I'd Rather Be High (track)
by David Bowie
Year: 2013
From the album The Next Day (track #8)
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I'd Rather Be High appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- The Next Day (track #8) (this album) (2013)
- I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016) (track #95) (compilation) (2025)
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| ! | 08/05/2026 12:52 |  DommeDamian | 78,982 | 51/100 |
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| ! | 03/12/2026 14:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 178,702 | 71/100 |
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Grzywa 01/11/2016 09:06 | #156281
Thanks David, I'd rather be high too.
Great tune
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