The song earned Bowie a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Male Vocal Performance.

The cover photograph by Markus Klinko, featuring Bowie striding forward with a baby in his arms, is a composite of two images.

Bowie's head is grafted onto the body of a male model photographed separately.

[3] A music video for "Slow Burn" was uploaded to the official DavidBowieVEVO YouTube channel on 23 March 2011.

The video shows Bowie dressed in white performing the vocals to the song in a recording studio booth, with a young girl wandering around the darkened control room and occasionally touching the equipment and mixing desk.