During his lifetime, English singer-songwriter David Bowie (1947–2016) released 26 studio albums, nine live albums, two soundtrack albums, 26 compilation albums, eight extended plays, 128 singles and six box sets. Since his death, one further studio album, 13 live albums, one soundtrack album, one compilation album, four extended plays and six box sets have been released. Bowie also released 28 video albums and 72 music videos.[1] Throughout his lifetime, Bowie sold at least 100 million records worldwide.[2] In 2012, Bowie was ranked ninth best selling singles artist in United Kingdom with 10.6 million singles sold.[3] As of January 2016, 12.09 million Bowie singles had been sold in Britain.[4] In a period of 24 months since his death, five million records were sold in UK, 3.1 million singles and two million albums.[5]
| David Bowie discography | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpeg) Bowie in 2003 | |
| Studio albums | 26 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 26 |
| Video albums | 28 |
| Music videos | 72 |
| EPs | 8 |
| Singles | 128 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Posthumous studio albums | 1 |
| Posthumous live albums | 13 |
| Posthumous compilation albums | 1 |
| Posthumous soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Box sets | 16 |
Bowie's debut release was the 1964 single "Liza Jane" by Davie Jones & the King Bees.[6] He released two more singles in 1965 under the names of the Manish Boys and Davy Jones & the Lower Third. His first release using the name David Bowie was the 1966 single "Can't Help Thinking About Me", which was released with the Lower Third. His next single, "Do Anything You Say", also released in 1966, was the first release by simply David Bowie.[7] Bowie released four more singles and his debut album, David Bowie, but the first success in the United Kingdom was with the 1969 single "Space Oddity". The single reached number five on the UK Singles Chart after it was released five days before the Apollo 11 Moon mission.[8][9] In 1975, the single was re-released, becoming Bowie's first UK number-one single.[10] Bowie released three more albums – David Bowie (1969), The Man Who Sold the World (1970), and Hunky Dory (1971) – before he eventually entered the UK Albums Chart with The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), which peaked at number five. Its success saw sales of Hunky Dory improve and it eventually peaked at number three in the UK in 1973. RCA re-released the 1969 David Bowie under the title Space Oddity and The Man Who Sold the World, which reached numbers 17 and 26 in the UK, respectively.[11]
Bowie released nine more studio albums with RCA, all of which reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart; Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups (both 1973), Diamond Dogs (1974) and Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) all reached number one. Young Americans included his first US number-one single "Fame".[12] He then released three solo studio albums with EMI – Let's Dance (1983), whose title track became his first single to reach number one in both the UK and US, Tonight (1984) and Never Let Me Down (1987). Let's Dance and Tonight reached number one in the UK, while Never Let Me Down reached number six. The success of Let's Dance revitalised Bowie's back catalogue: throughout the summer of 1983, he had multiple albums on the UK Albums Chart. This peaked on 16 July that year, with ten entries – a figure bettered only by Elvis Presley.[9]
From 1988 to 1992, Bowie performed as a member of the rock band Tin Machine, who released two studio albums before disbanding.[13] Continuing as a solo artist, Black Tie White Noise (1993) reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.[14] Despite numerous label changes throughout the decade,[15] Bowie had further UK top ten success into the 2000s, from Outside (1995) to Reality (2003).[16] After a ten-year hiatus, Bowie returned with The Next Day (2013), his first UK number one since Black Tie White Noise. His final album, Blackstar, was released on 8 January 2016, his 69th birthday and two days before his death on 10 January. The album debuted at number one in the UK and became his first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 in the US.[17] Since 2015, Parlophone has remastered Bowie's back catalogue through the "Era" box set series, starting with Five Years (1969–1973).[18]
Studio albums
Primary studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9][19] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | NL [23] | NOR [24][25] | NZ [26] | SWE [27][28] | SWI [29] | US [30] | |||||
| David Bowie | 125 [B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| David Bowie[C] | 17 [D] | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | 16 [D] | ||||
