White Light White Heat - The Single

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Songs (Time)

UK Release

1. White Light White Heat (Reed)
2. Cracked Actor (Bowie)

Release Details

Released by RCA in the UK, November 1983

Catalogue number: 372 (UK)

Recorded live 3 July 1973, Hammersmith Odeon

Producers

David Bowie, Tony Visconti (1983)

Musicians

David Bowie: vocals and guitar

Mick Ronson: guitar

Trevor Bolder: bass

Mick Woodmansey: drums and percussion

Mike Garson: piano

Ken Fordham: saxophone

Brian Wilshaw: saxophone

John Hutchinson: guitar

Geoffrey Alexander: backing vocals

Trivia

• David had been promising this single for quite a while. Culled from the decade-old Hammersmith show, White Light/White Heat exceeded even David's hyperbole. A tremendous track, White Light/White Heat failed, however, to make any impression on the charts.
• Chart Performance:

  Country	Peak #	# of weeks
  UK	46	3

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