"Slow Burn" is a song by English musician

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

. It was released as the lead single from his 22nd studio album, '' Heathen'', on 3 June 2002. The song was not released as a single in the UK. There was no British single from ''Heathen'' released until September, with " Everyone Says 'Hi'". The recording features

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on guitar. The song earned Bowie a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Male Vocal Performance.

Cover Art

The cover photograph by

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, featuring Bowie striding forward with a baby in his arms, is a composite of two images. Bowie's head is grafted onto the body of a male model photographed separately.

Music video

The music video of "Slow Burn" was directed by Gary Koepke, and released in 2002. A music video for "Slow Burn" was uploaded to the official DavidBowieVEVO YouTube channel on 23 March 2011. The video shows Bowie dressed in white performing the vocals to the song in a recording studio booth, with a young girl wandering around the darkened control room and occasionally touching the equipment and

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. The video is an edited version of the song and no directing or other credits are given.

Live versions

The song was performed live on several TV shows in 2002, although was only performed during the first two dates of the '' Heathen Tour'' and during a promotional performance at

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in New York between those two dates.

Track listing

CDs

* ISO- Columbia / 672744 1 (Austria) # "Slow Burn" – 4:43 # " Wood Jackson" – 4:48 # " Shadow Man" – 4:46 * ISO-Columbia / COL 672744 2 (Austria) # "Slow Burn" – 4:43 # "Wood Jackson" – 4:48 # "Shadow Man" – 4:46 # " When the Boys Come Marching Home" – 4:46 # " You've Got a Habit of Leaving" – 4:51 *

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/ SICP-162 (Japan) # "Slow Burn" (edit) – 3:55 # "Shadow Man" – 4:46 # "When the Boys Come Marching Home" – 4:46 # "You've Got a Habit of Leaving" – 4:51 # " Baby Loves That Way" – 4:44

Personnel

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** David Bowie **

Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

*Musicians **David Bowie – Vocals, Horns **

– Guitar **

– Bass guitar, Recorders, B-vox, String arrangements **

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– Drums, Loop programming, Percussion **

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– Guitars, Guitar loops, Omnichord **

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– Piano and Hammond organ. **The Scorchio Quartet ***Greg Kitzis – 1st violin ***Meg Okura – 2nd violin ***Martha Mooke – Viola ***Mary Wooten – Cello

Charts

References

External links

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Slow Burn (work)
on MusicBrainz.org. {{DEFAULTSORT:Slow Burn (Song) 2002 singles David Bowie songs Songs written by David Bowie Song recordings produced by Tony Visconti Song recordings produced by David Bowie