| The Man Who Sold the World | 21 [E] | 44 | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | 105 [E] |
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| Hunky Dory |
| 3 [F] | 39 | 52 | 53 | - | 23 | 30 | 16 | 32 | 57 |
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| The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
| 5 | 11 | 34 | 12 | 61 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 |
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| Aladdin Sane |
| 1 | 7 | — | 65 | 4 | 11 | — | 9 | — | 17 | |||
| Pin Ups |
| 1 | 4 | — | — | 6 | 8 | — | 1 | — | 23 | |||
| Diamond Dogs |
| 1 | 3 | — | 40 | — | 8 | — | 4 | — | 5 | |||
| Young Americans |
| 2 | 9 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | 6 | 92 | 9 | |||
| Station to Station |
| 5 | 8 | 47 | 91 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 3 | |||
| Low |
| 2 | 10 | 16 | 84 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 11 | |||
| "Heroes" |
| 3 | 6 | 19 | 44 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 34 | 35 | |||
| Lodger |
| 4 | 11 | 13 | — | 5 | 11 | 3 | 9 | — | 20 | |||
| Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) |
| 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 [43] | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 75 | 12 |
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| Let's Dance | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 [46] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Tonight |
| 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 [47] | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| Never Let Me Down |
| 6 | 19 | 3 | 11 [48] | 9 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 34 | |||
| Black Tie White Noise |
| 1 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 39 | |||
| The Buddha of Suburbia |
| 87 [49] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Outside |
| 8 | 55 | 22 | 33 | 38 | 15 | 37 | 13 | 22 | 21 |
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| Earthling |
| 6 | 45 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 39 |
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| Hours | 5 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 47 |
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| Heathen | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
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| Reality |
| 3 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
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| The Next Day |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| Blackstar |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Posthumous | ||||||||||||||
| Toy |
| 5 | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | — | 28 | 7 | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Unreleased studio albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Gouster |
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Re-recorded studio albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Never Let Me Down 2018 |
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Studio albums as a member of Tin Machine
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9][19] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | NL [23] | NOR [24][25] | NZ [26] | SWE [27][28] | SWI [29] | US [30] | |||||
| Tin Machine |
| 3 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 9 | — | 28 |
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| Tin Machine II |
| 23 | — | 25 | 56 | 33 | 14 | — | 19 | — | 126 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications- | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9][19] | AUS [20] | ITA [69] | GER [citation needed] | NL [23] | NOR [24] | NZ [26] | SWE [27][28] | SWI [29] | US [30] | ||||
| David Live |
| 2 | 9 | 99 | — | 89 | 12 | — | 10 | — | 8 |
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| Stage |
| 5 | 11 | — | — | 2 | 18 | 1 | 29 | — | 44 |
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| Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (all reissues since 2003 titled Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture) |
| 10 | 67 | — | — | — | — | 39 | 42 | 34 | 89 | ||
| liveandwell.com[G] |
| x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Bowie at the Beeb |
| 7 | — | — | 69 | 56 | 22 | — | 37 | 88 | 181 |
| |
| Glass Spider |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live Santa Monica '72 |
| 61 | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | 40 | — | — |
| |
| VH1 Storytellers |
| 114 [71] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| A Reality Tour |
| 53 | 91 [72] | — | — | 57 | — | — | 56 | 39 | — | ||
| Posthumous | |||||||||||||
| Live Nassau Coliseum '76 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live In Berlin (1978) |
| x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78) |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | — | ||
