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"The Hearts Filthy Lesson" is a song by David Bowie, from his 1995 album 1.OUTSIDE
, and issued as a single ahead of the album. It showcased Bowie’s new, industrial-influenced sound. The lack of an apostrophe in the title is deliberate.

Lyrically, the single connects with the rest of the album, with Bowie offering a lament to "tyrannical futurist" Ramona A. Stone, a theme continued in subsequent songs. The song is also meant to confront Bowie's own perceptions about the creation and degradation of art: following this theme, the video featured a montage of art-style mutilations and gory objets d'art and was subsequently edited when shown on MTV. The clip was directed by Samuel Bayer, the man behind Nirvana's classic "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video.

Critical reception to the song was generally tepid, though it would be re-evaluated by many critics when heard in the context of the 1.OUTSIDE
soon afterwards. Considering its defiantly uncommercial sound (the release of it as the opening single was Bowie throwing down the gauntlet in itself, as opposed to choosing one of the album’s more conventional songs as a lead song), the song did well to reach UK #35, also breaking Bowie’s US chart drought (which stretched back to “Never Let Me Down” in 1987) by briefly peaking at US #92.

An immediate live favourite at Bowie’s live concerts, “The Hearts Filthy Lesson” had its’ cult status sealed when it was featured over the closing titles of David Fincher’s 1995 film Seven, a film which mirrored the video’s grimy visuals.

Track listing

7” version

# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Radio Edit)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 3:32 # "I am with Name" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:06

CD version

# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Radio Edit)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 3:32 # "I am with Name" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:06 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Bowie Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:56 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Alt. Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:19

US CD version

# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Album version)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:57 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Simenon Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:01 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Alt. Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:19 # "Nothing to be Desired" (Bowie/Eno) – 2:15

US promo CD version

# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Radio Edit)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 3:32 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Simenon Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:01 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Alt. Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:19 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Album version)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:57

European Shaped CD version

# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Alt. Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:19 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Bowie Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:56

UK 12" version

# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Alt. Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:19 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Bowie Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:56 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Rubber Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 7:41 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Simple Text Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 6:38 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Filthy Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:51

UK 12" 1 track promo version

# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Alt. Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:19

UK 12" 3 track promo version

# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Rubber Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 7:41 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Simple Text Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 6:38 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Filthy Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:51

UK 12" picture disc version

# "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Alt. Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:19 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Bowie Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 4:57 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Rubber Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 7:41 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Simple Text Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 6:38 # "The Hearts Filthy Lesson (Filthy Mix)" (Bowie/Eno/Gabrels/Kizilcay/Campbell) – 5:51

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