The Man Who Sold the World
David Bowie * Track #8 On The Man Who Sold the World
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The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie
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“The Man Who Sold the World” is the 8th track of the 1970 David Bowie album by the same name. Bowie had written the song 4 years earlier, in 1966, at the age of 19.
The song was most famously covered by Nirvana in 1993 at their MTV Unplugged session.
The Man Who Sold the World Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We passed upon the stair
We spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there
He said I was his friend
Which came as some surprise
I spoke into his eyes
"I thought you died alone
A long, long time ago"
[Chorus]
Oh no, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world
[Verse 2]
I laughed and shook his hand
And made my way back home
I searched for form and land
For years and years, I roamed
I gazed a gazely stare
At all the millions here
We must have died alone
A long, long time ago
[Chorus]
Who knows? Not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world
Who knows? Not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world
The Man Who Sold the World Q&A
Who wrote The Man Who Sold the World's ?
The Man Who Sold the World was written by David Bowie.
Who produced The Man Who Sold the World's ?
The Man Who Sold the World was produced by Tony Visconti.
When did David Bowie release The Man Who Sold the World?
David Bowie released The Man Who Sold the World on Wed Nov 04 1970.
What did David Bowie say about "The Man Who Sold the World"?
I guess I wrote it because there was a part of myself that I was looking for. Maybe now that I feel more comfortable with the way that I live my life and my mental state and my spiritual state whatever, maybe I feel there’s some kind of unity now. That song for me always exemplified kind of how you...
What has Bowie said about Kurt Cobain's covering his song before his death?
In an interview broadcast in 1996 on Dutch TV, Bowie said,
It’s a very sad rendition, of course, because it’s so tied up in life and death. So, it takes on all these different shades for me. Because I also remember, fairly clearly, my state of mind when I was actually writing it, which was, I gue...