"Joe the Lion" is a song by David Bowie in 1977 for the album "Heroes".
It was produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti and features lead guitar by Robert Fripp.
"Joe the Lion" has been described by critic Chris O'Leary as "phenomenal" and "one of the high peaks of Bowie's late Seventies".
[2] The track is in part a tribute to performance artist Chris Burden,[3] who was famous for having himself crucified to a Volkswagen in 1974 ("Nail me to my car and I'll tell you who you are") and for having an assistant shoot him in the arm at an art gallery in 1971 ("Guess you'll buy a gun / You'll buy it secondhand").
"Joe the Lion" has also been seen as reflecting Bowie's struggle to overcome the emotional numbness that appeared to permeate his previous album Low ("You get up and sleep").