Jean the Birdman

"Jean the Birdman"
Single by David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
from the album The First Day
B-side "Gone to Earth"/"Tallow Moon"/"Dark Water"
Released August 23, 1993
Format CD, cassette
Recorded December 1992March 1993
Genre Art rock
Length 4:12
Label Virgin
Writer(s) Trey Gunn, Robert Fripp, David Sylvian
Producer(s) David Bottrill, David Sylvian
David Sylvian chronology
"Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)"
(1992)
"Jean the Birdman"
(1993)
"I Surrender"
(1999)
The First Day track listing
"God's Monkey"
(1)
"Jean the Birdman"
(2)
"Firepower"
(3)
Music video
"Jean the Birdman" on YouTube

"Jean the Birdman" is a collaboration between Robert Fripp and David Sylvian, co-written by Trey Gunn. The dreamlike music video was directed by Howard Greenhalgh a year before he became famous for his work on Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun".

Chart positions

Chart (1993) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[1] 68

References

  1. "David Sylvian And Robert Fripp - Jean The Birdman". chartarchive.org. Retrieved October 3, 2012.

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