This Is Not America

"This Is Not America"
Single by Pat Metheny Group and David Bowie
from the album The Falcon and the Snowman
B-side "This Is Not America (Instrumental)"
Released February 1985
Format 7"/12" single
Recorded Late 1984
Genre
Length 3:43
Label EMI
EA190
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
David Bowie singles chronology
"Tonight"
(1984)
"This Is Not America"
(1985)
"Loving the Alien"
(1985)

"This Is Not America" is a song by jazz fusion band Pat Metheny Group and rock singer David Bowie, taken from the soundtrack for the film The Falcon and the Snowman.[1]

The song, a midtempo ballad, was released as a single which reached No. 14 in the UK, and No. 32 in the US. The song later appeared on Bowie's greatest hits compilation Best of Bowie, appearing on all but the Australian and Japanese pressings of that album. Metheny later noted that Bowie's words were "profound and meaningful – and absolutely perfect for the film."[2]

Track listing

7": EMI America / EA 190 (UK)

  1. "This Is Not America" (David Bowie, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays) – 3:51
  2. "This Is Not America (Instrumental)" (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:51

12": EMI America / 12EA190 (UK)

  1. "This Is Not America" (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:51
  2. "This Is Not America (Instrumental)" (Bowie, Metheny, Mays) – 3:51

Personnel

Pat Metheny Group:

Live versions

Other releases

Cover versions

Chart positions

Chart Peak position
The Netherlands 1[3]
Canadian Singles Chart 23[4]
Germany Singles Chart 6[5]
Italy Singles Chart 5[6]
Norway 3
Sweden 2
UK Singles Chart 14
US Billboard Hot 100 32
US Mainstream Rock Tracks 7
Brazil Top 100 4

References

  1. Parsons, Tony (1985) "Singles", NME, 2 February 1985, p. 14
  2. Metheny, Pat (2000). Pat Metheny Song Book. Hal Leonard Publishing. ISBN 0634007963.
  3. "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 11, 1985". Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  4. Library and Archives Canada: Top Singles, 23 March 1985, retrieved 12 February 2016
  5. "Germany Top 30, April 1985". Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  6. "www.hitparadeitalia.it Indice per Interprete: (see entry for Bowie, David)". Retrieved 13 March 2009.

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