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I dunno, I don't think Word on a Wing or even Stay are that different from the stuff on YA

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As JonnyManic pointed out on a recent thread, "Stay" is basically a re-write of "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)" (which we can classify as a Young Americans track by virtue of the fact that it was recorded during the same sessions and was for a time set for inclusion on the album). Might we even assume that "JIOD(A)" didn't make the cut because Bowie wanted to overhaul it and make it into a new song on the next album? What would that say about the contintuity between YA and STS?

The only STS tracks I can't see fitting in with YA are the title track and "TVC 15."