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Tin Machine (song)

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"Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm"
Single by Tin Machine
from the album Tin Machine
B-side"Maggie's Farm" / "Bus Stop" (live country version)
ReleasedSeptember 1989
RecordedAugust 1988 – early 1989;
studio material recorded at
Mountain Studios, Montreux Switzerland,
and Compass Point Studios, Nassau
live recording
25th of June 1989;
at La Cigale, Paris
GenreRock
Length3:34/4:29
LabelEMI
MT 73
Songwriter(s)Bowie, Gabrels, Sales, Sales
Producer(s)
Tin Machine singles chronology
"Under the God"
(1989)
"Tin Machine" / "Maggie's Farm"
(1989)
"Prisoner of Love"
(1989)

"Tin Machine" is a song by Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine, and the song from which they took their name,[1] a track from their debut album, also of the same name. It was released as a single in September 1989, as a double A-side with a live cover of Bob Dylan’s “Maggie's Farm”.[2][3]

Song development and live performances

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According to guitarist Reeves Gabrels, naming the band after the song was the idea of the Sales brothers, who reasoned "It’s like having your own theme tune".[1]

"Maggie’s Farm" and the other live tracks were recorded at the band’s gig at La Cigale, Paris on 25 June 1989. Both songs had videos – "Tin Machine" featured in an excerpt from Julien Temple’s promotional film as a mock performance where the fans stormed the stage,[4] leaving lead vocalist David Bowie with a nosebleed; and "Maggie’s Farm" was recorded live. Despite this, the double-A side entered the chart at its UK No. 48 peak.

The live version of "Bus Stop" (also released as the Country version, or Live Country version) would later appear as a bonus track on 1995 Virgin Records reissue of Tin Machine.

Track listing

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7" version

  1. "Tin Machine" (Bowie, Gabrels, Sales, Sales) – 3:34
  2. "Maggie's Farm" (Live) (Dylan) – 4:29

12" version

  1. "Tin Machine" (Bowie, Gabrels, Sales, Sales) – 3:34
  2. "Maggie’s Farm" (Live) (Dylan) – 4:29
  3. "I Can't Read" (Live) (Bowie, Gabrels) – 6:13

CD version

  1. "Tin Machine" (Bowie, Gabrels, Sales, Sales) – 3:34
  2. "Maggie's Farm" (Live) (Dylan) – 4:29
  3. "I Can't Read" (Live) (Bowie, Gabrels) – 6:13
  4. "Bus Stop" (Live) (Bowie, Gabrels) – 1:52

Credits and personnel

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Producers

Musicians

Additional musicians

References

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  1. ^ a b Levy, Joe (July 1989), "I'm with the Band", Spin Magazine, 5 (4): 35–36
  2. ^ Pegg, Nicholas (October 2016). "The Complete David Bowie New Edition: Expanded and Updated". Titan Books.
  3. ^ O'Leary, Chris (2019). Ashes to Ashes The Songs of David Bowie 1976–2016. Repeater Books. ISBN 9781912248308.
  4. ^ McLennan, Scott (3 June 2019). "David Bowie & I: Socks, Sax & Sex Shops". Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  • Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5
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