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"Joe the Lion" is a song written by David Bowie in 1977 for the album "Heroes"
. It was produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti and features lead guitar by Robert Fripp. Like the album as a whole, the song demonstrates the influence of German Krautrock.

The track is in part a tribute to performance artist Chris Burden, who was famous for having himself nailed to a Volkswagon in 1974 ("Nail me to my car and I'll tell you who you are") and for having an assistant shoot him in the arm at an art gallery in 1971 ("Guess you'll buy a gun / You'll buy it secondhand"). "Joe the Lion" has also been seen as reflecting Bowie's struggle to overcome the emotional numbness that appeared to permeate his previous album Low
("You get up and sleep").

Bowie played the song live on the 1983 Serious Moonlight and 1995 Outside tours.

Live versions

A live version recorded on the Heroes tour at the Philadelphia Spectrum, April 28-29th, 1978, was released on the live album Stage
.

Other releases

It was released as the B-side of the US release of "John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)
" in December 1979.
It appeared on the following compilations:
* Golden Years (1983)
* Sound + Vision box set (1989)
A remixed version, which sought to replace the distorted guitars and drums of the original with those reflecting late-1980s production values, was included in the Rykodisc reissue of "Heroes" in 1991.

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