"Under the God" was the first single released 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...

 in June 1989.

The track, a straightforward rock song, established Tin Machine’s manifesto for back-to-basics rock and roll.

The single was, unusually, released after the album had been issued, and despite a video directed by Julien Temple

Julien Temple

Julien Temple is an English film, documentary and music video director. He began his career with short films featuring the Sex Pistols, and has continued with various off-beat projects, including The Great Rock And Roll Swindle, Absolute Beginners and a documentary film about Glastonbury.-Temple...

 (which masqueraded as a performance, with the audience storming the stage), only reached #51 in the UK. However, the song was moderately successful in America, charting at #4 on the Billboard Modern Rock

Modern Rock Tracks

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 chart and #8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock

Mainstream Rock Tracks

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 chart, despite failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=5875&model.vnuAlbumId=50095. It was performed live on both of Tin Machine’s tours.

Track listing

7” version

1. "Under the God" (Bowie) – 4:06
2. "Sacrifice Yourself" (Bowie, Sales, Sales) – 2:08

10”/12”/CD version

1. "Under the God" (Bowie) – 4:06
2. "Sacrifice Yourself" (Bowie, Sales, Sales) – 2:08
3. "The Interview" (An interview with the band)

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
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  , 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

Live versions

• A live version recorded during the Tin Machine tour in 1991/1992 was released on the live album Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby
  Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby
  Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby is a live album by Tin Machine originally released by London Records in 1992. It was to be the group's last release, and was recorded on the 1991–1992 It's My Life Tour. The title, suggested by Hunt Sales, was intended as a play on U2's album Achtung Baby.The album...
  
  in 1992.