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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Black Tie White Noise
| name = Black Tie White Noise
| cover = Bowie_BlackTieWhiteNoiseSingle.jpg
| cover = Bowie BlackTieWhiteNoiseSingle.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[David Bowie]]<br /> featuring [[Al B. Sure!]]
| artist = [[David Bowie]]<br /> featuring [[Al B. Sure!]]
| album = [[Black Tie White Noise]]
| album = [[Black Tie White Noise]]
| B-side = "[[You've Been Around]]" (Dangers Remix)
| B-side="[[You've Been Around]]" (Dangers Remix)
| released = 31 May 1993
| released = 31 May 1993
| recorded = [[Mountain Studios]], [[Montreux]]; [[Hit Factory]], [[New York City|New York]], June–September 1992
| recorded = June–September 1992
| studio =[[Mountain Studios]], [[Montreux]]; [[Hit Factory]], [[New York City|New York]]
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Soul music|soul]]
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Soul music|soul]]
| length = 4:10 (radio edit)<br>4:52 (album version)
| length = 4:10 (radio edit)<br />4:52 (album version)
| label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Records]]<br> <small>74321-14868</small><br>[[Savage Records|Savage]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Records]] (US)<br><small>74785-50045</small>
| label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Records]]<br /> <small>74321-14868</small><br />[[Savage Records|Savage]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Records]] (US)<br /><small>74785-50045</small>
| writer = David Bowie
| writer = David Bowie
| producer = [[Nile Rodgers]]
| producer = [[Nile Rodgers]]
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== Release ==
== Release ==
Released as the album's second single, "Black Tie White Noise" was a top 40 hit in Britain and subsequently reached No. 36 in the UK chart<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/black%20tie%20white%20noise%20ft%20al%20b%20sure/ | title=Official singles Chart results matching: black tie white noise ft al b sure | access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> and No. 74 in Australia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref>
Released as the album's second single, "Black Tie White Noise" was a top 40 hit in Britain and subsequently reached No. 36 in the UK chart<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/black%20tie%20white%20noise%20ft%20al%20b%20sure/ | title=Official singles Chart results matching: black tie white noise ft al b sure | access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> and No. 74 in Australia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref>


== Critical reception ==
== Critical reception ==
Alan Jones from ''[[Music Week]]'' wrote, "This oddly churning but attractive track is a little too slow for current dancefloor tastes. Not as instant as many of Bowie's bigger hits, it will need a lot to push it into the top end of the chart. A moderate hit."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Alan |last= Jones |title= Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 1993-06-05 |page= 6 |accessdate= 2021-03-28 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-06-05.pdf}}</ref> [[James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)|James Hamilton]] from the magazine's ''RM'' Dance Update described it as a "gloomy slow roller".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |title= Djdirectory |magazine= [[Music Week]], in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= 1993-06-12 |page= 2 |accessdate= 2021-03-28 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-06-12.pdf}}</ref> Leesa Daniels from ''[[Smash Hits]]'' gave it five out of five, saying, "This is the title track from his new album and it's fabulous. Funky and soulful - and you could listen to it again and again and never get bored. Genius."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Leesa |last= Daniels |url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/35569116372/in/album-72157685900313945/ |title= New Singles |magazine= [[Smash Hits]] |date= 1993-04-28 |page= 49 |accessdate= 2021-04-27}}</ref>
Alan Jones from ''[[Music Week]]'' wrote, "This oddly churning but attractive track is a little too slow for current dancefloor tastes. Not as instant as many of Bowie's bigger hits, it will need a lot to push it into the top end of the chart. A moderate hit."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Alan |last= Jones |title= Market Preview: Mainstream – Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 1993-06-05 |page= 6 |accessdate= 2021-03-28 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-06-05.pdf}}</ref> [[James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)|James Hamilton]] from the magazine's ''RM'' Dance Update described it as a "gloomy slow roller".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |title= Djdirectory |magazine= [[Music Week]], in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= 1993-06-12 |page= 2 |accessdate= 2021-03-28 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-06-12.pdf}}</ref> Leesa Daniels from ''[[Smash Hits]]'' gave it five out of five, saying, "This is the title track from his new album and it's fabulous. Funky and soulful – and you could listen to it again and again and never get bored. Genius."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Leesa |last= Daniels |url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/35569116372/in/album-72157685900313945/ |title= New Singles |magazine= [[Smash Hits]] |date= 1993-04-28 |page= 49 |accessdate= 2021-04-27}}</ref>


