Hallo Spaceboy

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“Hallo Spaceboy”
“Hallo Spaceboy” cover
Single by David Bowie
from the album Outside
B-side "Under Pressure (live)"
Released 1996
Format 7"/12"/CD single
Recorded Mountain Studios, Montreux, March 1994
Genre Industrial Rock
Length 4:25
Label BMG/Arista Records
74321 35382 2
Producer David Bowie, Brian Eno, David Richards
David Bowie singles chronology
"Strangers When We Meet"
1995
"Hallo Spaceboy"
1996
"Telling Lies"
1996

"Hallo Spaceboy" is a song by David Bowie and Brian Eno from his 1995 album Outside, and was issued as a single in 1995.

The commercial (i.e. non-promo) version of the single featured the Pet Shop Boys remix as the lead track, not the original album version. In contrast to the original, the single remix was far more disco-oriented and featured additional lyrics sung by Neil Tennant. Bowie initially expressed reservation about the additions, which referenced and "chopped up" the lyrics to Space Oddity, but later agreed that they worked well so long as Tennant sung them.[1]

Hallo Spaceboy was the most successful single from the Outside album in the UK. It stayed in the charts for 5 weeks and reached number 12.

The 12" remix, which was only released on promo 12", eventually surfaced on Pet Shop Boys' remix collection Disco 4, which was released by EMI in October 2007 (2007-10).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD: BMG-Arista / 74321 35383 2 Flag of Europe

  1. "Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix)" – 4:25
  2. "Under Pressure (live)" (Mercury/Deacon/Taylor/May/Bowie) – 4:07
  • released in a card sleeve

[edit] CD: RCA-BMG 74321 35384 2 Flag of the United Kingdom

  1. "Hallo Spaceboy" (Pet Shop Boys remix) – 4:25
  2. "Under Pressure" (live) (Mercury/Deacon/Taylor/May/Bowie) – 4:07
  3. "Moonage Daydream" (live) (Bowie) – 5:25
  4. "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" (Radio Edit) (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:56

[edit] CD: BMG-Arista / 74321 35382 2 Flag of Europe

  1. "Hallo Spaceboy" (Pet Shop Boys remix) – 4:25
  2. "Under Pressure" (live) (Mercury/Deacon/Taylor/May/Bowie) – 4:07
  3. "Moonage Daydream" (live) (Bowie) – 5:25
  4. "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" (Bowie Mix) (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:56

[edit] CD: BMG-Arista / BVCA-8820 Flag of Japan

  1. "Hallo Spaceboy" (Pet Shop Boys remix) – 4:25
  2. "Under Pressure" (live) (Mercury/Deacon/Taylor/May/Bowie) – 4:07
  3. "Moonage Daydream" (live) (Bowie) – 5:25
  4. "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" (Rubber Mix) (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:56

[edit] UK 7" version

  1. "Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix)" – 4:25
  2. "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Radio edit)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 3:33

[edit] 12": BMG-Arista / SPACE 2 Flag of Europe

  1. "Hallo Spaceboy" (12" remix) – 6:34

[edit] 12": BMG / SPACE 3 Flag of the United Kingdom

  1. "Hallo Spaceboy" (Double Click mix) – 7:47
  2. "Hallo Spaceboy" (Instrumental) – 7:41
  3. "Hallo Spaceboy" (Lost in Space mix) – 6:29

[edit] 12": Virgin / SPRO-11513 Flag of the United States

  1. "Hallo Spaceboy" (12" remix) – 6:45
  2. "Hallo Spaceboy" (Pet Shop Boys remix) – 4:25
  3. "Hallo Spaceboy" (Double Click mix) – 7:47
  4. "Hallo Spaceboy" (Lost in Space mix) – 6:29
  • US promo

[edit] Production credits

[edit] Live versions

  • Bowie performed the song with the Pet Shop Boys at the 1996 Brit Awards.
  • In the autumn 1995, Bowie performed this song together with Nine Inch Nails.
  • A version recorded in 1996 at the Phoenix Festival in England was released on the various artist compilation Phoenix Festival in 1997 and on the live album LiveAndWell.com in 2000.
  • At Bowie's 50th Birthday Bash in New York January 1997, the song was performed together with Foo Fighters. This version featured Zachary Alford, William Goldsmith and Dave Grohl on three different drum sets and Nate Mendel and Gail Ann Dorsey on two bass guitars.
  • Bowie performed the song at BBC Radio Theatre, London, 27 June 2000. This was released on the bonus disc following the first releases of Bowie at the Beeb.

[edit] Other releases

  • The Pet Shop Boys remix was released as an additional track on Outside - version 2.
  • Several of the remixes (mostly from the 12" promo singles) was released on the 2004 limited 2CD edition of Outside.
  • The extended Pet Shop Boys remix of Hallo Spaceboy is included on the Pet Shop Boys album Disco 4, released on 8 October 2007.

[edit] Cover versions

  • Pet Shop Boys performed the song live with Sylvia Mason-James singing the Bowie part. This was released on the video Somewhere - Live at the Savoy (1997).
  • Behemoth (band) recorded the song during their Thelema.6 recording session. This was released on the Antichristian Phenomenon EP in 2001
  • Indie band First of June recorded their version of the song for the tribute album Spiders from Venus: Indie Women Artists and Female-Fronted Bands Cover David Bowie in 2003.
  • Norwegian power/progressive metal band Pagan's Mind covered the song on their 2007 album God's Equation.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Spaceboy Information