"New Killer Star" is a song written and performed by the English singer David Bowie in 2003 for his twenty-fourth studio album Reality. This was the first single from the album. The song title is a play on the words 'nuclear star'."". The B-side is a cover of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's "Love Missile F1-11".
While it is uncertain what the song is really about (like other Bowie songs), the lyrics make oblique reference to life in post-9/11 New York City. However the video clip, directed by Brumby Boylston of National Television, tells a surreal story using lenticular-postcard-like images of a spaceship almost crashing into the modern American heartland. Bowie himself said of the song: "I'm not a political commentator, but I think there are times when I'm stretched to at least implicate what's happening politically in the songs that I'm writing. And there was some nod, in a very abstract way, toward the wrongs that are being made at the moment with the Middle Eastern situation. I think that song is a pretty good manifesto for the whole record.""David Bowie Biography ". Consulted on 29 April 2012.
Music video The music video features lenticular images throughout.
Track listing
CD: ISO-Columbia / COL 674275 1 (Italy) "New Killer Star" - 4:40 "Love Missile F1-11"
CD: ISO-Columbia / 38K 3445 (Canada) "New Killer Star" (Edit) - 3:42 "Love Missile F1-11"
DVD: ISO/Columbia COL 674275 9 (Austria) "New Killer Star (Video version)" - 3:40 "Reality (Electronic Press Kit)" "Love Missile F1-11"
Charts ChartPeakpositionFrance69Argentina5
Personnel According to Chris O'Leary: David Bowie – vocals, rhythm guitar, Korg Trinity, keyboards Earl Slick – guitar David Torn – guitar Gail Ann Dorsey – background vocals Sterling Campbell – drums Catherine Russell – background vocals Tony Visconti – bass Mark Plati – bass
Production David Bowie – producer Tony Visconti – producer, engineer Mario J. McNulty – engineer
See also List of anti-war songs
References