This Is Not America

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"This Is Not America”
Single by David Bowie/Pat Metheny Group
From the album The Falcon and the Snowman
B-side	”This Is Not America (Instrumental)”
Released	February 1985
Format	7” single
Recorded	Late 1984
Genre	Rock
Length	3:43
Label	EMI EA190
Producer	David Bowie, Pat Metheny
Chart positions	#14 (UK) #32 (US)
David Bowie singles chronology
"Tonight" 1984	"This Is Not America" 1985	"Loving the Alien" 1985
Pat Metheny Group singles chronology
"Yolanda, You Learn" 1984	"This Is Not America" 1985	"Kathleen Gray" 1986

"This Is Not America" is song from the soundtrack to the film The Falcon and the Snowman , and is a result of a collaboration between rock singer David Bowie and the jazz fusion Pat Metheny Group.

Pat Metheny recorded the rest of the soundtrack album, while Bowie collaborated on the main theme, providing lyrics and vocals.

The single reached #14 in the UK, and #32 in America. It was performed live by Bowie on his 2000 world tour.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Production credits 3 Live versions 4 Other releases 5 Cover versions 6 References

[edit] Track listing

7” version: -

1. "This Is Not America" (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:43
2. "This Is Not America (Instrumental)" (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:43

[edit] Production credits

• Producers:
  • David Bowie
  • Pat Metheny

• Musicians:
  • David Bowie: Vocals
  • Pat Metheny: Guitar
  • Lyle Mays: Keyboards
  • Steve Rodby: Bass
  • Nana Vasconcelos: Percussion
  • Paul Wertigo: Drums

[edit] Live versions

• A version recorded at BBC Radio Theatre, London, June 27, 2000, was released on the bonus disc following the first release of Bowie at the Beeb.
• Pat Metheny Group recorded it live in the DVD We Live Here

[edit] Other releases

• It was released on the single "I Can't Read" in December 1997.
• It also appeared on the compilation The Singles Collection in 1993.
• The Virgin Records release of the Tonight album in 1995 featured this song as a bonus track.

[edit] Cover versions

• Lana Lane with Rocket Scientists - Echoes from the Garden (1998)
• Xavier Naidoo - Nicht von dieser Welt (1997)
• Yellow Prophet - Ashes to Ashes: A Tribute to David Bowie (1998)
• Silje Nergaard - Nightwatch (2003)
• Protection - Protection EP (2005)

[edit] References

Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5