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The 1984 album Tonight became David Bowie's next big dance album, featuring collaborations with Tina Turner and a cover of the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows". Critics slammed it as a lazy effort, dashed off by Bowie simply to recapture Let's Dance
's chart success. Yet the album bore the minor hit "Blue Jean", whose long-form video, a 22-minute short film directed by Julien Temple, reflected Bowie's long-standing interest in combining music with drama. It also featured the minor hit "Loving the Alien". The album also has a pair of dance version rewrites of "Neighbourhood Threat" and "Tonight", old songs Bowie wrote for Iggy Pop, both of which originally appeared on Lust for Life.

Track listing

# "Loving the Alien" (Bowie) - 7:11 # "Don't Look Down" - (Pop, Williamson) - 4:08 # "God Only Knows" (Asher, Wilson) - 3:06 # "Tonight" (Bowie, Pop)- (3:50) # "Neighborhood Threat" (Bowie, Pop) - 3:12 # "Blue Jean" (Bowie) - 3:08 # "Tumble and Twirl" (Bowie, Pop) - 5:00 # "I Keep Forgettin'" (Leiber, Stroller) - 2:34 # "Dancing with the Big Boys" (Alomar, Bowie, Pop) - 3:52

Reissues

In 1995 Virgin Records rereleased the album on CD with three bonus tracks. EMI did the second rerelease in 1999 (featuring 24-bit digitally remastered sound and no bonus tracks).

1995 reissue bonus tracks

# "This is Not America" - (3:51) 1985 single release # "As the World Falls Down" - (4:46) From the Labyrinth soundtrack 1986. # "Absolute Beginners" - (8:00) From the Absolute Beginners soundtrack 1986.

Production credits

Producers:
* David Bowie
* Derek Bramble
* Hugh Padgham

Musicians:
* Carlos Alomar: Guitars
* Derek Bramble: Bass guitar, Guitar, Synthesizer, Background Vocals
* Carmine Rojas: Bass guitar
* Sammy Figueroa: Percussion
* Omar Hakim: Drums
* Guy St. Onge: Marimba
* Robin Clark, George Simms, Curtis King: Vocals
* David Bowie, Tina Turner: Vocals on Tonight
* David Bowie, Iggy Pop
: Vocals on Dancing With The Big Boys

The Borneo Horns:
* Stanley Harrison: Alto sax, Tenor sax
* Steve Elson: Baritone sax
* Lenny Pickett: Tenor sax, Clarinet
* Arif Mardin: Arrangement of strings, Synthesizers

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