| Prisoner of Love | |
| Cover: | TinMachine_PrisonerOfLove.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tin Machine |
| Album: | Tin Machine |
| B-Side: | "Baby Can Dance" (Live) / "Crack City" (Live) |
| Released: | 30 October 1989 |
| Recorded: | August 1988 – early 1989; studio material recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreux Switzerland, and Compass Point Studios, Nassau live recording 25th of June 1989; at La Cigale, Paris |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 4:09 |
| Label: | EMI MT 76 |
| Prev Title: | Tin Machine |
| Prev Title2: | Maggie's Farm (live) |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | You Belong in Rock n' Roll |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
"Prisoner of Love" is a song by Tin Machine taken from their eponymous debut album, issued as their third single in October 1989.
Bowie claimed at the time he wrote the song for his then-partner Melissa Hurley.[1] It reads as worldly advice from the singer to his naive younger girlfriend.[2]
The band elected not to make music videos for singles from the album, and instead created a 13-minute megamix video, in which "Prisoner of Love" was included. The video, directed by Julien Temple, went unreleased commercially until its 30th anniversary in 2019.[3]
"Prisoner of Love" was performed during the 1989 Tin Machine Tour. The single was backed by live tracks recorded at La Cigale, Paris on 25 June 1989, and had a novel heart-shaped 7" picture disc release. It failed to chart in the UK or the US.
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