The David Bowie - Starman Album Of The Week! Never Let Me Down (1987) Time Will Crawl is the second track on David Bowies album Never Let Me Down and was issued as the second single from the album. The single was a minor hit, breaking into the top 10 charts in the US. The song is generally considered the best song from an otherwise poorly received album, and in 2008 Bowie named the track as one of his favourites of his entire career. The song was written about the pollution and destruction of the planet by industry (Bowie has cited hearing of the Chernobyl disaster in April 1986 as the genesis of the lyric). In an 1987 interview, Bowie said the song deals with the idea that someone in ones own community could be the one responsible for blowing up the world. Bowie also stated at the time that it was his favourite song from the album, and later put the song on his list of all-time favorites by including a newly remixed version of the song (the MM Remix) on his iSelect album. The video clip, directed by Tim Pope, was made during rehearsals for Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour. Mimicking a fly-on-the-wall documentary, this would preview some of the elaborate routines used on the tour, and also features tour guitarist Peter Frampton, though he does not actually appear on the recording itself. Generally, this song was considered one of the best of Bowies mid- to late-1980s efforts.
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