New Killer Star

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“New Killer Star”
Single by David Bowie from the album Reality
B-side	Love Missile F1-11
Released	29 September 2003
Format	CD single
Recorded	Looking Glass Studios, New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	3:40
Label	Columbia Records/ISO Records COL 674275 9
Producer	David Bowie, Tony Visconti
David Bowie singles chronology
"I've Been Waiting for You" (2002) "New Killer Star" (2003) "Never Get Old" (2003)

"New Killer Star" is a song written by David Bowie in 2003 for his album Reality. This was the first single from the album and released on DVD only, except in Italy and Canada.

While it is uncertain what the song is really about (like other Bowie songs), the lyrics make oblique reference to life in post-9/11 New York. However the video clip, directed by Brumby Boylston of National Television, tells a surreal story using lenticular-postcard like images of a spaceship almost crashing into the modern American heartland.

Gerry Leonard uses an EBow to play the repetitive guitar lick all through the song.

The b-side is a cover of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's "Love Missile F1-11"

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 CD: ISO-Columbia / COL 674275 1 (Italy) 1.2 CD: ISO-Columbia / 38K 3445 (Canada) 1.3 DVD: ISO/Columbia COL 674275 9 (Austria) 2 Production credits 3 Live versions

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD: ISO-Columbia / COL 674275 1 (Italy)

1. "New Killer Star" - 4:40
2. "Love Missile F1-11"

[edit] CD: ISO-Columbia / 38K 3445 (Canada)

1. "New Killer Star" (Edit) - 3:42
2. "Love Missile F1-11"

[edit] DVD: ISO/Columbia COL 674275 9 (Austria)

1. "New Killer Star (Video version)" - 3:40
2. "Reality (Electronic Press Kit)"
3. "Love Missile F1-11"

[edit] Production credits

• Producers
  • David Bowie
  • Tony Visconti

• Musicians:
  • David Bowie: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Sax, Stylophone and Synthesizer
  • Earl Slick: Guitar
  • Mike Garson: Piano
  • David Torn: Guitar
  • Gail Ann Dorsey: Background vocals
  • Sterling Campbell: Drums
  • Catherine Russell: Background vocals
  • Tony Visconti: Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals,
  • Gerry Leonard: Guitar

[edit] Live versions

• It used as an opener for the first 7 nights of A Reality Tour.
• A live version recorded at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, 8 September 2003 was released on the Tour Edition of Reality.
• Another live version, recorded for Sessions@AOL on 23 September 2003, was released exclusively through the iTunes Music Store.
• A third version recorded live at the The Point, Dublin, Ireland, 22 and 23 November 2003 was released on the live DVD A Reality Tour.

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