Without You (David Bowie song)

"Without You"
"Without You"
Single by David Bowie
from the album Let's Dance
B-side	"Criminal World"
Released	November 1983
Recorded	December 1982
Studio	Power Station, New York City
Genre	Rock ; post-disco ;
Length	3:08
Label	EMI America – B 8190
Songwriter(s)	David Bowie
Producer(s)	David Bowie; Nile Rodgers ;
David Bowie singles chronology

Last updated September 20, 2025

"Without You" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie in 1983 for his fifteenth studio album Let's Dance . It was released as a single by EMI America in the Netherlands, the US, Japan and Spain in November 1983.

Track listing

7": EMI America / B 8190 (US)

"Without You" (David Bowie) – 3:08
"Criminal World" (Duncan Browne, Peter Godwin, Sean Lyons) – 4:25

Personnel

David Bowie – vocals
Stevie Ray Vaughan – guitar
Nile Rodgers – guitar
Bernard Edwards – bass guitar
Tony Thompson – drums
Stan Harrison – saxophone
Steve Elson – saxophone
Frank Simms – backing vocals
George Simms – backing vocals

Production

David Bowie – producer
Nile Rodgers – producer

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 ^[3]	73

References

↑ Gallucci, Michael (17 July 2024). "Every David Bowie Single Ranked". Ultimate Classic Rock . Retrieved 2 January 2025. ...but Bowie was on fire in 1983, and even this piercing rock track ["Without You"] was considered fair game in the singles department.
↑ Davis, Petra (8 January 2013). "David Bowie: Fantastic Voyages From Beyond The Hits". The Quietus . Retrieved 22 May 2016.
↑ "Billboard Top 100" . Retrieved 1 November 2012.

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[Gallucci_2024-1] Gallucci, Michael (17 July 2024). "Every David Bowie Single Ranked". Ultimate Classic Rock . Retrieved 2 January 2025. ...but Bowie was on fire in 1983, and even this piercing rock track ["Without You"] was considered fair game in the singles department.

[2] Davis, Petra (8 January 2013). "David Bowie: Fantastic Voyages From Beyond The Hits". The Quietus . Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[Billboard-3] "Billboard Top 100" . Retrieved 1 November 2012.

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Discography Songs
1960s	"Liza Jane" "I Pity the Fool" "You've Got a Habit of Leaving" "Baby Loves That Way" "Can't Help Thinking About Me" "Do Anything You Say" "I Dig Everything" "Rubber Band" "The London Boys" "The Laughing Gnome" "Love You till Tuesday" "Space Oddity"
1970s	"The Prettiest Star" "Memory of a Free Festival" "Holy Holy" "Moonage Daydream" "Hang On to Yourself" "Changes" "Starman" "John, I'm Only Dancing" "The Jean Genie" "Drive-In Saturday" "Time" "Life on Mars" "Let's Spend the Night Together" "Sorrow" "Rebel Rebel" "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" "Diamond Dogs" "1984" "Knock on Wood" "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" "Young Americans" "Fame" "Golden Years" "Station to Station" (French promo) "TVC 15" "Suffragette City" "Stay" "Sound and Vision" "Be My Wife" "'Heroes'" "Beauty and the Beast" "Breaking Glass" "Boys Keep Swinging" "D.J." "Yassassin" "Look Back in Anger" "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)"
1980s	"Alabama Song" "Crystal Japan" "Ashes to Ashes" "Fashion" "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" "Up the Hill Backwards" "Under Pressure" "Wild Is the Wind" "The Drowned Girl" "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" "Let's Dance" "China Girl" "Modern Love" "Without You" "White Light/White Heat" "Blue Jean" "Tonight" "This Is Not America" "Loving the Alien" "Dancing in the Street" "Absolute Beginners" "Underground" "When the Wind Blows" "Magic Dance" "Day-In Day-Out" "Time Will Crawl" "Never Let Me Down" "Under the God" "Heaven's in Here" "Tin Machine" / "Maggie's Farm (live)" "Prisoner of Love"
1990s	"Fame '90" "You Belong in Rock n' Roll" "Baby Universal" "One Shot" "Real Cool World" "Jump They Say" "Black Tie White Noise" "Miracle Goodnight" "The Buddha of Suburbia" "Ziggy Stardust" "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" "Strangers When We Meet" "Hallo Spaceboy" "Telling Lies" "Little Wonder" "Dead Man Walking" "Seven Years in Tibet" "Pallas Athena" "I'm Afraid of Americans" "I Can't Read" "Without You I'm Nothing" "Thursday's Child" "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell"
2000s	"Survive" "Seven" "Slow Burn" "Everyone Says 'Hi' " "I've Been Waiting for You" "Shadow Man" "New Killer Star" "Just for One Day (Heroes)" "Rebel Never Gets Old"
2010s	"Where Are We Now?" "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" "The Next Day" "Valentine's Day" "Love Is Lost" " 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore" "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" "Blackstar" "Lazarus" "I Can't Give Everything Away"
Other songs	"Silly Boy Blue" "Let Me Sleep Beside You" "Karma Man" "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" "Cygnet Committee" "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" "The Width of a Circle" "All the Madmen" "Black Country Rock" "After All" "She Shook Me Cold" "The Man Who Sold the World" "The Supermen" "Oh! You Pretty Things" "Kooks" "Quicksand" "Andy Warhol" "Song for Bob Dylan" "Queen Bitch" "The Bewlay Brothers" "Bombers" "Five Years" "Soul Love" "Lady Stardust" "Velvet Goldmine" "Sweet Head" "Amsterdam" "Round and Round" "Watch That Man" "Aladdin Sane" "Panic in Detroit" "Cracked Actor" "Lady Grinning Soul" "All the Young Dudes" "Future Legend" "Sweet Thing" "Big Brother" "Can You Hear Me?" "Right" "Fascination" "Word on a Wing" "Speed of Life" "What in the World" "Always Crashing in the Same Car" "Warszawa" "Art Decade" "Weeping Wall" "Subterraneans" "Joe the Lion" "Sons of the Silent Age" "Blackout" "V-2 Schneider" "Sense of Doubt" "Neuköln" "Fantastic Voyage" "It's No Game" "Teenage Wildlife" "Scream Like a Baby" "As the World Falls Down" "Girls" "Nite Flights" "I'm Deranged" "Nature Boy" "Cactus" "Pablo Picasso" "The Loneliest Guy" "Try Some, Buy Some" "Fall Dog Bombs the Moon" "Bring Me the Disco King" "Girl Loves Me" "Dollar Days"

v t e Keith Haring
Artworks	Construction Fence (1983) Keith Haring Mural (1984) Crack Is Wack (1986) Andy Mouse (1986) Tower (1987) The Boxers (1987) We the Youth (1987) A Pile of Crowns for Jean-Michel Basquiat (1988) Todos Juntos Podemos Parar el SIDA (1989) Tuttomondo (1989) Unfinished Painting (1989) The Valley (1989–90) Untitled Series (with Sean Kalish) (1989–90)
Cover art	"Without You " (1983) "Someone like You" (1986) "Christmas in Hollis" (1987)
Works on Haring	Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring (1989 TV documentary) Radiant Baby (2003 musical) The Universe of Keith Haring (2008 documentary)
Museums	Nakamura Keith Haring Collection
Related	Pop Shop Silence = Death (1990 documentary) List of works by Keith Haring