David Bowie - Loving The Alien (Official Video) 

This might be Bowie's most underrated song. I definitely think this should've been a bigger hit than "Blue Jean"

David Bowie was indeed an alien. I submit as proof: he was the only "human" who could make 80s dance moves look hot af.

Underrated Masterpiece!

No screen ever seems big or complex enough for bowie visuals.

Funny thing, I was at karaoke a couple of days ago and was talking to a guy while another singer's song started. The guy I was talking to jaw dropped and just started saying "no way, no way" I'm like what bro? He's all, "This is a rare deep Bowie cut"(by karaoke standards)And then I realized, I'd never heard the song before. I'm in my 60's and hearing a Bowie song for the 1st time is something I can't truly can't describe. I've listened to the song maybe 50 times now lol

4:28 I can imagine some kid watching MTV shitting their pants and having nightmares the next night from this

One of the best Bowie songs for ever. Thank you, David .

best ending to a music video I've ever seen

The masses will never understand what they had and lost in David Bowie. That's truly sad.

We miss you 💚💚💚

I remember as a teen waiting for this video to premiere. Loved the song - especially the chorus - the melancholy cryptic vibe. Bowie constantly redefining himself never attempting to replicate a previous album; to me this is what made him a true artist.

To be safe and sane, listen to DAVID BOWIE!

I saw the genius perform as the thin white Duke in Sydney Australia, must have been 40 plus years ago, I was 30 feet from him. Amazing

He is so beautiful, never will there be a man as beautiful on the outside as inside as he.

I still cry when I watch a bowie video ...im 52 years old...that's the legacy he left on me 😥 .

The sensuality of his voice, the melody , the class of this music, a chosen one, one of a kind.. etc etc..

Definitely one of his most underrated tracks. I prefer the full seven-minutes album version though

If _Labyrinth_ had got a sequel in the 80s, this would have been a great soundtrack.

Again great music that's decades old, yet still carry a message for today.😊❤❤ You were a genius, David, and are sorely missed...

0:33 *this is the entrance of a man who knows what’s up*

This is definitely one of his most underrated songs, at least for the 80's, with a very strong, truthful and powerful message that has literally been relevant for centuries and still is today. Miss you everyday David.

DAVID BOWIE - THE CHAMELEON OF POP ROCK David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 - 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ˈboʊi/ BOH-ee), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft had a significant impact on popular music. Bowie developed an interest in music from an early age. He studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity", released in 1969, was his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of Bowie's single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK fans but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. In 1977, he again changed direction with the electronic-inflected album Low, the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that came to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had three number-one hits: the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure" (a 1981 collaboration with Queen). He achieved massive commercial success in the 1980s starting with Let's Dance (1983). Between 1988 and 1992, he fronted the hard rock band Tin Machine before resuming his solo career in 1993. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with The Next Day. He remained musically active until his death from liver cancer at his home in New York City. He died two days after both his 69th birthday and the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016). During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at over 100 million records worldwide, made him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. In the UK, he was awarded ten platinum, eleven gold and eight silver album certifications, and released 11 number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Rolling Stone ranked him among the greatest artists in history. As of 2022, Bowie was the best-selling vinyl artist of the 21st century. 👑💯‼️♥️💯‼️And I have the great, great honor of having in my discography eight CD-albums by this great artist, who inspired many other great artists who came after him. From the great chameleon of Pop Rock. I have three copies of the CD-Album LET'S DANCE (REMASTER), whose original edition dates from 1983. And until now it was the biggest commercial success, surpassing ten million units sold worldwide! This is followed by a single copy, also remastered, of the CD-Album TONIGHT (1984), and two units also remastered from the CD-Album BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE, originally published in 1993. And, finally, until now, the fourth CD-Album, and last record work by David Bowie, released one day after his death, in January 2016, BLACKSTAR, two copies for the collection of eight magnificent discographic works, only masterpieces that remained for the history of British and world Pop Rock. And the only number one on the US Billboard 200! Rest in peace, David Bowie! I sincerely miss you so much in this world! You were a great chameleonic artist, and you left an enviable legacy for other artists, and fans until the present day, until forever! Congratulations on your work in music! Thank you very much for inspiration! Thank you very much for your great music! 👑💯‼️♥️💯‼️ Tonight is the 16th studio album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released on 24 September 1984 through EMI America Records. The follow-up to his most commercially successful album Let's Dance, it was written and recorded in mid-1984 at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Canada, following the conclusion of the Serious Moonlight Tour. Bowie, Derek Bramble and Hugh Padgham co-produced the album. Many of the same personnel from Let's Dance and the accompanying tour returned for Tonight, with a few additions. Much of Bowie's creative process was the same as he used on Let's Dance, similarly playing no instruments and offering little creative input to the musicians. The music on Tonight has been characterised as pop, blue-eyed soul, dance and rock. Much of the album's sound is the same as its predecessor's, due to Bowie's effort to retain the new audience that he had recently attracted, although some tracks contain R&B and reggae influences. Devoid of new ideas from touring, Bowie wrote only two new songs himself. Three songs, including the title track, were covers of Iggy Pop songs, who was present during most of the sessions and co-wrote multiple tracks. The title track is a duet with singer Tina Turner. The artwork, featuring Bowie blue-painted against an oil painting backdrop, was designed by Mick Haggerty. Supported by the singles "Blue Jean", "Tonight" and "Loving the Alien", Tonight was a commercial success, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart. Critical reception was poor, with most finding a lack of creativity. Following the critical dismissal of his next studio album Never Let Me Down (1987), Bowie expressed dissatisfaction with this period, calling Tonight not one of his stronger efforts, a sentiment echoed by later commentators. He did not tour to support the album and only performed "Loving the Alien" and "Blue Jean" on subsequent tours. The album was remastered in 2018 as part of the box set Loving the Alien (1983-1988). 👑💯‼️♥️💯‼️

