"Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm" | ||||
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Single by Tin Machine | ||||
from the album Tin Machine | ||||
B-side | " Maggie's Farm" / "Bus Stop" (live country version) | |||
Released | September 1989 | |||
Recorded | August 1988 - early 1989; studio material recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreux Switzerland, and Compass Point Studios, Nassau live recording 25th of June 1989; at La Cigale, Paris | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:34/4:29 | |||
Label |
EMI MT 73 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bowie, Gabrels, Sales, Sales | |||
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Tin Machine singles chronology | ||||
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"Tin Machine" is a song by Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine, and the song from which they took their name, [1] a track from their debut album, also of the same name. It was released as a single in September 1989, as a double A-side with a live cover of Bob Dylan’s “ Maggie's Farm”. [2] [3]
According to guitarist Reeves Gabrels, naming the band after the song was the idea of the Sales brothers, who reasoned "It’s like having your own theme tune". [1]
"Maggie’s Farm" and the other live tracks were recorded at the band’s gig at La Cigale, Paris on 25 June 1989. Both songs had videos – "Tin Machine" featured in an excerpt from Julien Temple’s promotional film as a mock performance where the fans stormed the stage, [4] leaving lead vocalist David Bowie with a nosebleed; and "Maggie’s Farm" was recorded live. Despite this, the double-A side entered the chart at its UK No. 48 peak.
The live version of "Bus Stop" (also released as the Country version, or Live Country version) would later appear as a bonus track on 1995 Virgin Records reissue of Tin Machine.
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