Tokyo Joe (Bryan Ferry song)

"Tokyo Joe"

Single by Bryan Ferry
from the album In Your Mind
Released	May 1977
Format	7"
Recorded	1977
Genre	Rock, glam rock, pop rock, disco
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Bryan Ferry
Producer(s)	Bryan Ferry, Steve Nye

Tokyo Joe is a song by Bryan Ferry, the lead vocalist for Roxy Music. It was released as the second single from his fourth solo album and the first consisting entirely of original songs, In Your Mind, in May 1977, being Ferry's eleventh single. The single features the non-album track, "She's Leaving Home" as the B-side, which was originally recorded for The Beatles tribute album "All This and World War II".

Background

"Tokyo Joe", is about Ferry's fascination with cinema, it celebrates 'femme-fatale', inspired by the song Shanghai Lil sung by James Cagney in the Hollywood musical, Shanghai Express released in 1932.^[1]

Personnel

Bryan Ferry - Lead vocals, keyboards
Chris Spedding - Lead guitar
Paul Thompson - Drums
John Wetton - Bass guitar
David Skinner - Piano, keyboards
Ann O'Dell - Strings arrangements

References

↑ "Roxy Music - Singles - on". Vivaroxymusic.com. 1977-05-10. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

Bryan Ferry

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

Solo albums	These Foolish Things Another Time, Another Place Let's Stick Together In Your Mind The Bride Stripped Bare Boys and Girls Bête Noire Taxi Mamouna As Time Goes By Frantic Dylanesque Olympia The Jazz Age (with The Bryan Ferry Orchestra) Avonmore

Compilations	Street Life: 20 Great Hits The Ultimate Collection More than This

Singles	"Let's Stick Together" "This Is Tomorrow" "Tokyo Joe" "Sign of the Times" "Slave to Love" "Don't Stop the Dance" "Windswept" "The Right Stuff" "Kiss and Tell" "Limbo"

Related articles	Bryan Ferry discography Roxy Music discography Lucy Ferry

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