David Bowie - Fame 90 (1990)

CD single

A 5 track maxi-single with five different mixes of Fame 90, itself an updated remix of Bowie's #1 hit from 1975. I prefer the earlier version to this 1990 remix, but couldn't pass up the chance to hear all these mixes, especially a 14+ minute track with the title 'Absolutely Nothing Premeditated/Epic Mix.' I was initially hopeful that at least one of the remixes would catch my ear - this is Bowie, after all - but ultimately I'm kinda disappointed in this one. Even the 'Epic Mix' is simply a long conglomeration of unfinished, unrelated ideas.

I bought a used copy so I'm unsure if it was originally sold separately or was packaged with the Rykodisc reissue of Young Americans:

Billboard, May 11, 1991, p. 41

Single chart peaks:

• US Billboard Hot 100: Did not chart
• Billboard Dance: #6
• Billboard Rap: #12

Tracks:

1. Fame 90 (with Queen Latifah) • 4:08
   This version charted on Billboard's Dance and Rap charts.
2. Fame 90 (House Mix) • 5:58
3. Fame 90 (Gass Mix) • 3:39
   This version included on Changesbowie and the Pretty Woman soundtrack album. To be honest, I would have preferred the original 1975 version on the Changesbowie compilation and I don't think I'm in the minority in that opinion.
4. Fame 90 (Hip Hop Mix) • 5:59
5. Fame 90 (Absolutely Nothing Premeditated/Epic Mix) • 14:25

All the remixes are worth hearing at least once because they're all very different. I prefer the first two tracks to the remainder of the disc, but they're not tracks I will seek out.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None, I don't recall hearing this newer version in the '90s other than when I listened to my Changesbowie CD. I don't even recall a video although I may have moved on from videos by 1990. A quick search over at YouTube finds a copy of an underwhelming video for the remix, directed by Gus Van Sant and co-starring Canadian dancer/choreographer Louise Lecavalier.

Previously revisited for the blog:

★ (2016)	Changesbowie (1990)
The Next Day (2013)	Sound + Vision: CD Press Release (1989)
Zeit! 77-79 (2013)	Tonight (1984)
Reality (2003)	Let's Dance (1983)
Black Tie White Noise (1993)