Originally, Bowie thought he'd only have a few new songs for the album, and had intended to fill out the album with remakes of some of his past songs, including "Dead Against It" (from his 1993 "soundtrack" "The Buddha of Suburbia"), "I Can't Read" and "Baby Universal" from his time with Tin Machine, and "Bring Me the Disco King", which he'd tried his hand at once before in 1993 for his "Black Tie White Noise" album.