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"One Shot" is the second track from the album Tin Machine II by Tin Machine. It was released as the third single from the album, making it their sixth single overall, and the last single released by the band.

"One Shot"
Single by Tin Machine
from the album Tin Machine II
Released	November 1991
Recorded	Sydney September – November 1989; April 1990; September – October 1990; Los Angeles March 1991
Genre	Rock
Length	4:02 (single) 5:11 (album)
Label	London
Songwriter(s)	David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels
Producer(s)	Tin Machine, Hugh Padgham
Tin Machine singles chronology
"Baby Universal" (1991) "One Shot" (1991)

Background and recording

Originally recorded in 1989 after the first Tin Machine Tour, several demo recordings of rehearsals of the song exist and were eventually leaked online.[1] As the second Tin Machine album was being released by a new label, label executives requested that the song be re-recorded by "notable" producer Hugh Padgham, who had previously worked with David Bowie on his 1984 album Tonight.[2] This newly-recorded version was, according to Reeves Gabrels, a note-by-note remake of the original with a slightly better guitar solo.[2]

The b-side, an original song by Hunt Sales and Bowie, was described by Nicholas Pegg as your "standard pseudo-sexist Tin Machine fare".[1] A one-minute excerpt from the end of the song appears as a hidden track at the end of the Tin Machine II album.[2]

Track listing

European CD single (London/Victory 869 574-2)

1. "One Shot"– 4:02
2. "Hammerhead"– 3:14

US promo CD (Victory CDP 522)

1. "One Shot" (single version) – 4:02

• The CD was released in a tri-fold CD case, which folded out to show one of the Kouros statues from the album's cover, with the front of the statue on the inside and the back on the outside. The single was cut to allow the statue to appear to be holding the CD in its arms. Unlike the US album release, the statue's penis was not airbrushed out.

Production credits

Producers

• Tin Machine
• Hugh Padgham

Musicians

• David Bowie – lead vocals, guitar
• Reeves Gabrels – lead guitar
• Hunt Sales – drums, vocals
• Tony Sales – bass, vocals
• Kevin Armstrong – rhythm guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Position
US Billboard Alternative Songs[3]	3
US Mainstream Rock Tracks[4]	17

References

• Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5

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