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- Tom Eames
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- 'Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy' (with Bing Crosby) Bing Crosby, David Bowie - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy. This song was an early form of a mash-up of sorts, featuring the 1941 Christmas song ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ and the new composition ‘Peace on Earth’.
- 'Rebel Rebel' David Bowie - Rebel Rebel • TopPop. The lead single from Diamond Dogs, this song is based around a distinctive guitar riff similar to that of the Rolling Stones.
- 'Fashion' David Bowie - Fashion (Official Video) Released in 1980 and featuring a lavish music video, Bowie said that the song was a way to "move on a little from that Ray Davies concept of fashion, to suggest more of a gritted teeth determination and an unsureness about why one's doing it".
- 'Absolute Beginners' David Bowie - Absolute Beginners (Official Video) This was the theme song to the 1986 film of the same name, starring David Bowie. Although the film was not a success, the song was a big hit, and reached number two in the UK.
Jan 11, 2016 · David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and "Fame" lead his all-time top 20 biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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- Gavin Edwards,Christopher R. Weingarten,Brittany Spanos,Jason Newman,Simon Vozick-Levinson,Maura Johnston,Patrick Doyle,Scott Sterling,Andy Greene,Rob Sheffield
- “Space Oddity” (1969) David Bowie spent most of the Sixties trying desperately to become a famous musician. He knocked around in groups like the Manish Boys and Davie Jones with the King Bees and released solo singles like “The Laughing Gnome,” but nothing seemed to work.
- “The Man Who Sold the World” (1970) Bowie’s 1970 album The Man Who Sold the World was his first with his classic band, the Spiders from Mars, who helped steer his sound from folk-tinged to forward-thinking rock & roll.
- “Changes” (1971) David Bowie was seemingly in danger of being a one-hit wonder by 1971. “Space Oddity” was two long years in the past, and music had changed dramatically.
- “Life on Mars?” (1971) “This is a sensitive young girl’s reaction to … The Media,” Bowie explained on a piece of hotel stationary about this story of a lonely girl with “mousy hair” and mean parents who goes to the movies to escape from her problems.
- ‘God only Knows’
- ‘Lady Stardust’
- ‘The Bewlay Brothers’
- ‘Up The Hill Backwards’
- ‘V-2 Schneider’
- ‘Scream Like A Baby’
- ‘Cygnet Committee’
- ‘Sons of The Silent Age’
- ‘Kooks’
- ‘Joe The Lion’
It may seem odd to start a list of the best songs of a seminal songwriter with a cover, but this track still reeks of Bowie’s star power. Featuring on his 1984 record Tonight, the Starman adds a heavy dose of his dulcet tones to this harmony-driven classic. It’s one of the greatest songs ever written, which are some pretty big shoes to fill, unless...
Mick Ronson proves that he wasn’t only a guitar man and delivers some beautiful piano moments on the side two opener for Ziggy ‘Lady Stardust’. Originally demoed as ‘He Was Alright (Song For Marc)’ lyrically, the song saw Bowie dip his toe into the gender-blurring future as he set out his stall as an icon. As you might expect, the song was seen as ...
Largely seen by many as one of the most challenging songs of Bowie’s to navigate, it was one of the last tracks to be written for the 1971 record,Hunky Dory. Its dense texture and rock hard exterior make it somewhat impenetrable, however such dedication to find the jewel at the centre of this boulder would see Bowie fans find veins of gold in every...
The fourth and final single to be released from Scary Monsters, ‘Up The Hill Backwards’ was one of the most unconventional releases from the record. Unlike the three which had come before it, ‘Up The Hill Backwards’ was Bowie flexing his artistic muscle. By the time the song was released, it had already been available on the album for six months. I...
It’s not often that largely instrumental pieces are included so far up our list of rankings. But then again, this isn’t your everyday instrumental. Inspired by the Kraftwerk co-founder, the late, great Florian Schneider, whom Bowie acknowledged as huge inspirations at the time, and the V-2 rocket, Bowie makes a serious statement on this piece. The ...
A song about a political prison in the future is about as classic Bowie as the Starman ever gets. It sees the protagonist alongside the narrator stuck without anywhere to go, though it is set in the future the tense of the song is in the past or as Bowie describes it, “future nostalgia… A past look at something that hasn’t happened yet.” The song w...
While I’d be more than happy to espouse the ingenuity of ‘Cygnet Committee’ myself, the highest praise for the song comes from Bowie himself. “I wanted this track out as a single but nobody else thought it was a good idea,” he told Disc and Music Echo upon the release of the record. Adding: “Well, it is a bit long I suppose. It’s basically three se...
According to Brian Eno, who worked as a producer and collaborator on the album Heroes, this was the only song of the recording session that was composed outside of the studio. It’s clearly a song that was close to Bowie’s heart as he had earmarked it to be the titular track of the LP. The song is another showing of Bowie’s internal battle. So despe...
An anthem for the outsiders of this world, ‘Kooks’ may not be the most famous of the album’s incredible tracklist, but for many fans, it resonates most strongly. The song, written for his son Zowie, is the track that recognises not only Bowie’s own ‘kookiness’ but the effect that will have on him as a parent and Zowie as a child. “I bought you a pa...
‘Joe The Lion’ is one of the hidden gems on Heroes. The song, often overlooked as one of Bowie’s finest, is listed by the mercurial guitar sound of Robert Fripp and underpinned by Bowie’s incessant groove. Of course, lyrically the words are nonsensical but compiled together with the music and this track becomes a winner. Whether it is Fripp’s tonal...
Bowie's is the richest, the most forward-thinking and diverse back catalogue of arguably any recording artist. MOJO delves deep into it to bring you what we believe are his 100 greatest songs... 100. Let Me Sleep Beside You (from The World Of David Bowie, 1970)
Celebrating 75 years of David Bowie. Tune in to his most celebrated tracks and music videos from some of Bowie's most iconic eras.
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Jan 3, 2024 · To mark the 75th year of his birth, we've rounded up just 20 of David Bowie's very best songs. We could have easily made this list 75 songs (or even longer), but this snapshot of hits from his breakthrough 'Space Oddity' to his swansong 'Lazarus' is a great place to start.
