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3 unusual facts about I Pity the Fool


I Pity the Fool

Bowie later used this guitar riff in two different songs, first on "The Supermen" from 1971 and second on "Dead Man Walking" from 1997.

"I Pity the Fool" is a song originally recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961 for Duke Records.

Both the A and B-side was re-released by EMI in the UK in March 1979 on one side of a 7". On the B-side of this re-release was "You've Got a Habit of Leaving" and "Baby Loves That Way". This version was again released by See For Miles Records in the UK in October 1982, and as a 12" picture disc in June 1985.



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