Young Americans (album)

Side two

1. "Somebody Up There Likes Me
   Somebody Up There Likes Me (song)
   
   "Somebody Up There Likes Me" is a song written and performed by David Bowie for his Young Americans album in 1975 in music. The song was featured in the 2004 hit video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas which was played on the fictional radio station K-DST....
   " – 6:30
2. "Across the Universe
   Across the Universe
   
   "Across the Universe" is a song by The Beatles that first appeared on a charity release in December 1969, and later, in modified form, on their final album, Let It Be ....
   " (John Lennon, Paul McCartney
   Lennon/McCartney
   
   File:Lennon-McCartney.JPGThe songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, usually referred to as Lennon/McCartney, is one of the best-known and most successful musical and cultural collaborations of all time....
   ) – 4:30
3. "Can You Hear Me?" – 5:04
4. "Fame
   Fame (David Bowie song)
   
   "Fame" is a song recorded by David Bowie, initially released in 1975 and in remixed versions, in 1990.With the Young Americans sessions mostly concluded in late 1974, the material was delayed while Bowie extricated himself from his contract with manager Tony DeFries....
   " (Bowie, Lennon, Carlos Alomar
   Carlos Alomar
   
   Carlos Alomar is an American guitarist, composer and arranger best known for his work with David Bowie, having played on more Bowie albums than any other musician....
   ) – 4:12

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Track listing

Original LP release

Side one

1. "Young Americans
   Young Americans (song)
   
   "Young Americans" is a single by David Bowie....
   " – 5:10
2. "Win
   Win (David Bowie song)
   
   "Win" is a song written by David Bowie for his Young Americans album in 1975.The chorus is in 5/4 time....
   " – 4:44
3. "Fascination
   Fascination (David Bowie song)
   
   "Fascination" is a song written by David Bowie and Luther Vandross for Bowie's Young Americans album in 1975. The song originated from a Vandross song called "Funky Music" which Mike Garson Band used to play before Bowie concerts in 1974....
   " (Bowie, Luther Vandross
   Luther Vandross
   
   Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an United States rhythm and blues and soul music singer-songwriter, and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times....
   ) – 5:43
4. "Right
   Right (David Bowie song)
   
   "Right" is a song written by David Bowie for his Young Americans album in 1975....
   " – 4:13

Side two

1. "Somebody Up There Likes Me
   Somebody Up There Likes Me (song)
   
   "Somebody Up There Likes Me" is a song written and performed by David Bowie for his Young Americans album in 1975 in music. The song was featured in the 2004 hit video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas which was played on the fictional radio station K-DST....
   " – 6:30
2. "Across the Universe
   Across the Universe
   
   "Across the Universe" is a song by The Beatles that first appeared on a charity release in December 1969, and later, in modified form, on their final album, Let It Be ....
   " (John Lennon, Paul McCartney
   Lennon/McCartney
   
   File:Lennon-McCartney.JPGThe songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, usually referred to as Lennon/McCartney, is one of the best-known and most successful musical and cultural collaborations of all time....
   ) – 4:30
3. "Can You Hear Me?" – 5:04
4. "Fame
   Fame (David Bowie song)
   
   "Fame" is a song recorded by David Bowie, initially released in 1975 and in remixed versions, in 1990.With the Young Americans sessions mostly concluded in late 1974, the material was delayed while Bowie extricated himself from his contract with manager Tony DeFries....
   " (Bowie, Lennon, Carlos Alomar
   Carlos Alomar
   
   Carlos Alomar is an American guitarist, composer and arranger best known for his work with David Bowie, having played on more Bowie albums than any other musician....
   ) – 4:12

CD releases

1991 reissue bonus tracks

9. "Who Can I Be Now?" – 4:35
10. "It's Gonna Be Me" – 6:29
11. "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
    John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
    
    "John, I?m Only Dancing " was a single by David Bowie. It was a re-recording of Bowie's 1972 track "John, I?m Only Dancing", made during the sessions for the album Young Americans ....
    " – 6:58

2007 Collector's Edition bonus tracks

9. "John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)"
10. "Who Can I Be Now?"
11. "It's Gonna Be Me" (alternate version, with strings)
12. "1984
    1984 (song)
    
    "1984" is a song by David Bowie, from his 1974 album Diamond Dogs. Written in late 1973, it was inspired by George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and, like much of its parent album, originally intended for a never-produced stage musical based on the novel....
    " (live on The Dick Cavett Show, DVD only)
13. "Young Americans" (live on The Dick Cavett Show, DVD only)
14. "Dick Cavett Interviews David Bowie" (DVD only)

Personnel

Musicians

• David Bowie
  David Bowie
  
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
   – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
  
  The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
  , piano
  Piano
  
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
  
• Carlos Alomar
  Carlos Alomar
  
  Carlos Alomar is an American guitarist, composer and arranger best known for his work with David Bowie, having played on more Bowie albums than any other musician....
   – guitar
• Mike Garson
  Mike Garson
  
  Mike Garson is an American piano, most notable for his work with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins and to be released summer '09 Orange's third album on Hellcat Records....
   – piano
• David Sanborn
  David Sanborn
  
  David Sanborn is an United States alto saxophone saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental Pop music and R&B....
   – sax
  Saxophone
  
  The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
  
• Willie Weeks
  Willie Weeks
  
  Willie Weeks is an United States bassist....
   – bass
  Bass guitar
  
  The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
   except on "Across the Universe" and "Fame"
• Andy Newmark
  Andy Newmark
  
  Andrew "Andy" Newmark is an United States musician, best known as the drummer for the influential funk band Sly & the Family Stone from 1972 to 1973....
   – drums
  Drum kit
  
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
   except on "Across the Universe" and "Fame"

Additional musicians

• Larry Washington – conga
  Conga
  
  The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo....
  
• Pablo Rosario – percussion
  Percussion instrument
  
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
  
• Ava Cherry, Robin Clark
  Robin Clark
  
  Robin Clark is an USA vocalist best known for her 1980s work with UK band Simple Minds. She has also performed vocals on numerous other tours and albums, including work with David Bowie and Luther Vandross amongst others....
  , Luther Vandross
  Luther Vandross
  
  Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an United States rhythm and blues and soul music singer-songwriter, and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times....
   – background vocals
• John Lennon
  John Lennon
  
  John Winston Ono Lennon, Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music musician, singer, songwriter, artist, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles....
   – vocals, guitar on "Across the Universe" and "Fame"
• Earl Slick
  Earl Slick
  
  Earl Slick is a guitarist best known for his collaborations with David Bowie, Jim Diamond and Robert Smith, although he has also worked with other artists and even released some solo recordings....
   – guitar on "Across the Universe" and "Fame"
• Emir Kassan – bass on "Across the Universe" and "Fame"
• Dennis Davis
  Dennis Davis
  
  Dennis Davis is an American drummer and session musician best known for his work with David Bowie.He was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City and studied with the late drummers Max Roach and Elvin Jones....
   – drums on "Across the Universe" and "Fame"
• Ralph MacDonald
  Ralph MacDonald
  
  Ralph MacDonald is a Grammy-award winning United States percussionist and song-writer born in Harlem, New York, in 1944. He joined Harry Belafonte's band at age 17....
   – percussion on "Across the Universe" and "Fame"
• Pablo Rosario – percussion on "Across the Universe" and "Fame"
• Jean Fineberg – backing vocals on "Across the Universe" and "Fame"
• Jean Millington – backing vocals on "Across the Universe" and "Fame"

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