"Beauty and the Beast" is a song by the English musician David Bowie, released as the first track on his 1977 album "Heroes". It was issued as the second single from the album in January 1978, becomin
"Heroes" (David Bowie song)
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"'Heroes'" is a song by the English musician David Bowie from his 12th studio album of the same name. Co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno and co-produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, the song was recorde
A-side label of the UK vinyl single
Bowie composed the song with multi-instrumentalist Brian Eno (pictured in 2008), who had the word heroes in mind for the initial chord sequence.
The song features guitar lines from Robert Fripp (pictured in 1974).
Co-producer Tony Visconti (pictured in 2007) devised the "multi-latch" system used to record the lead vocal and sang backing vocals.