| Serious Moonlight (Live '83) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Glastonbury 2000 |
| 25 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| ChangesNowBowie |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95) |
| 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 104 | ||
| No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95) |
| 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Look At The Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97) |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| David Bowie At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. "x" denotes not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Live albums as a member of Tin Machine
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby |
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| Tin Machine: Live at La Cigale, Paris, 25th June, 1989 |
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Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [19] | AUT [21] | ||
| Christiane F. |
| — | 3 |
| Absolute Beginners (Various Artists including three new Bowie tracks) |
| 19[74] | — |
| Labyrinth (with Trevor Jones) |
| 38 [75] | — |
| Posthumous | |||
| Lazarus (with Lazarus New York Cast) |
| 10 | 57 |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||
Compilation albums
1970s compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9][19] | AUS [76] | NZ [26] | SWE [27] | US [30] | |||
| The World of David Bowie[H] |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| Images 1966–1967[I] |
| — | — | — | — | 144 | |
| Changesonebowie |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 10 | |
| Chameleon |
| — | 22 | 1 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||
1980s compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9][19] | AUS [76] | AUT [21] | NL [23] | NOR [24] | NZ [26] | SWE [27] | US [30] | |||
| The Best of Bowie |
| 3 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 25 | — |
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| Changestwobowie |
| 24 | 53 | — | — | — | 28 | 35 | 68 |
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| Bowie Rare |
| 34 | 47 | — | 27 | 11 | 10 | 5 | — | |
| Golden Years |
| 33 | 25 | — | — | — | 17 | 33 | 99 | |
| Love You till Tuesday |
| 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Fame and Fashion |
| 40 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 147 | |
| David Bowie: The Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||||||
1990s compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9][19] | AUS [76] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | NL [23] | NOR [24] | NZ [26] | SWE [27] | SWI [29] | US [30] | ||||
| Changesbowie |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 39 | ||
| Early On (1964–1966) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Singles Collection |
| 9 | 49 | 37 | 64 | 5 | — | 4 | 38 | — | — | ||
| Rarestonebowie |
| 111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Deram Anthology 1966–1968 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 |
| 11 | 14 | — | — | 81 | — | 14 | — | 58 | — |
| |
| The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 |
| 39 | 49 | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
2000s compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9][19] | AUS [76] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | NL [23] | NOR [24] | NZ [26] | SWE [27] | SWI [29] | US [30] | ||||
| All Saints |
| 109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Best of Bowie |
| 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | ||
| Club Bowie |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 |
| 34 | 30 | 44 | — | 98 | — | 16 | — | — | — | ||
| iSelect |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
2010s compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9][19] | AUS [76] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | NL [23] | NZ [26] | SWI [29] | US [30] | |||
| Nothing Has Changed |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 57 | |
| Posthumous | ||||||||||
| Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) |
| 5 | 31 | — | 59 | 68 | — | — | 78 |
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| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||||||
Box sets
David Bowie "Era" box set series
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [19] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | NL [23] | NZ [26] | SWE [27] | US [30] | |||
| Five Years (1969–1973) |
| 45 | — | — | 63 | 68 | — | — | — | |
| Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976) |
| 21 | — | 75 | 28 | 80 | — | — | 192 | |
| A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) |
| 19 | — | 59 | 24 | 76 | — | — | 151 [84] | |
| Loving the Alien (1983–1988)[85] |
| 19 | — | 48 | 18 | — | — | — | — | |
| Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001)[86] |
| 24 | — | 35 | 23 | 58 | — | — | — | |
Other box sets
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9][19] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | NL [23] | NZ [26] | SWE [27] | US [30] | |||
| Fashions |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sound + Vision | 63 [J] | 72 | — | — | — | 9 | — | 97 | ||
| The Platinum Collection |
| 53 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 26 | 65 |
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| David Bowie |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Zeit! 77–79 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Spying Through a Keyhole |
| 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Clareville Grove Demos |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The 'Mercury' Demos |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Conversation Piece |
| — | — | — | — | 127 [K] | — | — | — | |
| Width of a Circle |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Brilliant Live Adventures |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Toy:Box |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Divine Symmetry. An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | [88] |
| Rock 'n' Roll Star! |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Singles [9][19] | UK Albums [30] | US Billboard 200 | ||
| Don't Be Fooled By the Name[L] | 157 | — | — | |
| David Bowie in Bertolt Brecht's Baal |
| 29 | — | — |
| The Mannish Boys/Davy Jones and the Lower Third |
| — | — | — |
| BBC Sessions 1969–1972 |
| — | — | — |
| Earthling in the City |
| — | — | — |
| Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks) (with Arcade Fire) |
| — | — | — |
| Space Oddity |
| — | — | — |
| The Next Day Extra |
| — | 89 | — |
| Posthumous | ||||
| No Plan |
| 92[91] | — | 131[92] |
| Is It Any Wonder? |
| — | 10 | — |
| Brilliant Adventure E.P. |
| — | - | — |
| Toy E.P. (You've Got It Made With All The Toys) |
| — | - | — |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||
Singles
1960s singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] | AUS [20] | IRE [96] | NL [23] | US [97] | |||||
| "Liza Jane" (as Davie Jones with the King Bees) | 1964 | — | x | x | x | x | non-album singles | ||
| "I Pity the Fool" (with the Manish Boys) | 1965 | — | x | x | x | x | |||
| "You've Got a Habit of Leaving" (as Davy Jones with the Lower Third) | — | x | x | x | x | ||||
| "Can't Help Thinking About Me" (as David Bowie with the Lower Third) | 1966 | — | x | x | x | — | |||
| "Do Anything You Say" | — | x | x | x | x | ||||
| "I Dig Everything" | — | x | x | x | x | ||||
| "Rubber Band"[M] | — | x | x | x | — | ||||
| "The Laughing Gnome" | 1967 | — [N] | — [O] | — [P] | x | x |
| ||
| "Love You till Tuesday" | — | — | x | — | — | ||||
| "Space Oddity" | 1969 | 1 [Q] | 9 [R] | 13 | 4 [S] | 15 [T] |
| David Bowie (1969) | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. "x" denotes single not released in that territory. | |||||||||
1970s singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | IRE [96] | NL [23] | US [97] | |||||
| "The Prettiest Star" | 1970 | — | x | x | — | x | — | x | non-album singles | ||
| "Memory of a Free Festival Part 1" | — | x | x | — | x | x | x | ||||
| "Holy Holy" | 1971 | — | — | x | — | x | x | x | |||
| "Changes" | 1972 | — [U] | — [V] | — | — | — | — | 41 [W] |
|
| Hunky Dory |
| "Starman" | 10 | 37 | 55 | — | 17 | — | 65 |
| Ziggy Stardust | ||
| "John, I'm Only Dancing" | 12 | — | x | — | 19 | — | x | non-album single | |||
| "The Jean Genie" | 2 | 42 | — | 37 | 3 | 5 | 71 |
|
| Aladdin Sane | |
| "Drive-In Saturday" | 1973 | 3 | x | x | — | 4 | — | x | |||
| "Time" | x | x | x | x | x | x | — | ||||
| "Life on Mars?" | 3 | 67 | — | 39 | 4 | 95 | x |
|
| Hunky Dory | |
| "Let's Spend the Night Together" | x | — | — | — | — | 19 | 109[102] | Aladdin Sane | |||
| "Sorrow" | 3 | 1 | — | 39 | 2 | 29 | — |
| Pin Ups | ||
| "Rebel Rebel" | 1974 | 5 | 28 | — | 33 | 2 | 8 | 64 |
|
| Diamond Dogs |
| "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" | 22 | x | x | — | 12 | x | x | Ziggy Stardust | |||
| "Diamond Dogs" | 21 | 66 | — | — | 27 | x | x | Diamond Dogs | |||
| "1984" | x | x | x | x | x | x | — | ||||
| "Knock on Wood" (Live) | 10 | 49 | — | — | 4 | — | x | David Live | |||
| "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" (Live) | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| "Young Americans" | 1975 | 18 | 27 | — | — | 13 | — | 28 |
| Young Americans | |
| "Fame" | 17 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 |
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| "Golden Years" | 8 | 34 | — | — | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Station to Station | ||
| "TVC 15" | 1976 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | |||