Lyrics: Watching them come and go The Templars and the Saracens They're traveling the holy land Opening telegrams Torture comes and torture goes Knights who'd give you anything They bear the cross of Coeur de Leon Salvation for the mirror blind But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky Pray and the heathen lie will disappear Prayers they hide the saddest view (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And your prayers they break the sky in two (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) Thinking of a different time Palestine a modern problem Bounty and your wealth in land Terror in a best-laid plan Watching them come and go Tomorrows and the yesterdays Christians and the unbelievers Hanging by the cross and nail But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky Pray and the heathen lie will disappear Prayers they hide the saddest view (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And your prayers they break the sky in two (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) You pray til the break of dawn (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And you'll believe you're loving the alien (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)

"Loving the Alien" is not "loving an extraterrestrial", a phrase that destroys the depth of the lyrics. "Alien" in English means not only "extraterrestrial" but also "unknown", "hidden" or "strange". Not "strange" as "stranger" but strange in the sense of the profane or arcane. The explanation is mine and I take as a reference what the guitarist Carlos Alomar explained about the song, who makes the guitars on this album: Loving strange things to support a belief system.

03:53 - David gets burnt by the flame. Kinda fitting considering the deep lyrical content, and more than likely why he left it in (either that or he said "sod that, i'm not doing it again - it was a one take deal boys!") LOL. One of my absolute favorite Bowie tracks. Still as relevant today as it was then. Profound and it is hauntingly beautiful. PS: Anyone else wish that RU-vid wouldn't ruin videos with those awful overlays at the tail end of every video? Awful. Really spoils the moment.

Takes me back to my little walkman and bowies album tonight! This and Blue Jean are my favs

Possibly the Bowie's most underrated song and i love the video with the reference to the work of painter Giorgio DeChirico.

The music blends minors, majors and diminished chords in just the right places... to add that hint of doubt, cynicism, and hope. Add to that the lyrics and you'll spend months digesting the many ways they can be taken. Add in this video and thy brain explodeth. I saw this at first on MTV, a few times. Then spent years trying to find the CD. Once I did it all came back again. Very nice, superb!

80's music had such a classy sound and loads of style, sophistication and elegance. I would love to see this style of music make a comeback.

"Thinking of a different time Palestine a modern problem Bounty and your wealth in land Terror in a best-laid plan"

Red Dwarf at 1:24! RIP you lovely alien!

The alien gone but not forgotten

Please re-incarnate back to us here and show us more of your gifts and talents. ❤❤❤🌈🌈🌈❤❤❤

Possibly my favourite record by Bowie. I remember hearing it as a teenager in the 80s. I didn't know what it was about, but I remember I liked the title because I was very into science fiction then. After having a bad experience with religion in my adult years, this song has great meaning to me.

People saying that this song is underrated I agree, with one exception The WHOLE Tonight album is underrated

2:23 relevant all the more right now. Perhaps forever.

When Bowie died, I went to a makeshift memorial outside his NY home, full of records, music and flowers. His fans were there; it was raining that night like God himself was crying. It was so tremendously sad and beautiful. There will never be another.

Peter Framptom's instrumental version of this song is just gorgeous and a fitting tribute to his childhood friend.

RIP David Bowie (a.k.a. David Robert Jones)! It’s been only two years since you’ve been gone,but I still love you. I still love you and will always keep loving the alien. ❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️

He was a force for good in this world...

In my humble opinion, being so ahead of it time , has to be one of the best songs ever made. ❤

As always Bowie creates a metaphor on Muslim history and weaves it into a pop song...templars/saracens/Holy land/couer de leon/Palestine....you have to look deeper as some on here think loving the 'alien' is about the other...it is actually (in my opinion) about the arrival of strangers and the misunderstanding through culture and language etc.

R.I.P. Mr. BOWIE🐈

he had so many brilliant tunes that id totally forgotten about this one ..

México 🇲🇽 present !!! I love Bowie !! I need you :(

man i miss this guy:( he brought an energy that doesn’t exist anymore

David you were a genius I miss you

I honestly think Tonight should’ve been called Loving The Alien

We love you❤😭😭😭❤❤❤

2021 - I love this song and I loved David Bowie ('Rock God' as faxed to Ricky Gervais in reply to his Birthday message) with his diversity, always trying new things, interested to keep his mind occupied. And his extremely British sense of humor! Nobody should try to understand the meanings of his music, as much as you can... if you are massively interested... watch documentaries... you'll be surprised that a fair bit of the time, he was taking the pi$$!

