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 Send "Fame" Ringtone to your Cell 
Young Americans (1975)
Fame, makes a man take things over
Fame, lets him loose, hard to swallow
Fame, puts you there where things are hollow
Fame
Fame, it's not your brain, it's just the flame
That burns your change to keep you insane
Fame
Fame, what you like is in the limo
Fame, what you get is no tomorrow
Fame, what you need you have to borrow
Fame
Fame, "Nien! It's mine!" is just his line
To bind your time, it drives you to, crime
Fame
Could it be the best, could it be?
Really be, really, babe?
Could it be, my babe, could it, babe?
Really, really?
Is it any wonder I reject you first?
Fame, fame, fame, fame
Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool
Fame
Fame, bully for you, chilly for me
Got to get a rain check on pain
Fame
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame
Fame, fame, fame
Fame
What's your name?
(whispered)
Feeling so gay, feeling gay?
Brings so much pain?
Send "Fame" Ringtone to your Cell
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| About this ... | - John Lennon helped write this. Bowie invited him to the studio, and Lennon played rhythm guitar on a jam session that resulted in this. Bowie met Lennon less than a year earlier, at a party thrown by Elizabeth Taylor. Lennon was one of Bowie's idols, and they became good friends.
- Lennon came up with the title. At first, he was saying something like "Aim," but then he muttered "Fame," and Bowie wrote the lyrics around it.
- This song is about what it is like to be famous. Bowie often had conversations with Lennon about how fame took away parts of their lives.
- Lennon is also sang the background "Fame" parts in the high voice.
- Bowie's guitarist Carlos Alomar came up with the guitar riff. It was based on a song called "Foot Stompin'" by The Flares, which Bowie had been performing on tour.
- This was Bowie's first big hit in America, and also his first to do better in the US than the UK. He had a few UK hits before this, including "Rebel Rebel," "Life On Mars," and "Diamond Dogs."
- Bowie: "Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them."
- This was recorded at the Sigma Sound studios in Philadelphia, where many Soul classics of the '70s were made. Bowie wanted the album to have a Rhythm & Blues feel, and he called the sound he created "Plastic Soul."
- Bowie whispers something at the end. It is rumored to be either "Brings so much pain" or "Feeling so gay, feeling gay."
- Bowie performed this on Soul Train. He is one of only a few white performers to appear on the show.
- This was remixed as a Techno version for the Pretty Woman soundtrack. It was re-titled "Fame '90." This version was also included on the album Changesbowie when it was re-issued.
- At the end of this song, "Fame" is repeated 23 times, each "Fame" being a different note. The repetitions of "Fame" span an amazing 4 octaves.
- In one of Bowie's first US TV appearances, he performed this on The Cher Show in 1975.
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