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Fascination (David Bowie song)
"Fascination" along with "China Girl," it was eventually dropped from
his final set list.
Song by David Bowie from the album Young Americans
Released 1975
Musicians
Recorded Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia; August 11,
• David Bowie – vocals, guitar, piano
1974 (1974-08-11)
• Carlos Alomar – guitar
Genre Psychedelic soul • Mike Garson – piano
Length 5:43
• David Sanborn – sax
• Willie Weeks – bass
Label RCA Records • Andy Newmark – drums
Writer David Bowie, Luther Vandross
Producer Tony Visconti Cover versions
Young Americans track listing • Fat Larry’s Band – Feel It and The Best of Fat Larry’s
Band (1994)
"Win" "Fascination
Fascination" "Right" • Old Nick Peterson - King Of The World
(2) (3) (4)
"Fascination is a song written by British singer-song-
Fascination"
In popular culture
writer David Bowie and American musician Luther Van- The song is played on the radio station Liberty Rock Ra-
dross for Bowie’s Young Americans album in 1975. The dio, hosted by Bowie’s former collaborator Iggy Pop, on
song originated from a Vandross song called "Funky Mu- the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV. This is also the
sic" which Mike Garson Band used to play before Bowie second Grand Theft Auto game, after Grand Theft Auto:
concerts in 1974. An alternate mix appeared on the Sound San Andreas, to feature a track from the Young Ameri-
and Vision box set, though this was replaced with the cans album (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas features the
original on the 2003 reissue. track Somebody Up There Likes Me on the fictional radio
While Bowie has never performed this track live in station K-DST).
concert, it was rehearsed for potential inclusion in
Bowie’s set at the 1985 London Live Aid concert, though,
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