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“Goodbye Mr. Ed” by Tin Machine
From the album Tin Machine II (1991)
“Goodbye Mr. Ed” by Tin Machine appears on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2002. It was first released in 1991 on the album Tin Machine II. Its best result is #1778 on the CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,567 alternative song of all time.
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"Goodbye Mr. Ed" comes from Tin Machine II, the second and last studio album by the Anglo-American band Tin Machine. David Bowie wrote the words and shares the music credit with the brothers Tony and Hunt Sales, who play bass and drums; Bowie sings lead and plays guitar alongside Reeves Gabrels. Tim Palmer, who had produced their 1989 debut, produced it with the band.
The album took the long way round: sessions began in Sydney in late 1989 as the Tin Machine Tour wound up, stalled while Bowie went off on his solo Sound+Vision Tour, then picked up again in Los Angeles through March 1991. It arrived on Victory Music that September, still hard rock but more melodic and with love on its mind, and once the tour behind it was over, the band broke up and Bowie went back to his solo career.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1789 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1790 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1790 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1778 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
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