Absolute Beginners

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Relationships

lyricist and composer:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Jones Music America
RZO Music Ltd
Jones Music (publishers associated with David Bowie) (in 1986)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/David-bowie-absolute-beginners-lyrics [info]
other databases:https://www.whosampled.com/David-Bowie/Absolute-Beginners/ [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/2402 [info]
Wikidata:Q3191653 [info]

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1985-06 – 1985Absolute Beginners (album version)David Bowie8:02
1987-06-06Absolute Beginners (live, 1987-06-06: Platz der Republik, Berlin, Germany)liveDavid Bowie7:11
1987-06-06Absolute Beginners (live, 1987‐06‐06: Platz der Republik, Berlin, Germany)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1987-06-27Absolute Beginners (live, 1987-06-27: Eriksbergs Varv, Göteborg, Sweden)liveDavid Bowie7:26
1987-07-28Absolute Beginners (live, 1987‐08‐28: Frank Clair Stadium, Ottawa, ON, Canada)liveDavid Bowie7:07
1987-07-30Absolute Beginners (live, 1987-07-30: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA, USA)liveDavid Bowie7:08
1987-07-31Absolute Beginners (live, 1987-07-31: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA, USA)liveDavid Bowie7:24
1987-08-30Absolute Beginners (live, 1987-08-30: Olymic Stadium, Montreal, Canada)liveDavid Bowie7:18
1987-08-30Absolute BeginnersliveDavid Bowie6:58
1987-08-30Absolute Beginners (live, 1987‐08‐30: Stade Olympique, Montreal, QC, Canada)liveDavid Bowie7:09
1987-08-30Absolute Beginners (live, 1987‐08‐30: Stade Olympique, Montreal, QC, Canada)liveDavid Bowie7:01
1987-08-30Intro / Glass Spider / Day‐In Day‐Out / Bang Bang / Absolute Beginners / Loving the Alien / China Girl / Rebel Rebel / Fashion / Scary Monsters / All the Madmen / Never Let Me Down / Big Brother (live, 1987‐08‐30: Stade Olympique, Montreal, QC, Canada)liveDavid Bowie1:05:42
1987-09-03Absolute Beginners (live, 1987-09-03: Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, MA, USA)liveDavid Bowie7:12
1987-10-01Absolute Beginners (live, 1987-10-01: St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN, USA)liveDavid Bowie6:49
1987-10-13Absolute Beginners (live, 1987-10-13: Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveDavid Bowie6:57
1987-10-27 – 1987-11-14Absolute BeginnersliveDavid Bowie7:04
1987-11-07 – 1987-11-09Absolute Beginners (live, 1987‐11‐07/09: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia)liveDavid Bowie7:13
1987-11-07 – 1987-11-09Absolute Beginners (live, 1987‐11: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia)liveDavid Bowie7:00
1997-11-07 – 1997-11-09Absolute Beginners (live, 1997-11-07/09: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia)liveDavid Bowie7:03
2000-06-16Absolute BeginnersliveDavid Bowie6:58
2000-06-25Absolute Beginners (live, 2000-06-25: Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, UK)liveDavid Bowie6:36
2000-06-25Absolute Beginners (live, 2000‐06‐25: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK)liveDavid Bowie7:51
2000-06-25Absolute Beginners (live, 2000‐06‐25: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK)liveDavid Bowie7:51
2000-06-27Absolute Beginners (live, 2000‐06‐27: BBC Radio Theatre, London, UK)liveDavid Bowie6:27
2000-06-27Absolute Beginners (live, 2000‐06‐27: BBC Radio Theatre, London, UK)liveDavid Bowie?:??
2000-06-27Absolute Beginners (live, 2000-06-27:, BBC Radio Theatre, London, England)liveDavid Bowie6:33
2000-06-27Absolute Beginners (live, 2000‐06‐27: BBC Radio Theatre, London, UK)liveDavid Bowie?:??
2002-09-25Absolute Beginners (live, 2002‐09‐25: Le Zénith, Paris, France)liveDavid Bowie6:45
2002-10-16Absolute Beginners (live, 2002-10-16: Queen’s College, Queens, NY, USA)liveDavid Bowie8:01
2002-10-17Absolute Beginners (live, 2002-10-17: Jimmy’s Bronx Cafe, New York, NY, USA)liveDavid Bowie8:15
Absolute BeginnerscoverForetaste4:52
Absolute BeginnerscoverCharlotte Hatherley6:25
Absolute BeginnerscoverTwinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star4:13
Absolute BeginnerscoverDavid Fonseca & Tiago Bettencourt?:??
Absolute BeginnerscoverInfo Riot5:39
Absolute Beginners (single version)David Bowie5:37
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:35
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:35
Absolute BeginnerscoverSaint Etienne5:00
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie?:??
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:31
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:18
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:37
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:34
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:17
Absolute BeginnerscoverOnce More Into The Bleach6:36
Absolute BeginnerscoverCarla Bruni5:27
Absolute BeginnerscoverMichael C. Hall, Cristin Milioti, Michael Esper, Sophia Anne Caruso, Krystina Alabado, and original New York cast of Lazarus4:41
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:38
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:33
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:39
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie8:08
Absolute BeginnerscoverCary Brothers feat. Butterfly Boucher4:39
Absolute Beginners (official)David Bowie7:52
Absolute BeginnerscoverMomus4:50
Absolute BeginnerscoverCoves4:04
Absolute BeginnersDavid Bowie5:37
Absolute BeginnerscoverSunflower4:42
Absolute Beginners (dub mix)David Bowie5:34
Absolute Beginners (edit)David Bowie4:47
Absolute Beginners (full length 12″ version)David Bowie7:56
The Mysteries (Moonage Daydream mix)partialDavid Bowie3:57