Underground (David Bowie song)
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| Single by David Bowie | ||||||||||||||
| from the album Labyrinth | ||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Underground (Instrumental)" | |||||||||||||
| Released | 9 June 1986 | |||||||||||||
| Format | 7"/12" single | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||||||||||||
| Length | 5:57 (Album version) 4:25 (Edited version) |
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EMI EA216 |
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| Writer(s) | David Bowie | |||||||||||||
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"Underground" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie for the soundtrack of the film Labyrinth. It reached No. 21 in the UK Singles Chart.
Bowie and producer Arif Martin recorded "Underground" at Atlantic Studios in New York. The track included a large chorus of backing vocalists (including Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross and Daphne Rubin-Vega) and blues guitarist Albert Collins.
Steve Barron directed the video clip for promoting the song, which included some characters from the movie, including Hoggle and the Junk Lady.
Bowie was not happy with the video, in 1987 saying "I've found that the videos I put into other people’s hands have always been a mistake. Because of my lack of interest, I didn't get that involved with things like 'Underground' which I did for Labyrinth. I just left it up, and the result is just not my kind of video. I was a bit lax there. I didn't feel involved."
However, Jim Henson and his son Brian were impressed with Barron's style, enough to offer him a job directing the pilot episode of The Storyteller.
"As the World Falls Down", another track from the Labyrinth soundtrack, was considered for a Christmas 1986 single release, for which Steve Barron made another video. However this release was canceled, for reasons that are still largely unknown. The video has since been released on Bowie – The Video Collection (1993) and Best of Bowie (2002). "Magic Dance" was released as the second single from the soundtrack to limited countries in January 1987.
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All other Instrumental versions are slightly longer, backing-tracks only except on the back of the promo 12-inch single.
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