Jean the Birdman

"Jean the Birdman"
Single by David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
from the album The First Day
B-side
  • Pt1: "Earthbound (Starblind)"/"Endgame"
  • Pt2: "Gone to Earth"/"Tallow Moon"/"Dark Water"
Released16 August 1993
RecordedDecember 1992–March 1993
GenreArt rock · alternative rock
Length4:12
LabelVirgin
SongwritersTrey Gunn, Robert Fripp, David Sylvian
ProducersDavid Bottrill, David Sylvian
David Sylvian singles chronology
"Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)"
(1992)
"Jean the Birdman"
(1993)
"I Surrender"
(1999)
Music video
"Jean the Birdman" on YouTube

"Jean the Birdman" is a song recorded in 1993 by Robert Fripp and David Sylvian, and co-written by Trey Gunn. It was released on 16 August 1993 and is the only single from Fripp and Sylvian's first collaborative album The First Day (1993). It was released as two separate CDs, each including exclusive b-sides.