| "We Are the Dead" | ||||
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| Song by David Bowie from the album Diamond Dogs | ||||
| Released | April 24, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Olympic and Island Studios, London Ludolf Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands October 1973 - February 1974 |
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| Genre | Glam rock | |||
| Length | 4:58 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Writer | David Bowie | |||
| Producer | David Bowie | |||
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"We Are the Dead" is a song written by David Bowie for the 1974 album Diamond Dogs. The title is drawn from a line in the World War I poem "In Flanders Fields".
The title is a phrase spoken by Winston Smith to Julia in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the basis for the second half of Bowie's album. This is Bowie's interpretation of the couple's capture, and Winston's thoughts about the whole affair. He recognizes that they probably should have ended it while they could, but it is too late: "...because of all we've seen, because of all we've said, we are the dead..."
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