== Music video ==
== Music video ==
A [[music video]] for this piece was produced by [[Mark Romanek]], featuring a montage of African-American youth playing in urban Los Angeles, while intercut with scenes of Bowie in a blue suit with his [[saxophone]] and Al B. Sure! singing. The music video attempted to capture Bowie's image behind the song: multiple ethnic groups coexisting with their own identities, and not attempting to absorb one another.
A [[music video]] for this piece was produced by [[Mark Romanek]], featuring a montage of African-American youth playing in urban Los Angeles, while intercut with scenes of Bowie in a blue suit with his [[saxophone]] and Al B. Sure! singing. The music video attempted to capture Bowie's image behind the song: multiple ethnic groups coexisting with their own identities, and not attempting to absorb one another.


==Track listing==
== Track listing ==


===7" version===
=== 7" version ===
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Radio Edit) (Bowie) – 4:10
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Radio Edit) (Bowie) – 4:10
# "[[You've Been Around]]" ([[Jack Dangers|Dangers]] Remix) (Bowie, [[Reeves Gabrels|Gabrels]]) – 4:24
# "[[You've Been Around]]" ([[Jack Dangers|Dangers]] Remix) (Bowie, [[Reeves Gabrels|Gabrels]]) – 4:24


===12" version===
=== 12" version ===
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) (Bowie) – 8:12
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) (Bowie) – 8:12
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Trance Mix) (Bowie) – 7:15
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Trance Mix) (Bowie) – 7:15
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# "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Urban Mix) (Bowie) – 5:32
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Urban Mix) (Bowie) – 5:32


===CD version===
=== CD version ===
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Radio Edit) (Bowie) – 4:10
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Radio Edit) (Bowie) – 4:10
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) (Bowie) – 8:12
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) (Bowie) – 8:12
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# "You've Been Around" (Dangers Remix) (Bowie, [[Reeves Gabrels|Gabrels]]) – 4:24
# "You've Been Around" (Dangers Remix) (Bowie, [[Reeves Gabrels|Gabrels]]) – 4:24


===US commercial CD (Savage 74785-50045-2)===
=== US commercial CD (Savage 74785-50045-2) ===
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Waddell's Mix) – 4:12
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Waddell's Mix) – 4:12
# "Black Tie White Noise" (3rd Floor Mix) – 3:42
# "Black Tie White Noise" (3rd Floor Mix) – 3:42
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# "Black Tie White Noise" (Supa Pump Mix) – 6:36
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Supa Pump Mix) – 6:36


===US promo DJ 12" (Savage SADJ-50045-1)===
=== US promo DJ 12" (Savage SADJ-50045-1) ===
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) – 8:12
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) – 8:12
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Club Mix) – 7:33
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Club Mix) – 7:33
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# "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Urban Remix) – 5:32
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Urban Remix) – 5:32


===US promo DJ CD (Savage SADJ-50046-2)===
=== US promo DJ CD (Savage SADJ-50046-2) ===
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Chr Mix 1) – 3:43
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Chr Mix 1) – 3:43
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Chr Mix 2) – 4:12
# "Black Tie White Noise" (Chr Mix 2) – 4:12
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Tracks #1-3 re-produced, re-arranged and mixed by Marc 'Funkyman' Paley, Raul 'DJ EFX' Recinos & Jeremy 'DJ Digit' Cowan
Tracks #1-3 re-produced, re-arranged and mixed by Marc 'Funkyman' Paley, Raul 'DJ EFX' Recinos & Jeremy 'DJ Digit' Cowan
<br>Track # 2 remix and additional production by John Waddell
<br />Track # 2 remix and additional production by John Waddell
<br>Track # 4 remix and additional production by Al B. Sure & Timar
<br />Track # 4 remix and additional production by Al B. Sure & Timar

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== Credits and personnel ==
⚫
* '''Producers''':
⚫
** [[Nile Rodgers]]
⚫
* '''Musicians''':
⚫
**[[David Bowie]] – vocals
⚫
**[[Al B. Sure!]] – vocals
⚫
**[[Nile Rodgers]] – guitar
⚫
**[[Barry Campbell (musician)|Barry Campbell]] – bass
⚫
**[[Sterling Campbell]] – drums
⚫
**[http://www.hiltonius.com/ Richard Hilton] – keyboards
⚫
**[[Lester Bowie]] – trumpet
⚫
**[[Reeves Gabrels]] – guitar on "You've Been Around"


