Repetition (song)
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| Song by David Bowie | |||||
| Album | Lodger | ||||
| Released | May 18, 1979 | ||||
| Recorded | 1978 - 1979 | ||||
| Genre | Art rock | ||||
| Length | 2:59 | ||||
| Label | RCA | ||||
| Writer | David Bowie | ||||
| Producer | David Bowie and Tony Visconti | ||||
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"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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Cover versions
- Au Pairs - Playing with a Different Sex (1992). This was also performed live on Equal but Different (1994).
