John I'm Only Dancing - The Single
Songs (Time)
UK release
- John I'm Only Dancing (Bowie)
- Hang Onto Yourself (Bowie)
Italy release
- John I'm Only Dancing (Bowie)
- Starman (Bowie)
- Release Details
- Released by RCA in the UK, September 1, 1972
- Catalogue number: 2263 (UK), N1670 (Italy)
- Released in picture sleeve in Italy
John I'm Only Dancing
- Producer
- Ken Scott
- Musicians
- David Bowie: vocals and guitar
- Mick Ronson: guitar
- Trevor Bolder: bass
- Mick Woodmansey: drums
Hang Onto Yourself/Starman
- Producer
- David Bowie, Ken Scott
- Musicians
- David Bowie: vocals and guitar
- Mick Ronson: guitar
- Trevor Bolder: bass
- Mick Woodmansey: drums
UK 1973 rerelease
In 1973, RCA pulled the original cut of John I'm Only Dancing,
and replaced it with the Aladdin
Sane release (recorded in 1973), but retaining the same catalogue
number, thus creating a collector's nightmare ;)
- John I'm Only Dancing (Bowie)
- Hang Onto Yourself (Bowie)
- Release Details
- Released by RCA in the UK, April 1973
- Catalogue number: 2263 (UK)
John I'm Only Dancing
- Producer
- David Bowie, Ken Scott (1973)
Hang Onto Yourself
- Producer
- David Bowie, Ken Scott (1972)
- Musicians
- David Bowie: vocals and guitar
- Mick Ronson: guitar
- Trevor Bolder: bass
- Mick Woodmansey: drums
Trivia
- Banned in the US, John I'm Only Dancing was a song of playful
ambiguity, powered along by a band performance as sharp as any on the
Ziggy Stardust album and only
just failed to reach the UK Top 10.
- Chart Performance:
| Country | Peak # | # of weeks |
| UK | 12 | 10 |
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