| "Suffragette City" | — | — | x | — | x | x | x | Changesonebowie[X] | |||
| "Stay" | x | x | x | x | x | x | — | Station to Station | |||
| "Sound and Vision" | 1977 | 3 | 74 | 15 | 6 | — | 2 | 69 |
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| Low |
| "Be My Wife" | 57[Y] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "'Heroes'"[Z] | 24 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 9 | — |
| "Heroes" | ||
| "Beauty and the Beast" | 1978 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Breaking Glass" (Live) | 54 | x | x | x | x | — | x | Stage | |||
| "Boys Keep Swinging" | 1979 | 7 | 85 | — | — | 19 | 16 | x | Lodger | ||
| "D.J." | 29 | 98 | — | — | — | x | 106[103] | ||||
| "Yassassin" | x | x | x | x | x | — | x | ||||
| "Look Back in Anger" | x | x | x | x | x | x | — | ||||
| "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)" | 12 | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | non-album single | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. "x" denotes single not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
1970s promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "All the Madmen" | 1971 | The Man Who Sold the World |
1980s singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | IRE [96] | NL [23] | US [97] | US Main. Rock [104] | |||||
| "Alabama Song" | 1980 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | x | x | non-album singles | ||
| "Crystal Japan"[AA] | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| "Ashes to Ashes" | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 15 | — [AB] | — |
|
| Scary Monsters | |
| "Fashion" | 5 | 27 | — | 34 | 11 | — | 70 | — |
| |||
| "It's No Game (Part 1)"[AC] | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" | 1981 | 20 | — | — | — | 17 | — | x | x | |||
| "Up the Hill Backwards" | 32 | x | x | — | x | x | — | — | ||||
| "Under Pressure" (with Queen) | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | Hot Space | |||
| "Wild Is the Wind" | 24 | — | — | — | 15 | x | x | x | Changestwobowie | |||
| "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (with Giorgio Moroder) | 1982 | 26 | 15 | — | — | 17 | — | 67 | 9 | Cat People soundtrack | ||
| "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with Bing Crosby) | 3 | — | 53 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
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| non-album single | |
| "Let's Dance" | 1983 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Let's Dance | ||
| "China Girl" | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
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| "Modern Love" | 2 | 6 | — | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
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| "White Light/White Heat" (live) | 46 | x | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture | |||
| "Without You" | x | — | x | x | — | — | 73 | — | Let's Dance | |||
| "Blue Jean" | 1984 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | Tonight | ||
| "Tonight" (with Tina Turner – uncredited) | 53 | 70 | 22 | — | 24 | 45 | 53 | 32 | ||||
| "This Is Not America" (with Pat Metheny Group) | 1985 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 7 | The Falcon and the Snowman soundtrack | ||
| "Loving the Alien" | 19 | 65 | — | 27 | 5 | 25 | — | — | Tonight | |||
| "Dancing in the Street" (Clearmountain mix) (with Mick Jagger) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | — |
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| non-album single | |
| "Absolute Beginners" | 1986 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 53 | 9 |
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| Absolute Beginners soundtrack |
| "Underground" | 21 | 26 | — | 20 | 6 | 7 | — | 18 | Labyrinth soundtrack | |||
| "When the Wind Blows" | 44 | — | — | — | 19 | 50 | — | — | When the Wind Blows soundtrack | |||
| "Magic Dance" | 1987 | x | — | x | x | x | x | — | — | Labyrinth soundtrack | ||
| "Day-In Day-Out" | 17 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 3 | Never Let Me Down | |||
| "Time Will Crawl" | 33 | — | — | 57 | 18 | 71 | — | 7 | ||||
| "Never Let Me Down" | 34 | 63 | — | — | 26 | 70 | 27 | 15 | ||||
| "Tonight" (Live) (with Tina Turner) | 1988 | — | — | — | 39 | — | 1 | — | — | Tina Live in Europe | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. "x" denotes single not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
1990s singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | IRE [96] | NL [23] | NOR [24] | SWE [27] | SWI [29] | US [97] | |||
| "Fame '90" | 1990 | 28 | 85 | — | 36 | 11 | 16 | — | — | 29 | — | non-album single |
| "Real Cool World" | 1992 | 53 | — | — | 83 | — | 27 | — | 26 | — | — | Songs from the Cool World |
| "Jump They Say" | 1993 | 9 | 53 | — | 43 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 23 | 40 | — | Black Tie White Noise |
