Cygnet Committee

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"Cygnet Committee" is a song written by David Bowie in 1969 for his second eponymously-titled album (released in the U.S. as Man of Words, Man of Music and rereleased in 1972 as Space Oddity). Ticking in at over 9 minutes this ambitious progressive folk rock song was Bowie's longest studio recording until the opening/title track of 1976's Station to Station.

[edit] Live versions

• Bowie played the song at The Sunday Show introduced by John Peel on 2 February 1970. This was broadcast on 8 February 1970 and in 2000 was released on the album Bowie at the Beeb.

[edit] Other releases

• It was released as the B-side of the Eastern European single "The Width of a Circle" in June 1973.
• It appeared on the Japanese compilation The Best of David Bowie in 1972.