Everyone Says "Hi"

"Everyone Says 'Hi'" is a song recorded by English singer David Bowie for his twenty-second studio album Heathen (2002). It was written by Bowie, and produced by British duo Brian Rawling and Gary Miller, with vocals produced by Bowie himself with Tony Visconti. The song was released on 16 September 2002, by ISO and Columbia Records. "Everyone Says 'Hi'" peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and also reached number 83 in the German Singles Chart.

"Everyone Says 'Hi'"
Single by David Bowie
from the album Heathen
B-side	"Safe"
Released	September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)
Recorded	Allaire Studios (Shokan, New York) Looking Glass Studios (New York City)
Length	3:59 (album version) 3:29 (radio edit)
Label	ISO Columbia
Songwriter(s)	David Bowie
Producer(s)	Brian Rawling Gary Miller David Bowie Tony Visconti
David Bowie singles chronology
"Slow Burn" (2002) "Everyone Says 'Hi'" (2002) "I've Been Waiting for You" (2002)

Background

Reeves Gabrels, Bowie's guitarist throughout the 1990s and close creative partner up until a few years before Heathen was released, said that "Everyone Says 'Hi'" was the only song Bowie made after his departure that he heard "because someone told me that David wrote that for me. That made me cry."

Four of the six B-sides to this 3 CD set are re-recordings of some of Bowie's less familiar 1960s material that were intended for their own album release back in 2000, whilst "Safe" and "Wood Jackson" were new compositions, the former originally written but dropped from the soundtrack to The Rugrats Movie.

Track listing

UK version 1

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29
2. "Safe" - 4:43
3. "Wood Jackson" - 4:48

UK version 2

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29
2. "When the Boys Come Marching Home" - 4:46
3. "Shadow Man" - 4:46

UK version 3

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29
2. "Baby Loves That Way" - 4:44
3. "You've Got a Habit of Leaving" - 4:51

European version 1

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29
2. "Safe" - 4:43
3. "Baby Loves That Way" - 4:44
4. "Sunday (Tony Visconti mix)" - 4:56

European version 2

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29
2. "Safe" - 4:43

12" promo version

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Metro remix)"
2. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Metro remix - Radio edit)"
3. "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship (Deepsky's Space Cowboy remix)"

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Germany (GfK)	83
UK Singles (OCC)	20
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)	40

Production credits

• Producers
  • Brian Rawling
  • Gary Miller
  • David Bowie
  • Tony Visconti
• Musicians:
  • David Bowie: Vocals, Keyboards, Synths, Guitars, Sax, Stylophone, Drums
  • Tony Visconti: Bass guitar, Guitars, Recorders, B-vox, String arrangements
  • Matt Chamberlain: Drums, Loop programming, Percussion
  • David Torn: Guitars, Guitar loops, Omnichord
  • Jordan Rudess: Piano and Hammond organ.
  • Carlos Alomar: Guitar
  • Gary Miller: Programming and guitar
  • Dave Clayton: Keyboards on "Everyone Says 'Hi'"
  • The Scorchio Quartet
    • Greg Kitzis: 1st violin
    • Meg Okura: 2nd violin
    • Martha Mooke: Viola
    • Mary Wooten: Cello

Other releases

• The "Metro mix - radio edit" was released on two various artists charity albums for War Child called Peace Songs and Hope.
• The "Metro mix" was also featured in the video game Amplitude.
• The song, as covered by Fyfe Monroe, features in the closing of the final episode of the TV series Defiance.