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- "Boys Keep Swinging" is a song by English musician David Bowie, released on 27 April 1979 by RCA Records in the United Kingdom as the lead single from his 1979 album Lodger. It was written by Bowie and Brian Eno and recorded in Montreux and New York City in September 1978 and March 1979. The recording utilised techniques from Eno's Oblique Strategies cards, which resulted in the musicians swapping instruments. Adrian Belew contributed a guitar solo, which he played receiving little guidance and was composited from multiple takes. The song was also built on the same chord sequence as album track "Fantastic Voyage". Musically, "Boys Keep Swinging" contains elements of glam rock, garage rock, funk and new wave, while lyrically, the song deals with the concept of gender identity, featuring various gender-bending lyrics. Bowie himself stated that the song was full of irony. Bowie filmed a promotional video for "Boys Keep Swinging" alongside an appearance on The Kenny Everett Video Show. Both were directed by David Mallet, marking the first in a series of collaborations with Bowie. The video features Bowie as himself and three backing dancers dressed in drag. The video helped the single reach number seven on the UK Singles Chart, his highest chart placement in two years. Bowie gave an acclaimed performance of the song on Saturday Night Live in December 1979 and later revived it for his 1995 Outside Tour. Although it received mixed reviews on release, with some finding a lack of payoff, commentators have reacted more positively to "Boys Keep Swinging" in later decades, with some naming it one of Bowie's best songs. It has appeared on several compilation albums and was covered by the Associates in late-1979, whose version earned them their first recording contract. (en)
- "Boys Keep Swinging" es una canción por el músico británico David Bowie. Fue lanzada como sencillo del álbum Lodger el 27 de abril de 1979. (es)
- Boys Keep Swinging est une chanson écrite écrite par David Bowie et Brian Eno parue en 1979 sur l'album Lodger. Premier single extrait de l'album, avec Fantastic Voyage en face B, elle se classe no 7 des ventes au Royaume-Uni. (fr)
- Boys Keep Swinging is een nummer van Britse muzikant David Bowie en de achtste track van zijn album Lodger uit 1979. Het nummer werd in april 1979, één maand voor de release van het album, uitgebracht als de leadsingle en werd een top 10-hit in Bowie's thuisland. (nl)
- Boys Keep Swinging è un brano musicale scritto (insieme a Brian Eno) ed interpretato dal musicista rock britannico David Bowie nel 1979 per il suo album Lodger. (it)
- "Boys Keep Swinging" é uma canção do cantor e compositor britânico David Bowie. A faixa foi lançada como um single do álbum Lodger em 27 de abril de 1979. (pt)
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- A man laying on the floor, his face shell-shocked with a bandage on his nose. His arms vault outwards in arches. (en)
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- Front cover of early UK single (en)
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- Boys Keep Swinging cw Fantastic Voyage by David Bowie UK single.png (en)
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- *Glam rock
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- *David Bowie
*Tony Visconti (en)
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- The glory in that song was ironic. I do not feel that there is anything remotely glorious about being either male or female. I was merely playing on the idea of the colonization of a gender. (en)
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- September 1978, March 1979 (en)
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*Record Plant (en)
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- *David Bowie
*Brian Eno (en)
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- "Boys Keep Swinging" es una canción por el músico británico David Bowie. Fue lanzada como sencillo del álbum Lodger el 27 de abril de 1979. (es)
- Boys Keep Swinging est une chanson écrite écrite par David Bowie et Brian Eno parue en 1979 sur l'album Lodger. Premier single extrait de l'album, avec Fantastic Voyage en face B, elle se classe no 7 des ventes au Royaume-Uni. (fr)
- Boys Keep Swinging is een nummer van Britse muzikant David Bowie en de achtste track van zijn album Lodger uit 1979. Het nummer werd in april 1979, één maand voor de release van het album, uitgebracht als de leadsingle en werd een top 10-hit in Bowie's thuisland. (nl)
- Boys Keep Swinging è un brano musicale scritto (insieme a Brian Eno) ed interpretato dal musicista rock britannico David Bowie nel 1979 per il suo album Lodger. (it)
- "Boys Keep Swinging" é uma canção do cantor e compositor britânico David Bowie. A faixa foi lançada como um single do álbum Lodger em 27 de abril de 1979. (pt)
- "Boys Keep Swinging" is a song by English musician David Bowie, released on 27 April 1979 by RCA Records in the United Kingdom as the lead single from his 1979 album Lodger. It was written by Bowie and Brian Eno and recorded in Montreux and New York City in September 1978 and March 1979. The recording utilised techniques from Eno's Oblique Strategies cards, which resulted in the musicians swapping instruments. Adrian Belew contributed a guitar solo, which he played receiving little guidance and was composited from multiple takes. The song was also built on the same chord sequence as album track "Fantastic Voyage". Musically, "Boys Keep Swinging" contains elements of glam rock, garage rock, funk and new wave, while lyrically, the song deals with the concept of gender identity, featuring var (en)
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- Boys Keep Swinging (en)
- Boys Keep Swinging (es)
- Boys Keep Swinging (fr)
- Boys Keep Swinging (it)
- Boys Keep Swinging (nl)
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