This Is Not America
"This Is Not America" is a song from the soundtrack for the film The Falcon and the Snowman.[1]
The track is the result of a collaboration between the jazz fusion Pat Metheny Group and rock singer David Bowie who provided the lyrics and vocals.
It was released as a single which reached #14 in the UK, and #32 in the US.
Track listing
7": EMI America / EA 190 (UK)
- "This Is Not America" (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:43
- "This Is Not America (Instrumental)" (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:43
Personnel
Pat Metheny Group:
David Bowie: vocals and lyrics
Live versions
- An instrumental version of the song performed by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays appears on the Falcon and the Snowman soundtrack as the song "Chris." This version differs from the Bowie instrumental version that was the song's B-side. The Bowie version is based on his recording of the song, while "Chris" was specifically performed for the soundtrack album.
- 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, with band members substituting for Bowie on vocals.
- Another version featuring Anna Maria Jopek and Pat Metheny was recorded live in Warsaw, 2002, included in an album called "Anna María Jopek and Pat Metheny Live In Warsaw 2002".
Other releases
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)
- Italian singer-songwriter Alice - Personal Jukebox (2000)
- An instrumental version of "This Is Not America" performed by the "Ahn Trio" (cello, piano and violin) featured on the 2001 album "Classical Chillout".
- Kartagon - Natural Instincts (2003)
- Silje Nergaard - Nightwatch (2003)
- Protection - Protection EP (2005)
- A German language version performed by Richard von der Schulenburg is featured on Quotenrocker (2005)
- Microsillon featuring Eugenie Alquezar - BowieMania: Mania, une collection obsessionelle de Beatrice Ardisson (2007)
- Liberation Music Orchestra - Not in Our Name (2005)
- Bardo State - Mariposa (2008)
- Juliette Lewis - Hollywood, mon amour (2008)
- Laith Al-Deen - Laith Al-Deen: Session (2009)
- Amanda Lear - Brief Encounters (2009)
- Amanda Lear - Brief Encounters Reloaded (2010)
- Claudia Brücken & Paul Rutherford – Combined (2011)
Chart positions
| Chart |
Position |
| The Netherlands |
1[2] |
| Canada Singles Chart |
19 |
| Germany Singles Chart |
6[3] |
| Italy Singles Chart |
5[4] |
| Sweden |
2 |
| UK Singles Chart |
14 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 |
32 |
| US Mainstream Rock Tracks |
7 |
References
- Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5
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- Book:David Bowie / Part 2 Singles and songs
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