i'm afraid of americans fourth single released from earthling released 10.14.97 - us peaked at 66 us : cd : virgin 72438-386182-8 us : 12" : virgin 72438 38618 11 Y-38618 1. i'm afraid of americans v1 (with trent reznor) 5.31 2. i'm afraid of americans v2 5.51 3. i'm afraid of americans v3 (with ice cube) 6.18 4. i'm afraid of americans v4 5.25 5. i'm afraid of americans v5 5.38 6. i'm afraid of americans v6 (photek mix) 11.18 us : promotional cd : virgin dpro-12749 1. i'm afraid of americans v1 (edit) 4.30 2. i'm afraid of americans (edit) 4.12 3. i'm afraid of americans v3 (with ice cube) 6.18 4. i'm afraid of americans v1 (clean edit) 4.30 the single mix (v.1) was reworked completely by trent reznor of nine inch nails, and is quite different from the version which appears on earthling. the video, which also featured reznor, was bowie's first in several years to be placed into heavy rotation on the us version of mtv. interestingly enough, this version, which became bowie's biggest us hit of the 90s, didn't see a european release until the seven single in 2000, which also featured the video. a previous version of i'm afraid of americans appeared on the 1996 us soundtrack for showgirls. the music is completely different from the two major versions which followed in 97. the most notable lyric difference was in using 'dummy' rather than 'johnny', which appeared later.