"Prisoner of Love" is a song by Tin Machine

Tin Machine

Tin Machine was a hard rock band formed in 1988, famous for being fronted by singer David Bowie. The group recorded two studio albums before dissolving in 1992, when Bowie returned to his solo career...

 taken from their eponymous debut album

Tin Machine (album)

Tin Machine is the debut album of Tin Machine originally released by EMI in 1989. The group was the latest venture of David Bowie, inspired by sessions with guitarist Reeves Gabrels...

. It was issued as their third single in October 1989.
Bowie claimed at the time he wrote the song for his then-partner Melissa Hurley. It reads as worldly advice from the singer, warning the subject off drugs among other things – Bowie’s social conscience is a recurring theme of Tin Machine.

Despite being backed by live tracks recorded at La Cigale, Paris

Tin Machine Tour

The Tin Machine Tour of David Bowie's band Tin Machine commenced on 14 June 1989, following a performance of Heaven's In Here at the International Music Awards in New York City on 31 May 1989. The tour comprised 12 performances in six countries in venues with a capacity of 2,000 or less...

 on June 25, 1989, and a novel heart-shaped 12" picture disc release, "Prisoner of Love" failed to chart in the UK or the US.

Track listing

7" version

1. "Prisoner of Love (Edit)" (Bowie, Gabrels, Sales, Sales) – 4:09
2. "Baby Can Dance (Live)" (Bowie) – 6:16

12"/CD version

1. "Prisoner of Love (Edit)" (Bowie, Gabrels, Sales, Sales) – 4:09
2. "Baby Can Dance (Live)" (Bowie) – 6:16
3. "Crack City (Live)" (Bowie) – 5:13
4. "Prisoner of Love (LP version)" (Bowie, Gabrels, Sales, Sales) – 4:15

Production credits

Producers

• Tin Machine
  Tin Machine
  Tin Machine was a hard rock band formed in 1988, famous for being fronted by singer David Bowie. The group recorded two studio albums before dissolving in 1992, when Bowie returned to his solo career...
  
  
• Tim Palmer
  Tim Palmer
  Tim Palmer is a British music producer, audio engineer and songwriter of rock and alternative music.-1980-1990:Palmer worked as an assistant engineer at Utopia Studios in London, England in the early 1980s...
  
  

Musicians

• David Bowie
  David Bowie
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
  
  : Vocals, Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Reeves Gabrels
  Reeves Gabrels
  Reeves Gabrels is an American guitarist, known for virtuosity, versatility, and originality. His compositions and improvisations defy genre and "explore sonic extremes with a great, adaptive intuition for what each song needs most."...
  
  : Lead guitar
• Hunt Sales
  Hunt Sales
  Hunt Sales is an American rock and roll drummer who has played with Todd Rundgren, his brother Tony Sales, Iggy Pop and Tin Machine.- Personal life : Hunt Sales is the son of 1950s/60s television comedian Soupy Sales...
  
  : Drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , vocals
• Tony Sales
  Tony Sales
  |Tony Fox Sales is an American rock musician. A bass guitarist, Sales and his brother, Hunt Sales, played with Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and Tin Machine with David Bowie.-Early life and career:...
  
  : Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
• Kevin Armstrong: Rhythm Guitar