Déjà Vu (Roger Waters song)

"Déjà Vu" is a song by English rock musician and former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, and the second track on his fourth solo studio album, Is This the Life We Really Want? It was released as a single on 8 May 2017,^[1] with the album being released on 2 June 2017,^[2][3][4] by Columbia Records. It was previously known as "Lay Down Jerusalem (If I Had Been God)" when played live before the single's official release.^[5] Waters reintroduced the 'Lay Down Jerusalem' refrain in live performances dating from the 2018 Oceania leg of his Us + Them Tour.^[6][7]

"Déjà Vu"
Single by Roger Waters
from the album Is This the Life We Really Want?
Released	8 May 2017
Genre	Art rock
Length	4:27
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Nigel Godrich
Roger Waters singles chronology
"Smell the Roses" (2017) "Déjà Vu" (2017) "The Last Refugee" (2017)

Track listing

UK promotional single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Déjà Vu"	Roger Waters	4:27

Personnel

• Roger Waters – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar

References

1. Gil Kaufman (2017-09-05). "Watch Roger Waters Perform 'Deja Vu' on 'The Late Show'". Billboard. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
2. Grow, Kory (16 February 2017). "Hear Roger Waters Tease New 'Is This the Life We Really Want?' LP". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
3. Gil Kaufman. "Roger Waters Posts New Tease of First Solo Rock Album in 25 Years, 'Is This the Life We Really Want?'". Billboard.com. billboard.com. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
4. Wicks, Amanda (3 March 2017). "Roger Waters Previews New Album 'Is This The Life We Really Want?'". Radio.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
5. "Roger Waters Setlist at Europees Parlement / Parlement Européen, Etterbeek".
6. "Pink Floyd Forum - Login".
7. Daniel Johnson (2018-01-02). "Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters brings his Us + Them tour to Brisbane". Courier-Mail. Retrieved 7 February 2018.