Candidate (David Bowie song)

Candidate (David Bowie song)

Infobox Song
Name = Candidate
Artist = David Bowie
Album = Diamond Dogs
Released = April 24 1974


track_no = 4
Recorded = Olympic and Island Studios, London
Ludolf Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
October 1973 - February 1974
Genre = Glam rock
Length = 2:40
Writer = David Bowie
Label = RCA Records
Producer = David Bowie
prev = "Sweet Thing"
prev_no = 3
next = "Sweet Thing (Reprise)"
next_no = 5
"Candidate" is a song written by David Bowie in 1973 and intended for his musical of "1984". A radically different version, with completely different lyrics and music, was released on the album "Diamond Dogs" in 1974 as part of a medley which split the song "Sweet Thing (David Bowie song)" in two. The only lyric shared in the two different versions is the line: "pretend I'm walking home".

Other releases

* The 1973 version (called "demo version") was released as a bonus track on the Rykodisc reissue of "Diamond Dogs" in 1990. It also appeared on the bonus disc of the album's "30th Anniversary Reissue" as an "alternate version". On this same bonus disc another remix called "Intimacy remix" was released. This remix is taken from the soundtrack of the film "Intimacy" released in 2001.

Live versions

* A live version of "Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)" from the 1974 tour was released on "David Live". Another live recording from the 1974 tour was released on the semi-legal album "A Portrait in Flesh".


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