== Charts ==
== Charts ==
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!Chart (1993)
!Chart (1993)
!Peak<br/>position
!Peak<br />position
|-
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|Australia ([[ARIA]] Charts)
|Australia ([[ARIA]] Charts)
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|}
|}


⚫
== Other releases ==
⚫
==Credits and personnel==
⚫
* '''Producers''':
⚫
** [[Nile Rodgers]]
⚫
* '''Musicians''':
⚫
**[[David Bowie]] – vocals
⚫
**[[Al B. Sure!]] – vocals
⚫
**[[Nile Rodgers]] – guitar
⚫
**[[Barry Campbell (musician)|Barry Campbell]] – bass
⚫
**[[Sterling Campbell]] – drums
⚫
**[http://www.hiltonius.com/ Richard Hilton] – keyboards
⚫
**[[Lester Bowie]] – trumpet
⚫
**[[Reeves Gabrels]] – guitar on "You've Been Around"

⚫
==Other releases==
* On the bonus disc following the 10th anniversary edition of ''Black Tie White Noise'' the remixes "3rd Floor US Radio Mix" and "Here Come Da Jazz" appeared.
* On the bonus disc following the 10th anniversary edition of ''Black Tie White Noise'' the remixes "3rd Floor US Radio Mix" and "Here Come Da Jazz" appeared.


==Cover versions==
== Cover versions ==
* The Rockridge Synthesiser Orchestra - ''Plays David Bowie Classic Trax''
* The Rockridge Synthesiser Orchestra – ''Plays David Bowie Classic Trax''


===Other uses===
=== Other uses ===
A sample of the first bar of the song is the basis for the song ''Tziporen'' ({{Lang-he|ציפורן}}) from the 1994 album ''Iver be-lev yam'' by the Israeli singer [[Eran Zur]].
A sample of the first bar of the song is the basis for the song ''Tziporen'' ({{Lang-he|ציפורן}}) from the 1994 album ''Iver be-lev yam'' by the Israeli singer [[Eran Zur]].


==References==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
* Black Tie White Noise Limited Edition DVD, 2004
* Black Tie White Noise Limited Edition DVD, 2004

Revision as of 22:51, 5 October 2021

For the album which is named after this song, see Black Tie White Noise. For the film which is named after this song, see David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise (film).

"Black Tie White Noise"
Single by David Bowie
featuring Al B. Sure!
from the album Black Tie White Noise
B-side"You've Been Around" (Dangers Remix)
Released31 May 1993
RecordedJune–September 1992
StudioMountain Studios, Montreux; Hit Factory, New York
GenreRock, soul
Length4:10 (radio edit)
4:52 (album version)
LabelArista/BMG Records
74321-14868
Savage/BMG Records (US)
74785-50045
Songwriter(s)David Bowie
Producer(s)Nile Rodgers
David Bowie singles chronology
"Jump They Say"
(1993) 		"Black Tie White Noise"
(1993) 		"Miracle Goodnight"
(1993)
Music video
"Black Tie White Noise" on YouTube

"Black Tie White Noise" is the title track from David Bowie's 1993 album of the same name. Featuring guest vocals by Al B. Sure!, it was released as a second single from the album in June 1993.

Background

The track was inspired by Bowie's stay in Los Angeles in April 1992, when the city saw race riots in reaction to the Rodney King incident.[1] It is the epitome of its parent album's feelings towards conformity and corporations, with Benetton and the saccharine charity single "We Are the World" among the targets. Bowie would later explain that the track was concerned with the black community's own identity, and how it didn't need to be absorbed into the white community.

It is among the most jazz- and soul-influenced tracks on the album, highlighted by the key vocal of Al B. Sure!, although Lenny Kravitz was reportedly Bowie's first choice for the duet. Essentially a rhythm and Blues tune, the song ultimately reinforced the feeling of Bowie's tendency as a chameleon of musical styles.

Release

Released as the album's second single, "Black Tie White Noise" was a top 40 hit in Britain and subsequently reached No. 36 in the UK chart[2] and No. 74 in Australia.[3]

Critical reception

Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "This oddly churning but attractive track is a little too slow for current dancefloor tastes. Not as instant as many of Bowie's bigger hits, it will need a lot to push it into the top end of the chart. A moderate hit."[4] James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update described it as a "gloomy slow roller".[5] Leesa Daniels from Smash Hits gave it five out of five, saying, "This is the title track from his new album and it's fabulous. Funky and soulful – and you could listen to it again and again and never get bored. Genius."[6]

Music video

A music video for this piece was produced by Mark Romanek, featuring a montage of African-American youth playing in urban Los Angeles, while intercut with scenes of Bowie in a blue suit with his saxophone and Al B. Sure! singing. The music video attempted to capture Bowie's image behind the song: multiple ethnic groups coexisting with their own identities, and not attempting to absorb one another.

