"I had no melody so I only sang the lines I'd written for four or five bars at a time": The making of David Bowie's Heroes and why Robert Fripp should get some credit five decades on

David Bowie's "Heroes" was recorded at Hansa Tonstudio in Autumn 1977 and went on to be the central component of his Berlin Trilogy of records recorded there. The title track has become Bowie’s most celebrated track and arguably the one that will be his legacy for many decades to come. 

It and the "Heroes" album must also be responsible for putting Hansa Tonstudio on the map. And had it not been recorded at the Berlin facility, it’s doubtful whether Depeche Mode and U2 would have made the pilgrimage to record some of their best works.