reality | date=October 2003 | access-date=1 August 2019 |first=Richard | last=Buskin | work=Sound on Sound}}</ref> According to Bowie himself, "I stripped it down completely and just had [[Mike Garson]] playing piano. We did it at half the tempo as the original, and now it works brilliant. This poor little orphan Annie thing seems to have a home now."<ref name="Hallo"/> For the drums, Visconti said that this song was "the only track on the album where we utilize the drumming of [[Matt Chamberlain]], even though he was playing to a completely different song. The way that he played was so seductive, so melodic and so beautiful, that we just recorded 'Disco King' over the loops that I'd made of his performance."<ref name="tvdb" />


⚫
Rejecting the raucous guitar-led assault of ''Reality'''s [[Reality (David Bowie song)|title track]] and the other songs, "Bring Me the Disco King" has a rhythm that often resembles [[samba]], [[Tango music|tango]] and mostly [[jazz]],<ref name="Hallo"/> and according to [[Nicholas Pegg]], "Initially seems incongruous, but its stately presence succeeds in binding the album together".<ref>{{cite book|first=Nicholas|last=Pegg|title=The Complete David Bowie|publisher=Reynolds & Hearn|location=Surrey, England|year=2006|isbn=978-1785653650|page=43}}</ref> As James E. Perone wrote, "The vague references suggest a look back at a lifetime of wasted moments. [...] The somewhat tired-sounding approach Bowie takes on the song works perfectly within the context of the album's focus on aging."<ref>{{cite book|first=James E.|last=Perone|title=The words and music of David Bowie|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|location=Westport, Connecticut|year=2007|page=141|isbn=978-0-275-99245-3}}</ref>
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==Remix version==

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===Remix version===
The song was remixed by ex-[[Nine Inch Nails]] bass player/keyboardist [[Danny Lohner]] for the [[Underworld (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the 2003 film ''[[Underworld (2003 film)|Underworld]]''. [[Maynard James Keenan]], [[Milla Jovovich]], [[Josh Freese]] and [[John Frusciante]] also contributed to the remixed track.
The song was remixed by ex-[[Nine Inch Nails]] bass player/keyboardist [[Danny Lohner]] for the [[Underworld (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the 2003 film ''[[Underworld (2003 film)|Underworld]]''. [[Maynard James Keenan]], [[Milla Jovovich]], [[Josh Freese]] and [[John Frusciante]] also contributed to the remixed track.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
According to Chris O'Leary:{{sfn|O'Leary|2019|loc=chap. 13}}
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*[[David Bowie]]: Vocals

*[[Mike Garson]]: Piano
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*[[David Bowie]] – lead vocal
*[[Tony Visconti]]: Bass
*[[Matt Chamberlain]]: Drums (looped)
*[[Mike Garson]] – piano
*[[Matt Chamberlain]] – drums


==Live versions==
==Live versions==
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Bowie performed the song during the 2003 ''[[A Reality Tour]]''. A live version recorded at [[Riverside Studios]], [[Hammersmith]], London, on September 8, 2003, was released on the ''Tour Edition'' of ''Reality''. Another version was recorded live during Bowie's concerts at the [[Point Theatre]], [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] on November 22 and 23, 2003, and released on the live DVD ''[[A Reality Tour (film)|A Reality Tour]]'' in 2004 and included on the ''[[A Reality Tour (album)|A Reality Tour]]'' album released in 2010.
* It was played during the 2003 ''[[A Reality Tour]]''.
* A live version was recorded at the [[Riverside Studios]], [[Hammersmith]], London, on September 8, 2003 and released on the ''Tour Edition'' of ''Reality''.
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* Another version was recorded live during Bowie's concerts at the [[Point Theatre|The Point]], [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] on November 22 and 23, 2003, and released on the live DVD ''[[A Reality Tour (film)|A Reality Tour]]'' in 2004 and included on the ''[[A Reality Tour (album)|A Reality Tour]]'' album released in 2010.


