Where Are We Now? - David Bowie

I wasn't the only music fan to be shocked by the return of David Bowie last week. The Thin White Duke has been something of a recluse for a good few years, there have been rumours surrounding his health and even his life, yet nothing about writing and recording.

'Where Are We Now?', released on Monday night on the eve of his 66th birthday, is Bowie's first new song in 10-years. It finds him sounding melancholic, reflective (on his legendary Berlin period judging by the places name checked in the song) and in excellent form.

The vocals are exquisite and exceptional, the production and music sound almost familiar, so the announcement that it was produced by long-term producer of choice Tony Visconti, was no real surprise. The fact that they have recorded an album is.

The music builds into an almost marching beat towards the conclusion of the song, with Bowie sounding terrific in the '... as long as there's fire, as long as there's me, as long as there's you' section.

2013 seems like a perfect time for Bowie to return; a true artist, a chameleon, someone with a voice and the intelligence to use it in verse and in press. Judging by the way twitter went into meltdown, there are plenty of people who want to hear more from Bowie, on this evidence I am most definitely one of them.

Had to get the train 

From Potzdamer platz 

You never knew that 

That I could do that 

Just walking the dead 

Sitting in the Dschungel 

On Nurnberger strasse 

A man lost in time near KaDeWe 

Just walking the dead 

Where are we now? 

Where are we now? 

The moment you know 

You know, you know 

Twenty thousand people 

Gross Bose Brucke 

Fingers are crossed 

Just in case 

Walking the dead 

Where are we now? 

Where are we now? 

The moment you know 

You know, you know 

As long as there's sun 

As long as there's sun 

As long as there's rain 

As long as there's rain 

As long as there's fire 

As long as there's fire 

As long as there's me 

As long as there's you