Up The Hill Backwards - The Single

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Songs (Time)

UK release

1. Up The Hill Backwards (Bowie)
2. Crystal Japan (Bowie)

Release Details

Released by RCA in the UK, March 1981

Catalogue number: BOW 9 (UK)

Released in picture sleeve

Producer

David Bowie, Tony Visconti (1980)

Musicians

David Bowie: vocals and keyboards

Carlos Alomar: guitar

Robert Fripp: guitar

George Murray: bass

Tony Visconti: guitar

Dennis Davis: drums

Pete Townshend: guitar

Roy Bittan: piano

Andy Clarke: synthesizer

Trivia

• A set of 36 stamps were distributed with the 12" vinyl single release.
• It was only David's insistence that UK fans be given the chance to pick up Crystal Japan without having to buy the expensive Japanese import that stopped Teenage Wildlife from joining the Scary Monsters plunder.
• Chart Performance:

  Country	Peak #	# of weeks
  UK	32	6

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