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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 from ' |
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 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> |
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"Black Tie White Noise" | ||||
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Single by David Bowie featuring Al B. Sure! | ||||
from the album Black Tie White Noise | ||||
B-side | "You've Been Around" (Dangers Remix) | |||
Released | 31 May 1993 | |||
Recorded | Mountain Studios, Montreux; Hit Factory, New York, June–September 1992 | |||
Genre | Rock, soul | |||
Length | 4:10 (radio edit) 4:52 (album version) | |||
Label | Arista/BMG Records 74321-14868 Savage/BMG Records (US) 74785-50045 | |||
Songwriter(s) | David Bowie | |||
Producer(s) | Nile Rodgers | |||
David Bowie singles chronology | ||||
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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]
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
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Radio Edit) (Bowie) – 4:10
- "You've Been Around" (Dangers Remix) (Bowie, Gabrels) – 4:24
12" version
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) (Bowie) – 8:12
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Trance Mix) (Bowie) – 7:15
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Album Version) (Bowie) – 4:52
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Club Mix) (Bowie) – 7:33
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Urban Mix) (Bowie) – 5:32
CD version
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Radio Edit) (Bowie) – 4:10
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) (Bowie) – 8:12
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Urban Mix) (Bowie) – 4:03
- "You've Been Around" (Dangers Remix) (Bowie, Gabrels) – 4:24
US commercial CD (Savage 74785-50045-2)
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Waddell's Mix) – 4:12
- "Black Tie White Noise" (3rd Floor Mix) – 3:42
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Al B. Sure! Mix) – 4:03
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Album Version) – 4:52
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Club Mix) – 7:33
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Digi Funky's Lush Mix) – 5:44
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Supa Pump Mix) – 6:36
US promo DJ 12" (Savage SADJ-50045-1)
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Remix) – 8:12
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Club Mix) – 7:33
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Trance Mix) – 7:15
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Digi Funky's Lush Mix) – 5:44
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Supa Pump Mix) – 6:36
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Funky Crossover Mix) – 3:45
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Extended Urban Remix) – 5:32
US promo DJ CD (Savage SADJ-50046-2)
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Chr Mix 1) – 3:43
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Chr Mix 2) – 4:12
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Churban Mix) – 3:45
- "Black Tie White Noise" (Urban Mix) – 4:03
- "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
Charts
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA Charts) | 74 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] | 36 |
UK Dance Singles (Music Week)[7] | 25 |
Credits and personnel
- Producers:
- Musicians:
- David Bowie – vocals
- Al B. Sure! – vocals
- Nile Rodgers – guitar
- Barry Campbell – bass
- Sterling Campbell – drums
- 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.
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
- ^ "Bowie's Wedding Album" by David Wild, Rolling Stone magazine, 21 January 1993, page 14
- ^ "Official singles Chart results matching: black tie white noise ft al b sure". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ Jones, Alan (5 June 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Hamilton, James (12 June 1993). "Djdirectory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 2. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "black tie white noise ft al b sure | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "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