This song is one of my favorites. Love Bowie, always have, always will.

Never tire of the “ white duke” for so long made music for everyone to enjoy !!!

“When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the native-born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” Leviticus 19:33-34, NRSVUE

Обожаю Боуи! Таким талантам надо давать вечную жизнь! Чтобы люди могли наслаждаться этим голосом❤

No.4 on my top 5 Bowie songs. 1) "Always crashing in the same car"; 2) "ThursdayChild"; 3) "Absolute Beginners"; 4). "Loving the Alien"; 5) (and people think I'm strange) "The Bewlay Brothers"

Capolavoro assoluto

And you pray till the break of dawn , believe in the strangest things loving the alien....

Just can't stop watching David Bowie. Awesome and missed. 💜

0:32 He came running down then clapped his hands like 'here listen to this' LOL

Should remaster this video too, it's probably one of Bowie's most underrated songs fr

Tonight will always have a special place in my heart because it was the first Bowie album I had heard in full. I had heard his earlier album, but only a selection of songs. I later went back and picked up his earlier albums and his later ones as well. Bowie will forever be one of my favorite artists ever.

"believing the strangest things loving the alien and you're prayers they break the skies in two; think of a different time Palestine a modern Problem christians and the non-believer hanging by the cross and nail" - David Bowie, LOVING THE ALIEN, Tonight (this video)

The planet was a better place when you were on it.

Miss you our Star Man beautiful brilliant man

This all makes sense now.

This song alone redeems the Tonight album.

UNDERRATED SONG

God, how I miss Bowie.

Thank you so Much! The finish with David in a metal hospital bed is so reminiscent of Black Star! Will always miss this amazing person we call Bowie............RIP

Best song on Tonight.

i guess you could say David Bowie music videos are out of this world.

DB’s most underrated song

This is one of those Bowie moments, where I can see him through the eyes of someone who might have never seen him before. When he runs out in that opening and starts in, I can easily hear someone saying, "Who is this weird guy!" The man is something from another world.

3:52 You can clearly see him say ‘OW’ when the flames get to close behind the shield . Think he got burnt?

Believing the strangest things Loving the Alien

So sad, even today...(

Brilliant vocal on this song he was the man, so sadly missed,

I know he didn't like this rendition of the song but I'll always love it just the way it is. Maybe he didn't want to be part of the 80's pop scene but the thing is that HIS take on 80's pop is so amazing!

happy birthday white duke, We miss you dearly, always!

who says that time travel is not possible !!? if you put on some headphone and listen to this song in a dark room...its almost like its 1984/85 again !!!! Seriously tho....this song takes me places and takes me waaay back to those long lost beautiful years of childhood !

Always loved this song his voice is amazing

2:08 The video is gorgeous, but this song is so underrated. It's an earworm. Happy Bowie Weekend⚡🖤💫

This song still makes the hair stand up on my neck, absolutely brilliant 😘

Even a supposedly poor Bowie album is pretty darned good.

The first earrape in history

Love the way he's constantly unsettling the viewer throughout this video, talented is an understatement for the man. I also admire how Red Dwarf brazenly copied the chorus for part of their theme tune. Gotcha ;-)

Bowie Just Class Trailblazer of Pop Missed Deeply! What a Musical legacy! RIP Mr Bowie 2016:just 69;He was one of a kind!

Many have tried, all have failed. There will never be one like him again. Also, took me 30 years to recognize that the opening titles from "Labyrinth" are actually a rendition of this song.

Along with several others here, this has to be one of Bowie's finest. Tackles religion - specifically Abrahamic religions - mysticism in general, cultural appropriation and empiricism. All in a set co-opted from Dali and Picasso, with Bowie channeling Sinatra. And if that doesn't do it for you, consider: Who else would think "I know, I'll paint me face blue and put a big bright light in me gob so me teeth glow"? Absolutely barking crazy and brilliant, all at the same time.

I never even heard this song till today. They should play this on the radio more.

I really wish Tonight was more like this

Bowie maravilhoso , estará para sempre no meu coração , um artista que certamente não haverá ninguém melhor , Bowie era único ♡

I don't know why this song is underrated. This song might be in my top 10 Bowie songs. I actually love how he sings in this version. Which of course he could never do live 🤗

Omg.. david 😭 im still discovering amazing bowie songs ❤❤

Great song from the original one and only artist.

the music at the beginning is so haunting that its not left my mind since i heard it.........and when he makes his entrance at the beginning its like elvis never left the building...............

Billie Eilish: "i have the weirdest videos" David Bowie: "hold my beer" :D

I remember finding this at the tape store, I didn't know Bowie had released a new album at the time. I was happily surprised by what I heard when I bought it.

David Bowie will never die.

Absolutely perfect final track for the Andy Warhol Diaries!! Well done to whom has chosen this track!!!.... Its perfection!!