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 misheard the lyrics of the song, substituting "I'm just looking for a good friendly behind" for "I'm just looking for a dear, dear friend of mine". Tony Visconti revealed that young David Bowie didn't understand the slang meaning of "the man" in Harlem as referring to a drug dealer. He mistakenly believed it was a gay encounter involving money.