"One Shot"
Single by Tin Machine
from the album Tin Machine II
ReleasedNovember 1991
RecordedSydney September – November 1989; April 1990; September – October 1990;
Los Angeles March 1991
GenreRock
Length4:02 (single)
5:11 (album)
LabelLondon
Songwriter(s)David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels
Producer(s)Tin Machine, Hugh Padgham
Tin Machine singles chronology
"Baby Universal"
(1991) 		"One Shot"
(1991)

"One Shot" is the second track from the album Tin Machine II by Tin Machine. It was released as the third single from the album, making it their sixth single overall, and the last single released by the band.

Background and recording

Originally recorded in 1989 after the first Tin Machine Tour, several demo recordings of rehearsals of the song exist and were eventually leaked online.[1] As the second Tin Machine album was being released by a new label, label executives requested that the song be re-recorded by "notable" producer Hugh Padgham, who had previously worked with lead vocalist David Bowie on his 1984 solo album Tonight.[2] This newly-recorded version was, according to Reeves Gabrels, a note-by-note remake of the original with a slightly better guitar solo.[2]

The b-side, an original song by drummer Hunt Sales and Bowie, was described by Nicholas Pegg as your "standard pseudo-sexist Tin Machine fare".[1] A one-minute excerpt from the end of the song appears as a hidden track at the end of the Tin Machine II album.[2]

Track listing

European CD single (London/Victory 869 574-2)

  1. "One Shot"– 4:02
  2. "Hammerhead"– 3:14

US promo CD (Victory CDP 522)

  1. "One Shot" (single version) – 4:02

Production credits

Producers
Musicians

Chart performance

Chart (1991) Position
US Billboard Alternative Songs[3] 3
US Mainstream Rock Tracks[4] 17

References

  1. ^ a b Pegg, Nicholas (October 2016). "The Complete David Bowie New Edition: Expanded and Updated". Titan Books.
  2. ^ a b c O'Leary, Chris (2019). Ashes to Ashes The Songs of David Bowie 1976–2016. Repeater Books. ISBN 9781912248308.
  3. ^ https://www.billboard.com/artist/tin-machine/chart-history/alternative-songs
  4. ^ Tin Machine II - Tin Machine | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic


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