| "Black Tie White Noise" (with Al B. Sure!) | 36 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Miracle Goodnight" | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Buddha of Suburbia" (with Lenny Kravitz) | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Buddha of Suburbia | |
| "Ziggy Stardust" (Live) | 1994 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | — | non-album single |
| "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" | 1995 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | 92 | Outside |
| "Strangers When We Meet" / "The Man Who Sold the World" (Live) | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | ||
| "Hallo Spaceboy" (with Pet Shop Boys) | 1996 | 12 | 36 | 37 | 59 | 21 | 33 | — | 12 | — | — | |
| "Telling Lies" | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | Earthling | |
| "Little Wonder" | 1997 | 14 | 94 | — | — | 27 | 50 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Dead Man Walking" | 32 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Seven Years in Tibet" | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pallas Athena" (as Tao Jones Index) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "I'm Afraid of Americans" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | Earthling | |
| "Perfect Day" (with various artists for Children in Need) | 1 | — | 24 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 37 | — | non-album single | |
| "I Can't Read" | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Ice Storm | |
| "Without You I'm Nothing" (with Placebo) | 1999 | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Without You I'm Nothing |
| "Thursday's Child" | 16 | — | — | 62 | — | 81 | — | 48 | — | — | Hours | |
| "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Under Pressure (Rah Mix)" (with Queen) | 14 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | Greatest Hits III | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
2000s singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] | AUT [21] | GER [22] | NL [23] | SWI [29] | ||||||
| "Survive" | 2000 | 28 | — | — | — | — | Hours | |||
| "Seven" | 32 | — | — | 97 | — | |||||
| "Slow Burn" | 2002 | 94 | 69 | — | 69 | 80 | Heathen | |||
| "Everyone Says 'Hi'" | 20 | — | 83 | — | — | |||||
| "I've Been Waiting for You" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "New Killer Star" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | Reality | |||
| "Never Get Old" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rebel Never Gets Old" | 47 | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | ||||
| "Arnold Layne" (with David Gilmour) | 2006 | 19 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
2010s singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [108] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | CAN [109] | FRA [110] | GER [22] | IRE [96] | NL [23] | SWI [29] | US [97] | ||||||
| "Where Are We Now?" | 2013 | 6 | 78 | 40 | 59 | 9 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 52 | —[AD] | The Next Day | |||
| "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | 88 | — | — | |||||
| "The Next Day" | 179 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Valentine's Day" | 179 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Love Is Lost" (Hello Steve Reich mix by James Murphy for the DFA) | 192 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Next Day Extra | ||||
| "Sound and Vision 2013" | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | ||||
| "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore" | 2014 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | — | — | ||||
| "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" | 81 | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | 83 | 54 | — | Nothing Has Changed | ||||
| "Kingdom Come"[AE] | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | |||
| "★ (Blackstar)" | 61 | — | 69 | 53 | 45 | 97 | 62 | 44 | 20 | 78 | Blackstar | ||||
| "Lazarus" | 45 | 72 | 38 | 14 | 35 | 77 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 40 | |||||
| Posthumous | |||||||||||||||
| "I Can't Give Everything Away" | 2016 | 141 | — | — | — | 142 | — | — | — | 45 | — | Blackstar | |||
| "Life on Mars?" (2016 Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Legacy | ||||
| "No Plan" | 2017 | 92 | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | Lazarus / No Plan | |||
| "Let's Dance" (demo) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |||
| "Under Pressure" (with Queen) | — | — | — | — | 143 | — | — | — | — | — | Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||
2020s singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Cosmic Dancer" (Live) (with Morrissey) | 2020 | non-album singles |