==Cover versions==
==Cover versions==
*[[Donna Lewis]] - ''Brand New Day''(2015)
*[[Donna Lewis]] - ''Brand New Day'' (2015)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
===Sources===
*{{cite book |last=O'Leary |first=Chris |year=2019 |title=Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1976–2016 |location=London |publisher=Repeater |isbn=978-1-91224-830-8}}
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Revision as of 02:48, 30 August 2023

"Bring Me the Disco King"
Song by David Bowie
from the album Reality
Recordedbetween March and December 1992
at either
Mountain Studios, Switzerland;
or at
38 Fresh Recordings, L.A.;
or at
the Hit Factory, NYC.
GenreBlue-eyed soul, Jazz
Length7:45 (album version)
6:06 (Lohner remix)
Songwriter(s)David Bowie
Producer(s)David Bowie, Tony Visconti

"Bring Me the Disco King" is a song written by David Bowie in the early 1990s, and recorded three times, although only the last recording was released as part of Bowie's Reality album in 2003. A remix was also released in 2003 as part of the Underworld movie soundtrack.

Background

Early recordings

"Bring Me the Disco King" was first recorded for Black Tie White Noise in 1993[1] and again for Earthling in 1997,[2] but never made it to the final release of these albums. While promoting Black Tie White Noise, Bowie called the song "a depressing song summing up the sad late Seventies with a Philip Glass refrain running through it", at the time expecting it to be included on the album.[1] Nile Rodgers, who produced the track with Bowie, recalled years later that Bowie wrote it as "a spoof on the whole disco thing from the seventies, one hundred and twenty bpm, very funny. But it just sounded too trite."[3]

Reality release

In 2003, "Bring Me the Disco King" was recorded for the third time and then released on the album Reality.[4] According to Bowie himself, "I stripped it down completely and just had Mike Garson playing piano. We did it at half the tempo as the original, and now it works brilliant. This poor little orphan Annie thing seems to have a home now."[3] For the drums, Visconti said that this song was "the only track on the album where we utilize the drumming of Matt Chamberlain, even though he was playing to a completely different song. The way that he played was so seductive, so melodic and so beautiful, that we just recorded 'Disco King' over the loops that I'd made of his performance."[4]

Rejecting the raucous guitar-led assault of Reality's title track and the other songs, "Bring Me the Disco King" has a rhythm that often resembles samba, tango and mostly jazz,[3] and according to Nicholas Pegg, "Initially seems incongruous, but its stately presence succeeds in binding the album together".[5] As James E. Perone wrote, "The vague references suggest a look back at a lifetime of wasted moments. [...] The somewhat tired-sounding approach Bowie takes on the song works perfectly within the context of the album's focus on aging."[6]

Remix version

The song was remixed by ex-Nine Inch Nails bass player/keyboardist Danny Lohner for the soundtrack to the 2003 film Underworld. Maynard James Keenan, Milla Jovovich, Josh Freese and John Frusciante also contributed to the remixed track.

Personnel

According to Chris O'Leary:[7]

Live versions

Bowie performed the song during the 2003 A Reality Tour. A live version recorded at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, on September 8, 2003, was released on the Tour Edition of Reality. Another version was recorded live during Bowie's concerts at the Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland on November 22 and 23, 2003, and released on the live DVD A Reality Tour in 2004 and included on the A Reality Tour album released in 2010.

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ a b Wild, David (21 January 1993). "Bowie's Wedding Album". Rolling Stone. New York City: Wenner Media LLC. p. 14.
  2. ^ O'Leary 2019, chap. 10.
  3. ^ a b c Thompson, Dave (2006). Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-733-5.
  4. ^ a b Buskin, Richard (October 2003). "David Bowie & Tony Visconti Recording Reality". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  5. ^ Pegg, Nicholas (2006). The Complete David Bowie. Surrey, England: Reynolds & Hearn. p. 43. ISBN 978-1785653650.
  6. ^ Perone, James E. (2007). The words and music of David Bowie. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-275-99245-3.
  7. ^ O'Leary 2019, chap. 13.

Sources

  • O'Leary, Chris (2019). Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1976–2016. London: Repeater. ISBN 978-1-91224-830-8.
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