David Bowie’s Songs

  • David Bowie Absolute Beginners 1986 single cover

    Absolute Beginners

    'Absolute Beginners' by David Bowie was released on 15 March 1986 in support of the Julien Temple film of the same name - it made it to #2 in the UK....
  • David Bowie - Blue Jean - 1984 - UK - Single - Front Cover

    Blue Jean

    The story behind David Bowie's single 'Blue Jean' from the album Tonight, released on 22 September 1984, reaching #6 in the UK and #8 in America....
  • Let's Dance by David Bowie 1983 UK single cover

    Let’s Dance

    The story behind David Bowie's biggest hit single, 'Let's Dance', released in 1983 and produced by Nile Rodgers....
  • David Bowie and Bing Crosby sing Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy in 1977

    Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy

    David Bowie's duet of 'Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy' with Bing Crosby was recorded at Elstree Studios in 1977 and released as a single in 1982....
  • Ashes To Ashes - Single Cover - David Bowie - 1980

    Ashes To Ashes

    'Ashes to Ashes' is one of David Bowie's best, and popular, songs. Released in August 1980 it made it to #1 in the UK....
  • David Bowie - Still from the TV advert for Crystal Jun Rock

    Crystal Japan

    David Bowie's 'Crystal Japan' was recorded during the sessions for the Scary Monsters album, and later used in a Japanese TV advert to promote the drink Crystal Jun Rock...
  • Boys Keep Swinging by David Bowie 1979 UK 7" single cover

    Boys Keep Swinging

    The story behind David Bowie's song 'Boys Keep Swinging' from the album 'Lodger' and released as a single on 27 April 1979....
  • David Bowie - Beauty And The Beast - UK single front cover

    ‘Beauty And The Beast’

    The story behind David Bowie's 1978 single 'Beauty And The Beast' taken from the album "Heroes"...
  • David Bowie - Sound and Vision - Promo materials

    Sound And Vision

    The story behind 'Sound and Vision', one of David Bowie's best, and popular, songs. Released in February 1977 it made it to #3 in the UK charts....
  • Wild Is The Wind by David Bowie, 1981 single front cover

    Wild Is The Wind

    'Wild Is The Wind' by David Bowie was released on 23 January 1976 as part of the album 'Station To Station', and then as a single on 13 November 1981....
  • Fame by David Bowie - 1975 single front cover

    Fame

    The story behind 'Fame', David Bowie's first U.S. number 1, co-written with John Lennon and Carlos Alomar and originally released on Young Americans...
  • Ava Cherry and David Bowie

    Can You Hear Me

    The story behind 'Can You Hear Me', which is one of the highlights of Bowie's album Young Americans, which was released on 7 March 1975....
  • David Bowie Young Americans 1975 single front cover

    Young Americans

    The first studio result of his mid-1970s obsession with soul music, 'Young Americans' was a breakthrough hit for David Bowie in the United States....
  • David Bowie - Changes - RCA - France - 1972 - Front

    Changes

    David Bowie's song 'Changes' was first released on the Hunky Dory album on 17 December 1971, and later as a single on 7 January 1972...