ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
DAVID
BOWIE
SONGWRITERS:
BRIAN ENO; DAVID BOWIE; DIMITRI TIOMKIN; IVY JO HUNTER; MARVIN GAYE; NED
WASHINGTON & WILLIAM MICKEY STEVENSON
COUNTRY: U.
K.
ALBUM: NOTHING
HAS CHANGED
LABEL: VIRGIN
RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
AND ROLL
YEAR: 2014
"Absolute Beginners"
is a song written and recorded by David Bowie. It was the theme song to the
1986 film of the same name (itself an adaptation of the book Absolute Beginners).
Although the film was not
a commercial success, the song was released on 3 March 1986 and reached No. 2
on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the top ten on the main singles charts
in eight other countries, becoming his last single to achieve that. It was less
successful in the US, peaking at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Bowie performed
"Absolute Beginners" live on his 1987 Glass Spider Tour, his 2000 "Mini"
Tour, and his 2002 Heathen Tour. The song has been included on a number of
Bowie's compilation and "Best-of" releases, and was included as a
bonus track on the 1995 re-release of Tonight(1984).
I've nothing much to offer
There's nothing much to take
I'm an absolute beginner
And I'm absolutely sane
As long as we're together
The rest can go to Hell
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same
If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean
Just like the films
There's no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true
Nothing much could happen
Nothing we can't shake
Oh we're absolute beginners
With nothing much at stake
As long as you're still smiling
There's nothing more I need
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
But if my love is your love
We're certain to succeed
If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Sail over heartaches
Just like the films
There's no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true.
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