The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

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"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"
Single by David Bowie
from the album The Next Day
B-side "Where Are We Now?"
Released 25 February 2013 (2013-02-25)
Format
Recorded The Magic Shop
(New York, New York)
Genre Alternative rock[1]
Length 3:57
Label
Writer(s) David Bowie
Producer(s)
David Bowie singles chronology
"Where Are We Now?"
(2013)		 "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"
(2013)		 "The Next Day"
(2013)
Music video
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" on YouTube

"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" is a song by English musician David Bowie; it serves as the second single from his twenty-fourth studio album The Next Day. The song's official music video was released on 25 February 2013 and the song itself was released for digital download the following day.[2][3] In the UK it joined BBC Radio 2's Playlist in the B list in March 2013, "The Next Day" was also the album on the week beginning 11 March, the week in which it was released. The song was released with "Where Are We Now?" – the album's first single – on a limited edition 7" 45 vinyl record on 20 April 2013 in celebration of Record Store Day.[4] In December 2013 the song was nominated for a 2014 Grammy Award in the category 'Best Rock Performance'.

Composition and reception

According to Rolling Stone's Eric B. Danton, "the song starts with a slow, heavy backbeat and guttural guitar that dissolve into a propulsive bassline topped with shards of guitar and atmospheric synthesizers, for an effect reminiscent of vintage Bowie."[5]

Andrew Trendell of Gigwise described the song as a "fierce but vibrant classic Bowie rocker in the vein of material from the brilliant ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’," while Billboard critic Eric B. Danton interpreted it as "a return to alternative rock for Bowie."[1]

Music video

The official music video for the song premiered on 25 February 2013, and was made by Canadian director Floria Sigismondi.[6] It stars Bowie and English actress Tilda Swinton as his wife.[7] Andreja Pejić plays one of the "stars" and Saskia de Brauw plays the other.[8] The Norwegian model Iselin Steiro plays the young Bowie.[9]

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 88
Israel (Media Forest)[11] 9
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 89
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[13] 47
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[14] 102
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[15] 21
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[16] 29

Personnel

References

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  10. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – David Bowie – The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. ↑ "David Bowie – The Stars (Are Out Tonight) Media Forest". Israeli Airplay Chart. Media Forest.
  12. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 17, 2013". Irish Singles Chart.
  13. ↑ "David Bowie – Chart history" Japan Hot 100 for David Bowie.
  14. ↑ "March 2013/ Archive Chart: 23 March 2013" UK Singles Chart.
  15. ↑ "David Bowie – Chart history" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for David Bowie.
  16. ↑ "David Bowie – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for David Bowie.

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