<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> David Bowie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Tony Visconti </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Man Who Sold the World" is a song written and performed by David Bowie . It is the title track of his third album, with the same name, which was released in the US in November 1970 and in the UK in April 1971 . The song has been covered by a number of other artists, notably by Lulu, who had a UK No. 3 hit with her version in 1974, and Nirvana, whose 1993 performance of the song for the television program MTV Unplugged introduced it to a new audience . </P> <P> The song was reworked by Bowie, featuring a heavy bassline, güiro as percussion and a notably darker mood, for performances in concerts from 1995 to 1997, including the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards . Bowie later returned to playing the original version in the 2000s . </P>

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