Holy Holy (single):David Bowie

"Holy Holy" is a song by David Bowie, originally released as a single in January 1971. It was recorded in November 1970,[1]  after the completion of The Man Who Sold the World, in the perceived absence of a clear single from that album. Like Bowie's two previous singles, it sold poorly and failed to chart.

At the time Marc Bolan's Tyrannosaurus Rex was a significant source of inspiration for Bowie. On this track, according to NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray, "Bolan's influence is so much in the ascendant that it virtually amounts to a case of demonic possession".[2]  The single's B-side was another Tyrannosaurus Rex flavoured song called "Black Country Rock". Bowie performed "Holy Holy" on Britain's Granada Television wearing a dress,[3]  which he would also wear on the cover of the soon-to-be-released UK edition of The Man Who Sold the World.

A more frantic version of the song was recorded in 1971 for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.[3]  It was dropped from the album, but subsequently appeared as the B-side to "Diamond Dogs" in 1974. This version was also released as a bonus track on the Rykodisc reissue of The Man Who Sold the World in 1990 (despite the sleeve notes referring to it as the original cut), as well as on the Ziggy Stardust - 30th Anniversary Reissue bonus disc in 2002. Bowie himself vetoed the inclusion of the original at a late stage, and the single remains the 1970 version's only official release, though it has appeared on several bootlegs.



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[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] == ==Production credits[ edit] == ==Cover versions<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">"Holy Holy" was covered by Rozz Williams' Deathrock band, Shadow Project, as the last song on their debut.
 * 2 Production credits
 * 3 Cover versions
 * 4 Notes
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links
 * 1) "Holy Holy" (Bowie) – 3:13
 * 2) "Black Country Rock" (Bowie) – 3:05
 * Producers:
 * Herbie Flowers on "Holy Holy" (credited as Blue Mink)
 * Tony Visconti on "Black Country Rock"
 * Musicians:
 * David Bowie: vocals, guitar
 * Alan Parker: guitar on "Holy Holy"
 * Herbie Flowers: bass on "Holy Holy"
 * Barry Morgan: drums on "Holy Holy"
 * Tony Visconti: bass on "Black Country Rock"