Criminal World
~ Recording by David Bowie
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | SO-17093 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | CDP 546002 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | 4XO 517093 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | CDP 7 46002 2 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | 0C 062-400 165, AML 3029 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | CP35-3034 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| RCA Music Service (RCA's Music Club) | R 153730 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | SO 517093 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | 1C 064-400 165 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album | EMI America | CDP 7 46002 2 | |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | EYS-81580 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | 10C 072-400165 |
| 1.2 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Without You / Criminal World | David Bowie | Single |
| EMI America | B-8190 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 1-083 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VJCP-25210 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 8 40982 2 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 8 40982 2, CDVUS 96 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 4 93094 2 5 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance (clear tray) | David Bowie | Album | EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 521 8960, 7243 521896 0 1 | |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance (rights society: BEL/BIEM; S.I.A.E.) | David Bowie | Album | EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 521 8960, 7243 521896 0 1 | |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 521896 0 1 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Parlophone | 218967-PRL2 |
| 2.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 07243 543319 2 3, 543 3192 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 07243 543319 2 3, 543 3192 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| 東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label - check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007-06-29) | TOCP-70154 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI Music Japan Inc. (2007-06-30 to 2013-04-01 - record company, do NOT USE as release label - check the back cover or CD surface for the imprint) | TOCP-95054 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Loving the Alien (1983–1988) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Loving the Alien (1983–1988) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Loving the Alien 1983–1988 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 0190295693534, DBX4 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album | Parlophone | 0190295511197 | |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | CDP 7 46002 2 |
| 1.6 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Pathé Marconi EMI (record company, renamed EMI Pathé Marconi in 1986) | 2C 070-400165, PM 263 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.14 | Criminal World | 4:25 | David Bowie | 17‐Track Album Sampler | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CDLRL 015 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 6.8 | Criminal World [11-83] | 4:24 | David Bowie | Fifty Two Years: The Complete Singles | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Dave Greenberg (US engineer Sonopod/Boomtown) |
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| engineer and mixer: | Bob Clearmountain |
| producer: | David Bowie Nile Rodgers |
| assistant mixer: | David Bowie Nile Rodgers |
| bass: | Carmine Rojas (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20) |
| drums (drum set): | Tony Thompson (Drummer, best known for his work in CHIC) (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20) |
| guitar: | Nile Rodgers (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20) Stevie Ray Vaughan (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20) |
| keyboard: | Rob Sabino (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20) |
| background vocals: | Frank Simms (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20) George Simms (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20) David Spinner (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20) |
| lead vocals: | David Bowie (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | David Bowie (in 1983) |
| recorded at: | Power Station Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20) |
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| recording of: | Criminal World (from 1983-01-10 until 1983-01-20: cover) |
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Related works
Criminal World
| lyricist and composer: | Duncan Browne (English singer-songwriter) Peter Godwin Sean Lyons |
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| publisher: | Alley Music Corp. Heathside Music Ltd. Logo Songs Ltd. The Hudson Bay Music Co. (publisher) Trio Music Co., Inc. |
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