David Bowie Has A #1 Country Song Thanks To Chris Young

David Bowie and country music are two things that normally don’t go together… until now.

Chris Young’s song, “Young Love & Saturday Nights” just got to #1 on the Country Airplay chart, and it uses a David Bowie guitar riff from the song “Rebel Rebel”.

This means that David Bowie now has a #1 song on the Country charts as well, and he achieved it 8 years after his passing.

This was made possible when Warner Chappell Music purchased Bowie’s catalogue in 2022. They are now legally allowed to use Bowie’s songs in a wide variety of different ways.

Chris explained it by saying,

“There are a lot of songs where people use something as a sample or have exactly the same melody. This is different. This is creating something new, with a nod to something that pre-existed . . . Just to have a song that has David Bowie listed as a songwriter is amazing.”

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This post was written by Cheryl Johnstone