Everyone Says 'Hi'

"Everyone Says 'Hi'"
Single by David Bowie
from the album Heathen
B-side	"Safe"
Released	September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)
Format	CD single
Recorded	Allaire Studios, Shokan, NY Looking Glass Studios, New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	3:29 (radio edit) / 3:59 (album version)
Label	Columbia/ISO 673134 2
Writer(s)	David Bowie
Producer(s)	Brian Rawling, Gary Miller, David Bowie and Tony Visconti
David Bowie singles chronology
"Slow Burn" 2002 "Everyone Says 'Hi'" 2002 "I've Been Waiting for You" 2002

"Everyone Says 'Hi'" is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen (2002). The song was a Top 20 hit in the UK singles chart and it also reached #83 in the German Singles Chart. It was produced by British duo Brian Rawling and Gary Miller, with vocals produced by David Bowie himself with Tony Visconti. 4 of the 6 'b' sides to this 3 CD set are re-recordings of some of Bowie's less familiar 1960s material that were intended for their own album release back in 2000, whilst "Safe" and "Wood Jackson" were new compositions, the former originally written but dropped from The Rugrats OST.

Track listing

UK version 1

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29
2. "Safe" - 4:43
3. "Wood Jackson" - 4:48

UK version 2

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29
2. "When the Boys Come Marching Home" - 4:46
3. "Shadow Man" - 4:46

UK version 3

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29
2. "Baby Loves That Way" - 4:44
3. "You've Got a Habit of Leaving" - 4:51

European version 1

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29
2. "Safe" - 4:43
3. "Baby Loves That Way" - 4:44
4. "Sunday (Tony Visconti mix)" - 4:56

European version 2

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit)" - 3:29
2. "Safe" - 4:43

12" promo version

1. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Metro remix)"
2. "Everyone Says 'Hi' (Metro remix - Radio edit)"
3. "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship (Deepsky's Space Cowboy remix)"

Production credits

• Producers
  • Brian Rawling
  • Gary Miller
  • David Bowie
  • Tony Visconti
• Musicians:
  • David Bowie: Vocals, Keyboards, Synths, Guitars, Sax, Stylophone, Drums
  • Tony Visconti: Bass guitar, Guitars, Recorders, B-vox, String arrangements
  • Matt Chamberlain: Drums, Loop programming, Percussion
  • David Torn: Guitars, Guitar loops, Omnichord
  • Jordan Rudess: Piano and Hammond organ.
  • Gail Ann Dorsey: Bass on "Shadow Man"
  • Earl Slick: Ambient guitar on "Shadow Man", Acoustic and electric guitar on "You've Got a Habit of Leaving"
  • Mark Plati: Acoustic guitar on "Shadow Man", Acoustic and electric guitar on "You've Got a Habit of Leaving"
  • Lisa Germano: Violin on "Shadow Man" and "You've Got a Habit of Leaving"
  • Carlos Alomar: Guitar on "Everyone Says 'Hi'" and "When the Boys Come Marching Home".
  • Mike Garson: Piano on "You've Got a Habit of Leaving"
  • Sterling Campbell: Drums on "You've Got a Habit of Leaving"
  • Emm Gryner: Backing vocals on "You've Got a Habit of Leaving"
  • Holly Palmer: Backing vocals on "You've Got a Habit of Leaving"
  • Gary Miller: Programming and guitar on "Everyone Says 'Hi'"
  • Dave Clayton: Keyboards on "Everyone Says 'Hi'"
  • The Scorchio Quartet
    • Greg Kitzis: 1st violin
    • Meg Okura: 2nd violin
    • Martha Mooke: Viola
    • Mary Wooten: Cello

Other releases

• The "Metro mix - radio edit" was released on two various artists charity albums for War Child called Peace Songs and Hope.
• The "Metro mix" was also featured in the video game Amplitude.