- Telling Lies
Infobox Single
Name = Telling Lies
Artist =David Bowie
from Album = Earthling
Released = November 4,1996
Format = CD single
Recorded = Looking Glass Studio, New York City
Genre = Rock, Jungle
Length = 5:07
Label =BMG
Producer =David Bowie
Last single = "Hallo Spaceboy "
(1996)
This single = "Telling Lies"
(1996)
Next single = "Little Wonder "
(1997)"Telling Lies" is a single by
David Bowie written in 1996 and in 1997 released for the album "Earthling".Three versions of "Telling Lies" were released on [http://www.davidbowie.com Bowie's official website] beginning
September 11 ,1996 — one version was released for each of three weeks — constituting the first everdownload able single by a major artist. According to issued press releases, over 300,000 people downloaded the originalInternet -only release. Two months later, it was released as a single byBMG .The single
# "Telling Lies (Feelgood mix by
Mark Plati )" - 5:07
# "Telling Lies (Paradox mix byA Guy Called Gerald )" - 5:10
# "Telling Lies (Adam F mix)" - 3:58A limited edition
CD with a different cover was released with the same tracks. There is also a double 12"vinyl promo release which includes an additional remix ofA Guy Called Gerald , together with Bowie's mix to appear on "Earthling".Production Credits
* Producers:
** David Bowie*
Musician s:
** David Bowie: Vocals,Guitar ,Saxophone , Samples, Keyboards
**Reeves Gabrels : Programming,Synthesizer s,Real and sampled guitars, Vocals
**Mark Plati : Programming, Loops, Samples, Keyboards
**Gail Ann Dorsey : Bass, Vocals
**Zachary Alford : Drum loops, Acousticdrum s, Electronic percussion
**Mike Garson : Keyboards,Piano Live versions
* A version recorded at Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland, June 10 1997, was released on "
LiveAndWell.com " in 2000.Other releases
* The "Adam F mix" was released as a bonus track on the Japanese release of "Earthling". It was also released on a UK limited release of the single "
Little Wonder " in January 1997.
* The "Paradox mix" was released on the UK 12" release of the single "Dead Man Walking" in April 1997. This mix also appeared on the bonus disc of the "LiveAndWell.com " album in 2000.
* The "Feelgood mix" and "Paradox mix" was released on the bonus disc of the "Digibook Expanded Edition" of "Earthling" in 2004.
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