This song was originally recorded in July 1981, having been written by David Bowie and his producer Giorgio Moroder, for the film “Cat People”, which was released in 1982.

The song keeps the dark tone of the film (directed by Paul Schrader) with some slight goth rock influence and Bowie singing in a deep baritone croon while being backed up by a female chorus.

The full-length 6:45 version appeared on the soundtrack album, and the 12" single, while a 4:08 edited version was made for the 7" release. The single reached No. 26 in the UK, and No. 67 in the US – Bowie’s biggest hit there since “Golden Years”.

In December 1982, Bowie re-recorded the song for his album Let’s Dance, released the following year.

Many people will know this song from Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”. While working at the Video Archives, he was always pretty angry that Bowie’s amazing song, tailor-made for Schrader’s erotic re-make, was thrown away into the end credits. He and his friends agreed, if they got the song for their film, they’d make a twenty-minute sequence built around it.