Australian singles chart:
Diamond Dogs entered the Kent Music Report on 29 July 1974 and peaked at #66.
Album:
The song is on Diamond Dogs which entered the Kent Music Report album chart on 3 June 1974 and peaked at #3.
Songwriter:
David Bowie
Producer:
David Bowie
Wikipedia:
The lyric of Diamond Dogs introduces the listener to Bowie’s latest persona and his environment; Halloween Jack dwells on top of an abandoned skyscraper (“Manhattan Chase”, a.k.a. One Chase Manhattan Plaza) in a post-apocalyptic Manhattan. The guitar sound is heavily influenced by The Rolling Stones, and signalled Bowie moving away from glam rock and closer to a proto-punk Stooges-influenced sound.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Dogs_(song)
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