Déjà Vu (Roger Waters song) explained

Déjà Vu
Cover:Déjà Vu (2017).jpg
Type:single
Artist:Roger Waters
Album:Is This the Life We Really Want?
Released:8 May 2017
Genre:Art rock
Length:4:27
Label:Columbia
Producer:Nigel Godrich
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"Déjà Vu" is a song by English rock musician and former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, and the second track on his fourth solo studio album, Is This the Life We Really Want? It was released as a single on 8 May 2017,[1] with the album being released on 2 June 2017,[2] [3] [4] by Columbia Records. It was previously known as "Lay Down Jerusalem (If I Had Been God)" when played live before the single's official release.[5] Waters reintroduced the 'Lay Down Jerusalem' refrain in live performances dating from the 2018 Oceania leg of his Us + Them Tour.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Watch Roger Waters Perform 'Deja Vu' on 'The Late Show' . Gil Kaufman . 2017-09-05 . . 12 May 2017.
  2. News: Grow . Kory . 16 February 2017 . Hear Roger Waters Tease New 'Is This the Life We Really Want?' LP . . 22 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Roger Waters Posts New Tease of First Solo Rock Album in 25 Years, 'Is This the Life We Really Want?' . Gil Kaufman . . billboard.com . 22 March 2017.
  4. News: Wicks . Amanda . 3 March 2017 . Roger Waters Previews New Album 'Is This The Life We Really Want?' . Radio.com . 22 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170323053914/http://radio.com/2017/03/03/roger-waters-is-this-the-life-we-really-want/ . 23 March 2017 . dead .
  5. Web site: Roger Waters Setlist at Europees Parlement / Parlement Européen, Etterbeek.
  6. Web site: Pink Floyd Forum - Login.
  7. News: Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters brings his Us + Them tour to Brisbane . Daniel Johnson . 2018-01-02 . . 7 February 2018.