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"Absolute Beginners" is a song written and performed by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Released on 3 March 1986, it was the theme song to the 1986 film of the same name (itself an adaptation of the book Absolute Beginners ).
- "Absolute Beginners" (dub mix)
- June 1985, August 1985
- 8:03 (full-length album version), 5:36 (single version)
- 3 March 1986
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[Verse 1] I've nothing much to offer. There's nothing much to take. I'm an absolute beginner. But I'm absolutely sane. As long as we're together. The rest can go to hell. I absolutely love...
Songfacts®: This song is about love that is still in embryonic state. It was written for the 1986 film, Absolute Beginners. Bowie was in the movie, which is a musical based on a book by Colin MacInnes. The book is set in London in the late '50s and deal with the youth culture that would eventually become the Mod movement.
LYRICS. ARTWORK. CHARTS. Album: Absolute Beginners. Released: 15 March 1986. Recorded: Abbey Road Studios, London, June 1985 / Westside Studios, London, August 1985. Length: 8:03 (album version), 5:36 (single version) Production: David Bowie, Alan Winstanley and Clive Langer.
