Young Americans

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A1	Young Americans Written-By – Bowie*	5:10
A2	Win Written-By – Bowie*	4:44
A3	Fascination Words By – Bowie*Words By, Music By – Vandross*	5:43
A4	Right Written-By – Bowie*	4:13
B1	Somebody Up There Likes Me Written-By – Bowie*	6:30
B2	Across The Universe Guitar – John LennonWritten-By – Lennon, McCartney*	4:30
B3	Can You Hear Me Written-By – Bowie*	5:04
B4	Fame Backing Vocals – Jean Fineberg, Jean Millington, John LennonGuitar – John LennonWritten-By – Alomar*, Bowie*, Lennon*	4:12

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records
• Published By – Mainman
• Published By – Chrysalis Music
• Published By – Northern Songs Ltd.
• Published By – Ceilidh Productions Inc.
• Published By – John Lennon
• Published By – ATV Music Ltd.
• Produced For – Mainman
• Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
• Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios
• Mixed At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
• Mixed At – Sound House, London
• Manufactured By – RCA Ltd.
• Printed By – A.R.E.A.C.E.M.

Credits

• Arranged By [Strings] – Tony Visconti
• Arranged By [Vocals] – Bowie*, Luther Vandross
• Backing Vocals – Anthony Hinton, Ava Cherry, Bowie*, Diane Sumler, Luther Vandross, Robin Clark , Warren Peace
• Bass – Emir Ksasan, Willy Weeks*
• Drums – Andy Newmark, Dennis Davis
• Engineer [Electric Lady] – Eddie Kramer (tracks: B2, B4)
• Engineer [Record Plant] – Harry Maslin
• Engineer [Sigma Sound] – Carl Parulow* (tracks: A1 to B1, B3)
• Guitar – Carlos Alomar, Bowie*, Earl Slick
• Keyboards – Bowie*, Michael Garson*
• Mastered By – PN*
• Percussion – Larry Washington, Pablo Rosario, Ralph McDonald*
• Photography By [Cover] – Eric Stephen Jacobs
• Producer, Mixed By – David Bowie (tracks: B2 to B4), Harry Maslin (tracks: A2 to B4), Tony Visconti (tracks: A1 to B1)
• Saxophone – David Sanborn
• Tape Op [Electric Lady] – Dave Whitman* (tracks: B2, B4)
• Tape Op [Record Plant] – David Thoener, Kevin Herron
• Tape Op [Sigma Sound] – Mike Hutchinson* (tracks: A1 to B1, B3)

Notes

Included a lyric sheet

not readable letter scratch in B side matrix/runout or 2 letters overlaps (see picture)

Different label compare to this other french release David Bowie - Young Americans and some other details in the back cover

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A side): AREACEM APLI 0998 A P2
• Matrix / Runout (B side): AREACEM APLI 0998 B ̸̷A̷̸ P1
• Rights Society: SACEM SDRM SACD SGDL
• Other (Price Code): Ⓐ

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
APL1-0998	David Bowie	Young Americans ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victor	APL1-0998	US	1975
PL 80998	David Bowie	Young Americans ‎(LP, Album, RE)	RCA	PL 80998	Europe	1984
RCD 10140	David Bowie	Young Americans ‎(CD, Album, Club, RE, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 10140	US	Unknown
0946 3 51258 2 5	David Bowie	Young Americans ‎(CD, Album, RM + DVD-V, Multichannel, PAL)	EMI	0946 3 51258 2 5	Europe	2007
RCD 10140	David Bowie	Young Americans ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Lon)	Rykodisc	RCD 10140	US	1991

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