Cat People - The Single

4.60 out of 5 (20 votes)

Songs (Time)

1. Cat People (Bowie/Moroder)
2. Paul's Theme (Jogging Chase) instrumental (Girogio Moroder)

Release details

Original release by MCA in the UK, April 1982

Original release by Backstreet Records in the US, April 1982

Catalogue number: MCA 770 (UK), MCAT 770 (UK), BSR 52024 (US)

Rereleased by MCA in the UK and US, July 1982

Rereleased by MCA in the UK again, November 1982

Released in picture sleeve

Producer

Giorgio Moroder (1981)

Musicians

David Bowie: vocals

Giorgio Moroder: synthesizer

Trivia

• Cat People was released shortly after Under Pressure. Another underrated masterpiece, this time from the soundtrack of the movie of the same name.
  Giorgio Moroder is normally such a dominant talent but he scarcely gets a look in as David unleashes his most theatrical voice to devastating effect: great lyrics and a great film.
• Chart Performance:

  Country	Peak #	# of weeks
  UK	26	6
  US	67	?

• For reasons known only to MCA, this was released about 3 separate times. Firstly with Cat People on the A side, then again two months later with Paul's Theme on the A side, then finally in November 1982 with Cat People back on the A side.

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