Repetition (song)

Repetition (song)

Song infobox
Name = Repetition


Artist = David Bowie
Album = Lodger
Released = May 18 1979
track_no = 9
Recorded = 1978 - 1979
Genre = Art rock
Length = 2:59
Label = RCA
Writer = David Bowie
Producer = David Bowie and Tony Visconti
prev = Boys Keep Swinging
prev_no = 8
next = Red Money
next_no = 10

"Repetition" is a song written by David Bowie in 1979 for the album "Lodger". Bowie's exploration of a wife-basher’s mentality, sung in a deliberately unemotional tone that served to highlight the lyric and the unnatural slur of the bass guitar.

Musicians on this song:
* David Bowie: Vocals
* Dennis Davis: Drums
* George Murray: Bass
* Carlos Alomar: Guitar
* Simon House: Violin
* Adrian Belew: Guitar
* Roger Powell: Synthesizer

Other releases

* It was released as the B-side of the single "DJ" in June 1979.
* The single release of "Yassassin" in June 1979 had this song as the B-side.
* It also appeared as the B-side of the single "Look Back in Anger" in August 1979.
* It was released as a picture disc in the RCA "Life Time" picture disc set.

Cover versions

* Au Pairs - "Playing with a Different Sex" (1992). This was also performed live on "Equal but Different" (1994).


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