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Best of Bowie is a greatest hits album by English recording artist David Bowie. Released in October 2002, four months after the critical and commercial success of the Heathen album, the songs range from his second album, David Bowie (1969) to Heathen (2002).
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- “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.
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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.
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- "Space Oddity" From: 'Space Oddity' (1969) For an artist who created several masterpieces, perhaps his finest one was the 1969 track "Space Oddity" – the No. 1 item on our list of the Top 10 David Bowie Songs.
- "Changes" From: 'Hunky Dory' (1971) Bowie has often been referred to a chameleon, and he lays that out himself on one of his best-known hits "Changes." The lyrics deal with reinvention and could be construed as a declaration of what was to come from Bowie.
- "Moonage Daydream" From: 'Ziggy Stardust' (1972) Previously recorded under Bowie's Arnold Corns project, "Moonage Daydream" was given new life on his Ziggy Stardust album and proved to be one of the most powerful songs on the disc – and of his career.
- "Heroes" From: 'Heroes' (1977) Not only is "Heroes" one of Bowie's most inspirational songs, it's also one of his best. Co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, the track's title was inspired by a song "Hero" by the experimental German band Neu!
Best of Bowie (2002) is a career-spanning greatest hits album by multi-platinum recording artist David Bowie. The songs range from his second album (1969) to 2002. It was released 35 years after his first album, David Bowie.
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