Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)

"Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)"
Single by David Bowie
from the album Nothing Has Changed
B-side	"'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore" (10"); Radio edit (10");
Released	17 November 2014
Format	10"; digital download;
Recorded	2014
Genre	Jazz-pop
Length	7:24 (Nothing Has Changed version); 4:01 (Nothing Has Changed radio edit); 4:40 (Blackstar version);
Label	Parlophone (UK); Columbia (US); Legacy (US);
Writer(s)	Paul Bateman; Bob Bhamra; David Bowie; Maria Schneider;
Producer(s)	David Bowie; Tony Visconti;
David Bowie singles chronology
Blackstar track listing
Music video
	"Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" on YouTube

"Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" is a song by English rock musician David Bowie. It was released as the lead single from his compilation album Nothing Has Changed (2014). The track was premiered on 12 October 2014, by BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Guy Garvey and features the Maria Schneider Orchestra.^[2] Re-recorded versions of both the song and its B-side, "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore", appear on Bowie's twenty-fifth studio album, Blackstar.

At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals for bandleader Maria Schneider.^[3]

Release details

The single was released as a 10" single and a digital download on 17 November 2014 in the United Kingdom,^[4]^[5] and 28 November 2014 in the United States.^[6]

Music video

A music video to promote the song and compilation album was released in November 2014.^[7] Directed by Tom Hingston and Jimmy King, it is a black-and-white film with shots of Bowie on the New York Subway System and song lyrics projected onto a wall.

Track listing

Parlophone — 10RDB2014^[8]

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)"	7:24

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore"	5:27
2.	"Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" (Radio edit)	4:01

Personnel

Personnel adapted from David Bowie's official website.^[9]

David Bowie – vocals

Maria Schneider orchestra

Maria Schneider – arranger, conductor
Donny McCaslin – tenor soloist
Ryan Keberle – trombone soloist
Jesse Han – flute, alto flute, bass flute
David Pietro – alto flute, clarinet, soprano sax
Rich Perry – tenor sax
Donny McCaslin – soprano sax, tenor sax
Scott Robinson – clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
Tony Kadleck – trumpet, fluegelhorn
Greg Gisbert – trumpet, fluegelhorn
Augie Haas – trumpet, fluegelhorn
Mike Rodriguez – trumpet, fluegelhorn
Keith O'Quinn – trombone
Ryan Keberle – trombone
Marshall Gilkes – trombone
George Flynn – bass trombone, contrabass trombone
Ben Monder – guitar
Frank Kimbrough – piano
Jay Anderson – bass
Mark Guiliana – drums

Charts

Chart (2014–16)	Peak position
France (SNEP)^[10]	52
Hungary (Single Top 40)^[11]	13
Italy (FIMI)^[12]	73
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[13]	83
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[14]	96
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[15]	54
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[16]	81
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)^[17]	43

References

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↑ "Lescharts.com – David Bowie – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
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↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – David Bowie – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – David Bowie – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)". Singles Top 60. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – David Bowie – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
↑ "Archive Chart: 2014-11-28" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
↑ "David Bowie – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for David Bowie. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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[sc_France_David_Bowie-10] "Lescharts.com – David Bowie – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

[sc_Hungarytop10_David_Bowie-11] "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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[sc_Dutch100_David_Bowie-13] "Dutchcharts.nl – David Bowie – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[sc_Sweden_David_Bowie-14] "Swedishcharts.com – David Bowie – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)". Singles Top 60. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

[sc_Switzerland_David_Bowie-15] "Swisscharts.com – David Bowie – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

[sc_UK_-16] "Archive Chart: 2014-11-28" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

[sc_Billboardrocksongs_David_Bowie-17] "David Bowie – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for David Bowie. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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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" / "The Man Who Sold the World (live)" "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"

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