David Bowie - Golden Years

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David Bowie
Golden Years / Can You Hear Me
RCA 2640 (1975)

Taken from Bowie's 10th album "Station To Station" Golden Years has an underlying funk and disco feel which was reminiscent of his previous album "Young Americans".

The song was written during May 1975 just prior to him undertaking the filming of "The Man Who Fell To Earth". It is rumoured that the song was written by Bowie for Elvis Presley and that the King had heard the demos and turned the song down.  It is known that Colonel Tom Parker had suggest that as they were on the same label Bowie should write for Elvis but it appears, rumours aside, that nothing came to fruition.

The 45 has appeared on several Bowie compilations and in 2015 Mojo magazine rated it the 11th greatest Bowie song. Classic Rock magazine placed also placed it 11th in 2016 in their Bowie singles list and in 2018 the staff at the NME placed it at #16 in their Bowie's top 40 singles listing.

The 45 reached #8 in the UK charts.






RCA 2640







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