In this version, Bowie misinterpreted the song's subject matter, containing the line "I'm just looking for a good friendly behind" instead of "I'm just looking for a dear, dear friend of mine". Tony Visconti later told biographer Nicholas Pegg: "A very young David Bowie didn't yet know that 'the man' in Harlem parlance meant the drug dealer. So he naturally assumed it was a gay encounter involving money."
In this version, Bowie misconstrued the song's subject matter, substituting "I'm just looking for a good friendly behind" for "I'm just looking for a dear, dear friend of mine". Tony Visconti later explained to biographer Nicholas Pegg that "a very young David Bowie didn't yet know that 'the man' in Harlem parlance meant the drug dealer. So he naturally assumed it was a gay encounter involving money."