You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll

Infobox Single
Name = You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll


Caption =
Artist = Tin Machine
from Album = Tin Machine II
A-side =
B-side = Ampalura (Indonesian version)
Released = August 1991
Format = 7"/12"/CD single
Recorded = Sydney October - December 1989; Los Angeles, March 1991
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:33
Label = London
LON 305
Writer =
Producer = Tin Machine, Tim Palmer
Certification =
Last single = "Prisoner of Love"
1989 David Bowie:
"Fame '90
1990"
This single = "You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll"
1991
Next single = "Baby Universal"
1991
Misc =

"You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll" was a song by Tin Machine, released ahead of their second album in August 1991. The song was the band’s first release on Victory Records, which was distributed by London Records in the UK.

The band’s sound was somewhat more refined than on their debut album, influenced by Marc Bolan and Elvis Presley, and its use of a music-as-sex metaphor was a Bowie theme used on several tracks stretching right back to his glam days.

Launched in a barrage of publicity, including appearances on "Top of the Pops" (where the band mimed and Gabrels chose to play his guitar with a bread roll, with Bowie seeming to be much amused by the resulting mess) and "Wogan" (where the band again mimed, and Gabrels played his guitar with a vibrator, and Bowie visibly tired of the host’s patter), the single peaked at UK #33 – a disappointment, but it would be Tin Machine’s biggest hit single.

Track listing

7" version

# "You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 3:33
# "Ampalura (Indonesian version)" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 3:49

12"/CD version 1

# "You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll (Extended version)" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 6:32
# "You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll (LP version)" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 4:07
# "Ampalura (Indonesian version)" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 3:49
# "Shakin' All Over (Live)" (Kidd) – 2:49

CD version 2

# "You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 3:33
# "Ampalura (Indonesian version)" (Bowie, Gabrels) – 3:49
# "Stateside" (H. Sales) – 5:38
# "Hammerhead" (Bowie, H. Sales) – 3:15

Production credits

* Producers:
** Tin Machine
** Tim Palmer

* Musicians:
** David Bowie: Vocals, Guitar
** Reeves Gabrels: Lead Guitar
** Hunt Sales: Drums, Vocals
** Tony Sales: Bass, Vocals
** Kevin Armstrong: Rhythm Guitar

Live versions

* A live version recorded during the 1991 Tin Machine tour was released on the live album "" in 1992.

Cover versions

* Lyon Smith - ".2 Contamination: A Tribute to David Bowie" (2006)

References

Pegg, Nicholas, "The Complete David Bowie", Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5