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((short description|Song by David Bowie))
((About||the 1919 film starring Harold Lloyd|Be My Wife (1919 film)|the 1921 film starring Max Linder|Be My Wife (1921 film)))
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((Infobox song
| name       = Be My Wife
| cover      = Bowie_BeMyWife.jpg
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| type       = single
| artist     = [[David Bowie]]
| album      = [[Low (David Bowie album)|Low]]
| B-side     = [[Speed of Life (David Bowie song)|Speed of Life]]
| released   = 17 June 1977
| recorded   = September–November 1976
| studio     = [[Château d'Hérouville]] ([[Hérouville]], France)
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Art rock]]
| length     = 2:55
| label      = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| writer     = David Bowie
| producer   = ((hlist|David Bowie|[[Tony Visconti]]))
| prev_title = [[Sound and Vision]]
| prev_year  = 1977
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"'''Be My Wife'''" is a song by English musician [[David Bowie]] from the 1977 album ''[[Low (David Bowie album)|Low]]''. It was released as the second single of the album on 17 June 1977.

"Be My Wife" became the first new Bowie release since "[[Changes (David Bowie song)|Changes]]" to fail to break into the UK chart. The song reached number 57, at that time the official list only compiled the top 50 positions, but it appeared on Breakers for 2 weeks. It was frequently played live on the various tours after its release and Bowie is said to have repeatedly announced this song during live performances as "one of my favourites," as may be seen or heard in such concert footage or audio recordings.

==Background==
Its presence in ''Low'' tones down the electronic feel of the rest of the album. The song also features a more conventional lyric which is closer to a traditional rock song than the more fragmented lyrics elsewhere on that album. The song features a [[ragtime]] piano opening, which serves the somewhat retro lyrics some justice, although it is soon set against a backdrop of guitars and drums. The song repeats its lyrics, changing the spacing of the lyrics amongst the song's verse. The song closes simply with a fadeout, as the song returns to the introductory ragtime riff repeating indefinitely, with the rest of the band playing behind it.

==Reception==
''[[Cash Box]]'' said that it "demonstrates the rock and roll side of 'Low.'" and that there is also "a shrill organ, unusual guitar and synthesizer lines, and the creative use of a barrelhouse piano."<ref name=cb>((cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=July 2, 1977|page=18|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=2021-12-26|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1977/CB-1977-07-02.pdf))</ref>

==Music video==
"Be My Wife" apparently was Bowie's first official video since "[[Life on Mars?]]". The video is in fact rather similar: Bowie stands alone against a white backdrop singing the song alone. However, [[Stanley Dorfman]]'s new clip featured a Bowie in make-up and clothing influenced by [[Buster Keaton]] and giving an irreverent, detached performance on a guitar, which does gel with the candid feeling generated by the song.

==Track listing==
All tracks written by [[David Bowie]].<ref name="single liner notes">((Cite AV media notes|title=''"Be My Wife"''|others=[[David Bowie]]|year=1977|publisher=[[RCA Records|RCA Victor]]|location=UK|type=Single liner notes|id=PB 1017))</ref>
# "Be My Wife" – 2:55
# "[[Speed of Life (David Bowie song)|Speed of Life]]" – 2:45

==Personnel==

* '''Producers''':
** [[Tony Visconti]]
** [[David Bowie]]
* '''Musicians''':
** [[David Bowie]]: lead vocals, lead guitars, [[pump bass]]
** [[Carlos Alomar]]: rhythm guitar
** [[George Murray (musician)|George Murray]]: bass
** [[Dennis Davis]]: drums
** [[Roy Young (musician)|Roy Young]]: pianos
** [[Brian Eno]]: [[synthesizers]]

==Live versions==

* A live version was recorded during the [[Isolar II – The 1978 World Tour|Isolar II Tour]] for the ''[[Stage (David Bowie album)|Stage]]'' album, but was not released until 2005 on the remastered re-release of ''Stage''.  Another live performance of the song, from later in the same 1978 tour, was included on the live album ''[[Welcome to the Blackout (Live London ’78)|Welcome to the Blackout]]'', released in 2018.
* A live version from [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earls Court]], [[London]] on ((Start date|df=yes|1978|7|1)), was released on the semi-legal album ''[[Rarestonebowie]]'' in 1995.
* A live performance filmed in Dublin in November 2003 during the [[A Reality Tour]] can be viewed on the [[A Reality Tour (film)|DVD]] and is included on [[A Reality Tour (album)|the corresponding album]].

==Other releases==

* The song appeared on the following compilation albums:
** ''[[Sound + Vision (box set)|Sound + Vision]]'' box set (1989)
** ''[[Bowie: The Singles 1969-1993]]'' (1993)
* It was released as a picture disc in the [[RCA]] ''Life Time'' picture disc set.
* [[Momus (musician)|Momus]] performed a cover version for his 2015 album ''[[Turpsycore]]''.
* [[Max Lorentz]] released a version for his 2011 album ''[[Kiss You In The Rain - Max Lorentz Sings David Bowie]]''.

==References==
((Reflist))
* Pegg, Nicholas, ''The Complete David Bowie'', Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ((ISBN|1-903111-14-5))

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[[Category:Songs written by David Bowie]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by David Bowie]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Visconti]]
[[Category:RCA Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs about marriage]]

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