"Mercury Records singles" . "--04-18" . "false"^^ . "The Width Of A Circle" . . "David Bowie" . . "3156176" . . "2003-03-24"^^ . . "David Bowie songs" . "100.0"^^ . . . "Songs written by David Bowie" . "english" . . "5714decc25ac0d8aee3edb07" . "0"^^ . "1970-11-04"^^ . . "945000.0"^^ . "-0.72032"^^ . "false"^^ . "%22The Width of a Circle%22 is a song written by David Bowie in 1970 for the album The Man Who Sold the World, released later that year in the U.S. and in April 1971 in the UK. It is the opening track to the album, a hard rocker with heavy metal overtones. Bowie had performed a shorter version of the song in concerts for several months before recording it.Featuring Mick Ronson's lead guitar work and occasional choral effects from the band, this 8-minute song is divided into two parts. The music takes on a heavy R&B quality in the second half, where the narrator enjoys a sexual encounter \u2013 with God, the Devil or some other supernatural being, according to different interpretations \u2013 in the depths of Hell.Some sources claim that the song was released as a single by RCA in Eastern Europe, with %22Cygnet Committee%22 from Bowie's 1969 album Space Oddity on the B-side. However, this 'Russian' single was pressed by a fan and therefore is unofficial." . . "-0.399008"^^ . "false"^^ . . "ff378417-ecfd-4b05-a864-a83149508a70" . "10"^^ . "The Width Of A Circle" . "1970 songs" . "Mercury Records" . "Trident and Advision Studios, London" . "Song recordings produced by Tony Visconti" . "997" . . "Tony Visconti" . . "-12.3"^^ . "USJT10200062" . . . "1973 singles" . "268185"^^ . "eng" .