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 "'''Zowie'''" (pronounced like "zaow-ee", full name "'''Zowie Bowie'''") is a song off of [[Billy Corgan]]'s second studio album, ''[[Ogilala]]''. The song was written as a tribute to [[W:David Bowie|David Bowie]] following his death in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/10/billy-corgan-debuts-david-bowie-tribute-zowie-james-iha-collaboration-processional-live-watch/|website=Consequence of Sound|first=Ben|last=Kaye|access-date=October 27, 2020|title=Billy Corgan debuts David Bowie tribute “Zowie”, James Iha collaboration “Processional” live: Watch}}</ref> and is named after his son. However Corgan pronounces it like "zaow-ee", just like Bowie's was originally (and often still is) pronounced in England.
-In a 2017 interview with Howard Stern, Corgan explained that when wrote the opening chord sequence, it reminded him of Bowie. Through the rest of the songwriting process, Bowie was then "[[wikt:ride shotgun|rode shotgun]]" with him. He considered the song "a very personal way to say thank you" to Bowie.
+In a 2017 interview with Howard Stern, Corgan explained that when wrote the opening chord sequence, it reminded him of Bowie. Through the rest of the songwriting process, Bowie "[[wikt:ride shotgun|rode shotgun]]" with him. He considered the song "a very personal way to say thank you" to Bowie.
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