| "Tryin' to Get to Heaven / Mother" | 2021 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Singles as a member of Tin Machine
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] | IRE [96] | US Main. Rock [104] | US Mod. Rock [97][113] | ||||
| "Heaven's in Here" (promo only) | 1989 | — | — | — | — | Tin Machine | |
| "Under the God" | 51 | 23 | 8 | — | |||
| Tin Machine / Maggie's Farm (Live) | 48 | x | x | x | |||
| "Prisoner of Love" | 77 | — | — | — | |||
| "You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll" | 1991 | 33 | — | — | — | Tin Machine II | |
| "Baby Universal" | 48 | — | — | 21 | |||
| "One Shot" | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. "x" denotes single not released in that territory. | |||||||
Other appearances
Studio contributions
| Title | Year | Album | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Revolutionary Song" | 1979 | Just a Gigolo soundtrack | as a part of the Rebels | [114] |
| "Absolute Beginners", "That's Motivation", "Volare" | 1986 | Absolute Beginners soundtrack | [115] | |
| "When the Wind Blows" | When the Wind Blows soundtrack | [116] | ||
| "Real Cool World" | 1992 | Songs from the Cool World | [117] | |
| "Needles on the Beach" | 1994 | Beyond the Beach | as a part of Tin Machine | [118] |
| "Planet of Dreams" | 1997 | Long Live Tibet | with Gail Ann Dorsey | [119] |
| "I Can't Read" | The Ice Storm soundtrack | David Bowie solo version | [120] | |
| "A Foggy Day (In London Town)" | 1998 | Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove | with Angelo Badalamenti | [121] |
| "Nature Boy" | 2001 | Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film | David Bowie and Massive Attack | [122] |
| "Pictures of Lily" | Substitute: The Songs of The Who | The Who cover | [123] | |
| "Your Turn to Drive" | 2003 | N/A | digital download | [124] |
| "Changes" | 2004 | Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack | Butterfly Boucher featuring David Bowie | [125] |
| "(She Can) Do That" | 2005 | Stealth soundtrack | David Bowie and BT | [126] |
| "American Landfill" | 2020 | Kate's Not Here: the Turning soundtrack | Kristeen Young featuring David Bowie | [127] |
Live contributions
| Title | Year | Album | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Go Now" | 1992 | Ruby Trax | as a part of Tin Machine | [128] |
| "Baby Can Dance" | 1993 | Best of Grunge Rock | Live version recorded by Tin Machine in Hamburg on 24 October 1991 | [129] |
| "Hallo Spaceboy" | 1997 | Phoenix: The Album | Recorded live at the Phoenix Festival on 18 July 1996 | [130] |
| "Dead Man Walking" | Live from 6A: Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Live version performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien | [131] | |
| "'Heroes'" | The Bridge School Concerts Vol. 1 | A live version recorded for the Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California | [132] | |
| "Dead Man Walking" | 1998 | 99X Live X IV "Home" | Live version recorded at Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta in April 1997. Bowie also designed the CD cover.[131] | [131] |
| "Dead Man Walking" | WBCN Naked Too (A Companion Collection of Unreleased Performances) | Live version recorded at Fort Apache Studios in Boston in April 1997 | [131] | |
| "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" | 1999 | SNL25 Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Volume 1 | Live version performed on 8 February 1997 episode of Saturday Night Live | [133] |
| "China Girl" | 2000 | VH1 Storytellers | Live version recorded for VH1's Storytellers | [134] |
| "America", "'Heroes'" | 2001 | The Concert for New York City | Recorded live at The Concert for New York City on 20 October 2001 | [135] [132] |
| "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" | 2005 | ONXRT: Live from the Archives Volume 8 | [133] |
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Artist | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All the Young Dudes | 1972 | Mott the Hoople | Producer, saxophone, writer ("All the Young Dudes") | [136] |
| Transformer | Lou Reed | Co-producer, backing vocals, acoustic guitar | [136] | |
| Raw Power | 1973 | Iggy & the Stooges | Co-producer with Iggy Pop, Mixing | [137] |
| Now We Are Six | 1974 | Steeleye Span | Saxophone ("To Know Him Is to Love Him") | [138] |
| Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Mick Ronson | Co-writer ("Growing Up and I'm Fine", "Music Is Lethal", "Hey Ma Get Papa") | [139] | |
| Weren't Born a Man | Dana Gillespie | Co-producer ("Andy Warhol", "Backed a Loser", "Mother, Don't Be Frightened") | [139] | |
| The Idiot | 1977 | Iggy Pop | Producer, co-writer, backing vocals, guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, saxophone, drum machine | [140] |
| Lust for Life | Co-producer, piano, organ, keyboards, backing vocals, co-writer ("Lust for Life", "Some Weird Sin", "Tonight", "Success", "Turn Blue", "Neighborhood Threat", "Fall in Love with Me") | [141] | ||