Track listing

7" version

  1. "Black Tie White Noise" (Radio Edit) (Bowie) – 4:10
  2. "You've Been Around" (Dangers Remix) (Bowie, Gabrels) – 4:24

12" version

  1. "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) (Bowie) – 8:12
  2. "Black Tie White Noise" (Trance Mix) (Bowie) – 7:15
  3. "Black Tie White Noise" (Album Version) (Bowie) – 4:52
  4. "Black Tie White Noise" (Club Mix) (Bowie) – 7:33
  5. "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Urban Mix) (Bowie) – 5:32

CD version

  1. "Black Tie White Noise" (Radio Edit) (Bowie) – 4:10
  2. "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) (Bowie) – 8:12
  3. "Black Tie White Noise" (Urban Mix) (Bowie) – 4:03
  4. "You've Been Around" (Dangers Remix) (Bowie, Gabrels) – 4:24

US commercial CD (Savage 74785-50045-2)

  1. "Black Tie White Noise" (Waddell's Mix) – 4:12
  2. "Black Tie White Noise" (3rd Floor Mix) – 3:42
  3. "Black Tie White Noise" (Al B. Sure! Mix) – 4:03
  4. "Black Tie White Noise" (Album Version) – 4:52
  5. "Black Tie White Noise" (Club Mix) – 7:33
  6. "Black Tie White Noise" (Digi Funky's Lush Mix) – 5:44
  7. "Black Tie White Noise" (Supa Pump Mix) – 6:36

US promo DJ 12" (Savage SADJ-50045-1)

  1. "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) – 8:12
  2. "Black Tie White Noise" (Club Mix) – 7:33
  3. "Black Tie White Noise" (Trance Mix) – 7:15
  4. "Black Tie White Noise" (Digi Funky's Lush Mix) – 5:44
  5. "Black Tie White Noise" (Supa Pump Mix) – 6:36
  6. "Black Tie White Noise" (Funky Crossover Mix) – 3:45
  7. "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Urban Remix) – 5:32

US promo DJ CD (Savage SADJ-50046-2)

  1. "Black Tie White Noise" (Chr Mix 1) – 3:43
  2. "Black Tie White Noise" (Chr Mix 2) – 4:12
  3. "Black Tie White Noise" (Churban Mix) – 3:45
  4. "Black Tie White Noise" (Urban Mix) – 4:03
  5. "Black Tie White Noise" (Album edit) – 4:10
  • 'CHR Mix 1' is the '3rd Floor Mix' on the regular US CD
  • 'CHR Mix 2' is the 'Waddell's Mix' on the regular US CD
  • 'Urban Mix' is the 'Al B. Sure! Mix' on the regular US CD

Tracks #1-3 re-produced, re-arranged and mixed by Marc 'Funkyman' Paley, Raul 'DJ EFX' Recinos & Jeremy 'DJ Digit' Cowan
Track # 2 remix and additional production by John Waddell
Track # 4 remix and additional production by Al B. Sure & Timar

Credits and personnel

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts) 74
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7] 36
UK Dance Singles (Music Week)[8] 25

Other releases

  • On the bonus disc following the 10th anniversary edition of Black Tie White Noise the remixes "3rd Floor US Radio Mix" and "Here Come Da Jazz" appeared.

Cover versions

  • The Rockridge Synthesiser Orchestra – Plays David Bowie Classic Trax

Other uses

A sample of the first bar of the song is the basis for the song Tziporen (Hebrew: ציפורן) from the 1994 album Iver be-lev yam by the Israeli singer Eran Zur.

References

  1. ^ "Bowie's Wedding Album" by David Wild, Rolling Stone magazine, 21 January 1993, page 14
  2. ^ "Official singles Chart results matching: black tie white noise ft al b sure". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. ^ Jones, Alan (5 June 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream – Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  5. ^ Hamilton, James (12 June 1993). "Djdirectory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 2. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  6. ^ Daniels, Leesa (28 April 1993). "New Singles". Smash Hits. p. 49. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  7. ^ "black tie white noise ft al b sure | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 12 June 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  • Black Tie White Noise Limited Edition DVD, 2004
  • Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5
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