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David Bowie

I’m Afraid of Americans

1995 · via Ice Cube

David Bowie’s 1995 recording of “I’m Afraid of Americans” is the earliest release on file. David Bowie shares the writing credit with Brian Eno. Also recorded by Nine Inch Nails (released 2009), O.R.k. (released 2017) and Tackhead (released 2014), among 158 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

David Bowie – I’m Afraid of Americans
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The guy from N.W.A on a track that David Bowie wrote with Brian Eno and cut first, back in 1995. Play Bowie's take, then Cube's, and see how the same song wears both of them.

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Credited writers: David Bowie and Brian Eno.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1995.

Other recordings on file · first release year

158 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Ice Cube turns up on "I'm Afraid of Americans (V3)" in 1997. Who co-wrote the song with Brian Eno and recorded it first?David Bowie
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