| TV Eye Live 1977 | 1978 | Co-producer, mixing, piano ("T.V. Eye", "Funtime", "Dirt", "I Wanna Be Your Dog"), co-writer ("Funtime", "Lust for Life", "Nightclubbing") | [141] | |
| David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf | Eugene Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra | Narrator | [141] | |
| Soldier | 1980 | Iggy Pop | Co-writer & additional vocals ("Play It Safe") | [119] |
| Cat People | 1982 | Giorgio Moroder | Guest vocals on "The Myth" | [142] |
| Hot Space | 1982 | Queen | Co-wrote and sang on "Under Pressure" | [143] |
| Blah-Blah-Blah | 1986 | Iggy Pop | Co-producer, mixing, co-writer ("Baby, It Can't Fall", "Shades", "Isolation", "Blah-Blah-Blah", "Hideaway", "Little Miss Emperor") | [144] |
| Tina Live in Europe | 1988 | Tina Turner | Guest vocals ("Tonight", "Let's Dance") | [144] |
| Young Lions | 1990 | Adrian Belew | Guest vocals ("Pretty Pink Rose", "Gunman"), writer ("Pretty Pink Rose"), co-writer ("Gunman") | [144] |
| Heaven and Hull | 1994 | Mick Ronson | Guest vocals ("Like a Rolling Stone") | [145] |
| The Sacred Squall of Now | 1995 | Reeves Gabrels | Vocals and guitar ("You've Been Around", "The King of Stamford Hill") | [146] [147] |
| People From Bad Homes | Ava Cherry & the Astronettes | Producer, backing vocals, writer ("I Am Divine", "I Am Laser", "People from Bad Homes", "Things to Do") | [147] | |
| Another Crazy Cocktail Party | 1997 | Various artists | Co-writer ("Pancho") | [148] |
| Saturnzreturn | 1998 | Goldie | Guest vocals ("Truth") | [149] |
| All the Young Dudes (box set) | Mott the Hoople | Demo vocals ("All the Young Dudes") | [150] | |
| All the Way from Stockholm to Philadelphia: Live 71/72 | Guest vocals ("All the Young Dudes") | [151] | ||
| Without You I'm Nothing | 1999 | Placebo | Guest vocals ("Without You I'm Nothing") | [152] |
| Ulysses (Della Notte) | Reeves Gabrels | Guest vocals ("Jewel") | [153] | |
| ¡Viva Nueva! | 2001 | Rustic Overtones | Guest vocals ("Sector Z", "Man Without a Mouth") | [154] |
| Training Day | P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family | Guest vocals ("American Dream") | [135] | |
| The Raven | 2003 | Lou Reed | Guest vocals ("Hop Frog") | [154] |
| Breasticles | Kristeen Young | Guest vocals ("Saviour") | [154] | |
| Zig Zag | Earl Slick | Guests vocals and co-writer ("Isn't It Evening (The Revolutionary)") | [154] | |
| No Balance Palace | 2005 | Kashmir | Guest vocals ("The Cynic") | [155] |
| Return to Cookie Mountain | 2006 | TV on the Radio | Backing vocals ("Province") | [155] |
| Anywhere I Lay My Head | 2008 | Scarlett Johansson | Backing vocals ("Falling Down", "Fannin Street") | [156] |
| Reflektor | 2013 | Arcade Fire | Backing vocals ("Reflektor") | [157] |
Remixes and alternate versions
| Title | Year | Album | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Supermen" | 1972 | Glastonbury Fayre | alternate version | [158] |
| "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" | 1982 | Cat People | re-recorded for Let's Dance | [142] |
| "I'm Afraid of Americans" | 1995 | Showgirls | early mix | [159] |
| "A Small Plot of Land" | 1996 | Basqiat | alternate mix | [160] |
| "I'm Deranged", "I'm Deranged (Reprise)" | 1997 | Lost Highway | edited | [159] |
| "Little Wonder" | The Saint | Danny Saber Dance Mix | [161] | |
| "Something in the Air" | 2000 | American Psycho | American Psycho Remix | [162] |
| "Candidate" | 2001 | Intimacy | remix | [163] |
| "Rebel Rebel" | 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | re-recorded version | [164] |
| "Bring Me the Disco King" | Underworld | Danny Lohner Mix | [165] | |
| "All the Madmen" (Live Intro/Original LP Version) | 2004 | Mayor of the Sunset Strip | [166] | |
| "Fame" | 2005 | Hip Hop Roots | extended edit by Jazzy Jay | [167] |
Music videos and films
Notes
References
General
- O'Leary, Chris (2015). Rebel Rebel: All the Songs of David Bowie from '64 to '76. Winchester: Zero Books. ISBN 978-1-78099-244-0.
- O'Leary, Chris (2019). Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1976–2016. London: Repeater. ISBN 978-1-91224-830-8.
- Pegg, Nicholas (2016). The Complete David Bowie (Revised and Updated ed.). London: Titan Books. ISBN 978-1-78565-365-0.
- Roberts, David, ed. (2006) [1977]. British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: HiT Entertainment. pp. 72–73, 560. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- Trynka, Paul (2011). David Bowie – Starman: The Definitive Biography. New York City: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-31603-225-4.
Specific
External links
- Official website
- David Bowie at AllMusic
- David Bowie 7″ single discography
- Illustrated db Discography – complete discography and collectors forum
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