Yassassin
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"Yassassin" | ||||||||||
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Single by David Bowie | ||||||||||
from the album Lodger | ||||||||||
B-side | "Repetition" | |||||||||
Released | June 1979 (Netherlands) | |||||||||
Format | 7" single | |||||||||
Recorded | Mountain Studios, Montreux; September 1978; Record Plant Studios, New York, March 1979 | |||||||||
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Length | 4:13 | |||||||||
Label | RCA Records PB 9417 (Netherlands) |
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Writer(s) | David Bowie | |||||||||
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"Yassassin" /jəˈsæsɪn/ (also known as "Yassassin (Turkish for: Long Live)", and released in Turkey as "Yassassin (Yaşasın)" [jaʃaˈsɯn]) is a song written by David Bowie for the 1979 album Lodger. "Yassassin" is an incongruous reggae song with a Turkish flavour, and the third single to be released from Lodger, but only in the Netherlands and Turkey.
Track listing
- "Yassassin" (Bowie) – 4:13
- "Repetition" (Bowie) – 2:59
Production credits
- Producers
- Musicians
- David Bowie - vocals, organ
- Dennis Davis - drums
- George Murray - bass
- Carlos Alomar - rhythm guitar
- Tony Visconti - lead guitar
- Simon House - violin
- Everyone - background vocals
Cover versions
- Litfiba - 12-inch single (1984)