Hallo Spaceboy

"Hallo Spaceboy" is a song by David Bowie from his 1995 album Outside. The track was re-recorded the following year, and issued as a single, featuring Pet Shop Boys as guest vocalists. Bowie and Brian Eno co-wrote the original album version of the song.

Song development

Bowie wrote the song in mostly-improvised sessions with his band in 1995, and intentionally wrote it with a Nine Inch Nails-like vibe.^[2] Of the track, Bowie said "I adore that track. In my mind, it was like Jim Morrison meets industrial. When I heard it back, I thought, 'Fuck me. It's like metal Doors.' It's an extraordinary sound.^[2]"

Remixes

The commercial (i.e. non-promo) version of the single featured a remix by Pet Shop Boys 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. The introduction was sampled from the opener to Outside, "Leon Takes Us Outside". Bowie initially expressed reservation about the additions, which referenced and "cut-up" the lyrics to "Space Oddity," but later agreed that they worked well.^[3]

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 October 2007 (2007-10). In 2004, it was already released on the bonus disc of the re-released Bowie album.

Bowie and Pet Shop Boys performed a live version of the remixed song at the Brit Awards in February 1996.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks by Bowie/Eno unless noted.

CD: BMG-Arista / 74321 35383 2 Europe

"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 United Kingdom

"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 Europe

"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 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 Europe

"Hallo Spaceboy" (12" remix) – 6:34

12": BMG / SPACE 3 United Kingdom

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

12": Virgin / SPRO-11513 United States

"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:
Musicians:
- David Bowie: Vocals, Sax
- Brian Eno: Synthesizers, Drum Machine
- Reeves Gabrels: Guitar
- Mark Plati: Guitar
- Carlos Alomar: Guitar
- Erdal Kizilcay: Bass Guitar
- Mike Garson: Piano
- Sterling Campbell: Drums

Live versions

Bowie performed the song with Pet Shop Boys at the 1996 Brit Awards.^[5]
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 live at BBC Radio Theatre, London, on 27 June 2000, and a recording of this performance was included on the bonus disc accompanying the first releases of Bowie at the Beeb in 2000.
A November 2003 live performance from the A Reality Tour is included on the A Reality Tour DVD, released in 2004, as well as the A Reality Tour album, released in 2010.

Other releases

The Pet Shop Boys remix was released as an additional track on Outside – version 2 and is included on some editions of the 2002 compilation Best of Bowie as well as appearing on the 2014 compilation Nothing Has Changed.
Several of the remixes (mostly from the 12" promo singles) were 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.

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Australia Singles Chart	36^[6]
Austria Singles Chart	37^[6]
Belgium Singles Chart	48^[6]
Finland Singles Chart	8^[6]
France Singles Chart	1^[7]
Holland Singles Chart	33^[6]
Sweden Singles Chart	12^[6]
UK Singles Chart	12^[8]

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).
Blackened death metal band Behemoth 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

↑ Nothing Has Changed (CD liner notes). David Bowie. Columbia. 2014. 88875030972.
1 2 Paul, George A. (1995), "Bowie Outside Looking In", Axcess magazine 3 (5): 60–62
↑ "Loving the Alien". Record Collector: 42–44. 2006.
↑ "The Score 1996 (February)", Q magazine, February 1997: 32
↑ McKie, John (20 February 1996). "Bowie and Blair band together". London: The Independent. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Australian Charts: David Bowie: Hallo Spaceboy (Single), retrieved 23 October 2013
↑ http://tsort.info/music/vb4agf.htm
↑ DAVID BOWIE | Artist | Official Charts, retrieved 11 August 2014

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

David Bowie singles

1960s

1964	"Liza Jane"

1965	"I Pity the Fool" "You've Got a Habit of Leaving"

1966	"Can't Help Thinking About Me" "Do Anything You Say" "I Dig Everything" "Rubber Band"

1967	"The Laughing Gnome" "Love You till Tuesday"

1969	"Space Oddity" "Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola"

1970s

1970	"The Prettiest Star" "Memory of a Free Festival"

1971	"Holy Holy" "Moonage Daydream" "Hang On to Yourself"

1972	"Changes" "Starman" "John, I'm Only Dancing" "The Jean Genie"

1973	"Drive-In Saturday" "Time" "Life on Mars" "Let's Spend the Night Together" "Sorrow"

1974	"Rebel Rebel" "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" "Diamond Dogs" "Knock on Wood" "Rock 'n' Roll with Me"

1975	"Young Americans" "Fame" "Golden Years"

1976	"TVC 15" "Suffragette City" "Stay"

1977	"Sound and Vision" "Be My Wife" "'Heroes'"

1978	"Beauty and the Beast" "Breaking Glass"

1979	"Boys Keep Swinging" "DJ" "Yassassin" "Look Back in Anger" "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)"

1980s

1980	"Alabama Song" "Crystal Japan" "Ashes to Ashes" "Fashion"

1981	"Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" "Up the Hill Backwards" "Under Pressure" "Wild Is the Wind" "The Drowned Girl"

1982	"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"

1983	"Let's Dance" "China Girl" "Modern Love" "Without You" "White Light/White Heat"

1984	"Blue Jean" "Tonight"

1985	"This Is Not America" "Loving the Alien" "Dancing in the Street"

1986	"Absolute Beginners" "Underground" "As the World Falls Down" "Magic Dance" "When the Wind Blows"

1987	"Day-In Day-Out" "Time Will Crawl" "Never Let Me Down"

1989	"Under the God" "Heaven's in Here" "Tin Machine" / "Maggie's Farm (live)" "Prisoner of Love"

1990s

1990	"Fame '90"

1991	"You Belong in Rock n' Roll" "Baby Universal" "One Shot"

1992	"Real Cool World"

1993	"Jump They Say" "Black Tie White Noise" "Miracle Goodnight" "The Buddha of Suburbia"

1994	"Ziggy Stardust"

1995	"The Hearts Filthy Lesson" "Strangers When We Meet" / "The Man Who Sold the World (live)"

1996	"Hallo Spaceboy" "Telling Lies"

1997	"Little Wonder" "Dead Man Walking" "Seven Years in Tibet" "Pallas Athena" "I'm Afraid of Americans" "I Can't Read"

1999	"Without You I'm Nothing" "Thursday's Child" "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell"

2000s

2000	"Survive" "Seven"

2002	"Slow Burn" "Everyone Says 'Hi'" "I've Been Waiting for You"

2003	"New Killer Star" "Just for One Day (Heroes)"

2004	"Never Get Old" "Rebel Never Gets Old"

2006	"Arnold Layne" (David Gilmour version)

2010s

2011	"Golden Years - David Bowie vs KCRW"

2013	"Where Are We Now?" "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" "The Next Day" "Valentine's Day" "Love Is Lost"

2014	"'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore" "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)"

2015	"Blackstar" "Lazarus"

2016	"I Can't Give Everything Away"

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