Hallo Spaceboy

Infobox Single
Name = Hallo Spaceboy


Artist = David Bowie
from Album = Outside
B-side = "Under Pressure (live)"
Released = 1996
Format = 7"/12"/CD single
Recorded = Mountain Studios, Montreux, March 1994
Genre = Industrial rock
Length = 4:25
Label = BMG/Arista Records 74321 35382 2
Writer =
Producer = David Bowie, Brian Eno, David Richards
Certification =
Chart position = * #1 Latvia
* #12 (UK)
Last single = "Strangers When We Meet" 1995
This single = "Hallo Spaceboy" 1996
Next single = "Telling Lies" 1996

"Hallo Spaceboy" is a song by David Bowie and Brian Eno from his 1995 album "Outside", and was issued as a single in 1995.

The commercial (i.e. non-promo) version of the single featured the Pet Shop Boys remix as the lead track, not the original album version. In contrast to the original, the single remix was far more disco-oriented and featured additional lyrics sung by Neil Tennant. Bowie initially expressed reservation about the additions, which referenced and "chopped up" the lyrics to "Space Oddity", but later agreed that they worked well so long as Tennant sung them. [ [http://www.geowayne.com/psbother.htm#spaceboy Spaceboy Information] ]

"Hallo Spaceboy" was the most successful single from the "Outside" album in the UK. It stayed in the charts for 5 weeks and reached number 12.

The 12" remix, which was only released on promo 12", eventually surfaced on Pet Shop Boys' remix collection "Disco 4", which was released by EMI in start date|2007|10.

Track listing

* All tracks by Bowie/Eno unless noted.

CD: BMG-Arista / 74321 35383 2 flagicon|EU

# "Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix)" – 4:25
# "Under Pressure (live)" (Mercury/Deacon/Taylor/May/Bowie) – 4:07

* released in a card sleeve

CD: RCA-BMG 74321 35384 2 flagicon|UK

# "Hallo Spaceboy" (Pet Shop Boys remix) – 4:25
# "Under Pressure" (live) (Mercury/Deacon/Taylor/May/Bowie) – 4:07
# "Moonage Daydream" (live) (Bowie) – 5:25
# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" (Radio Edit) (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:56

CD: BMG-Arista / 74321 35382 2 flagicon|EU

# "Hallo Spaceboy" (Pet Shop Boys remix) – 4:25
# "Under Pressure" (live) (Mercury/Deacon/Taylor/May/Bowie) – 4:07
# "Moonage Daydream" (live) (Bowie) – 5:25
# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" (Bowie Mix) (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:56

CD: BMG-Arista / BVCA-8820 flagicon|Japan

# "Hallo Spaceboy" (Pet Shop Boys remix) – 4:25
# "Under Pressure" (live) (Mercury/Deacon/Taylor/May/Bowie) – 4:07
# "Moonage Daydream" (live) (Bowie) – 5:25
# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" (Rubber Mix) (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:56

UK 7" version

# "Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix)" – 4:25
# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Radio edit)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 3:33

12": BMG-Arista / SPACE 2 flagicon|EU

# "Hallo Spaceboy" (12" remix) – 6:34

12": BMG / SPACE 3 flagicon|UK

# "Hallo Spaceboy" (Double Click mix) – 7:47
# "Hallo Spaceboy" (Instrumental) – 7:41
# "Hallo Spaceboy" (Lost in Space mix) – 6:29

12": Virgin / SPRO-11513 flagicon|US

# "Hallo Spaceboy" (12" remix) – 6:45
# "Hallo Spaceboy" (Pet Shop Boys remix) – 4:25
# "Hallo Spaceboy" (Double Click mix) – 7:47
# "Hallo Spaceboy" (Lost in Space mix) – 6:29

* US promo

Production credits

* Producers:
** David Bowie
** Brian Eno
** David Richards

* Musicians:
** David Bowie: Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Saxophone
**Brian Eno: Synthesizers
**Reeves Gabrels: Guitar
**Erdal Kizilcay: Bass, Keyboards
**Mike Garson: Piano
**Sterling Campbell: Drums

Live versions

* Bowie performed the song with the Pet Shop Boys at the 1996 Brit Awards.
* In the autumn 1995, Bowie performed this song together with Nine Inch Nails.
* A version recorded in 1996 at the Phoenix Festival in England was released on the various artist compilation "Phoenix Festival" in 1997 and on the live album "LiveAndWell.com" in 2000.
* At Bowie's 50th Birthday Bash in New York January 1997, the song was performed together with Foo Fighters. This version featured Zachary Alford, William Goldsmith and Dave Grohl on three different drum sets and Nate Mendel and Gail Ann Dorsey on two bass guitars.
* Bowie performed the song at BBC Radio Theatre, London, 27 June 2000. This was released on the bonus disc following the first releases of "Bowie at the Beeb".

Other releases

* The Pet Shop Boys remix was released as an additional track on "Outside - version 2".
* Several of the remixes (mostly from the 12" promo singles) was released on the 2004 limited 2CD edition of "Outside".
* The extended Pet Shop Boys remix of "Hallo Spaceboy" is included on the Pet Shop Boys album "Disco 4", released on 8 October 2007.

Cover versions

* Pet Shop Boys performed the song live with Sylvia Mason-James singing the Bowie part. This was released on the video "Somewhere - Live at the Savoy" (1997).
* Behemoth (band) recorded the song during their Thelema.6 recording session. This was released on the Antichristian Phenomenon EP in 2001
* Indie band First of June recorded their version of the song for the tribute album "Spiders from Venus: Indie Women Artists and Female-Fronted Bands Cover David Bowie" in 2003.
* Norwegian power/progressive metal band Pagan's Mind covered the song on their 2007 album God's Equation.

References