David Bowie discography

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During his lifetime, the 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 the ninth-best-selling singles artist in the 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 the UK, 3.1 million singles and two million albums.[5]

Studio albums26
EPs8
Soundtrack albums2
Live albums9
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David Bowie discography
Bowie performing in 2003
Studio albums26
EPs8
Soundtrack albums2
Live albums9
Compilation albums25
Singles128
Video albums28
Music videos72
Posthumous studio albums1
Posthumous live albums14
Posthumous compilation albums1
Posthumous soundtrack albums1
Box sets16
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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, respectively. 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 credited simply to "David Bowie".[7] He 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] The single was re-released in 1975 and became 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 that album 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 respectively reached numbers 17 and 26 in the UK.[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

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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]
216616
[D]
The Man Who Sold the World
  • Released: 4 November 1970
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
24
[E]
4448105
[E]
Hunky Dory
  • Released: 17 December 1971
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
3
[F]
3952532330163257
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
  • Released: 16 June 1972
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
5113412611720192121
Aladdin Sane
  • Released: 19 April 1973
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1765411917
Pin Ups
  • Released: 19 October 1973
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1468123
Diamond Dogs
  • Released: 24 May 1974
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1340845
Young Americans
  • Released: 7 March 1975
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
291336929
Station to Station
  • Released: 23 January 1976
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
58479138911653
Low
  • Released: 14 January 1977
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
210168461012124011
"Heroes"
  • Released: 14 October 1977
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
36194431315133435
Lodger
  • Released: 18 May 1979
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
411135113920
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
  • Released: 12 September 1980
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
11208
[43]
33147512
Let's Dance
  • Released: 14 April 1983
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track, CD
1122
[46]
1111174
Tonight
  • Released: 24 September 1984
  • Label: EMI America
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track, CD
1488
[47]
1344811
Never Let Me Down
  • Released: 21 April 1987
  • Label: EMI America
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
619311
[48]
931421834
Black Tie White Noise
  • Released: 5 April 1993
  • Label: Savage, Arista
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
1121815888181839
The Buddha of Suburbia
  • Released: 8 November 1993 (UK)
  • Label: Arista
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
  • TV serial: The Buddha of Suburbia (broadcast in 1993)
87
[49]
Outside
  • Released: 26 September 1995
  • Label: Arista
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
8552233381537132221
Earthling
  • Released: 3 February 1997
  • Label: Arista
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
645151119131552039
Hours
  • Released: 4 October 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD, 2×CD, DD
533243142121847
Heathen
  • Released: 10 June 2002
  • Label: ISO/Columbia
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD, 2×CD, SACD, DD
5944192226714
Reality
  • Released: 15 September 2003
  • Label: ISO/Columbia
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD, 2×CD, DualDisc, DD
31333142145529
The Next Day
  • Released: 8 March 2013
  • Label: ISO/Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, DD
1221111112
Blackstar
  • Released: 8 January 2016
  • Label: ISO/Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, DD
1111111111
Posthumous
Toy
  • Released: 26 November 2021
  • Label: ISO, Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, DD
5 4 3 4 17 28 7
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Re-recorded studio albums

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Never Let Me Down 2018
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Studio albums as a member of Tin Machine

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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
  • Released: 22 May 1989
  • Label: EMI USA
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
342191324914928
Tin Machine II
  • Released: 2 September 1991
  • Label: London
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
232556331419126
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Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[9][19]
AUS
[20]
ITA
[68]
GER
[22]
NL
[23]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[26]
SWE
[27][28]
SWI
[29]
US
[30]
David Live
  • Released: 29 October 1974
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: 2×LP, 2xMC, 8-track
29998912108
Stage
  • Released: 29 September 1978
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: 2×LP, 2xMC, 8-track
51121812944
Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (all reissues since 2003 titled Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture) 106739423489
liveandwell.com[G]
  • Released: 13 September 2000
  • Label: Risky Folio
  • Formats: CD
xxxxxxxxxx
Bowie at the Beeb
  • Released: 26 September 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 2×CD
76956223788181
Glass Spider
  • Released: June 2007
  • Label: Immortal
  • Formats: CD, DD
  • Film: Glass Spider (released on VHS in 1988 and DVD in 2007)
Live Santa Monica '72
  • Radio broadcast: 20 October 1972
  • Released: 30 June 2008
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, CD, DD
618140
VH1 Storytellers
  • Released: 6 July 2009
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, DD
114
[70]
A Reality Tour
  • Released: 25 January 2010
  • Label: ISO/Columbia/Legacy
  • Formats: LP, CD, DD
  • Film: A Reality Tour (released on DVD in 2004)
5391
[71]
575639
Posthumous
Live Nassau Coliseum '76
  • Radio broadcast: 23 March 1976
  • Released: 10 February 2017
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, DD
Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)
  • Released: 16 June 2017
  • Label: Rhino/Parlophone
  • Formats: CD,[72] LP, DD
20
Live in Berlin (1978)
  • Released: 2 March 2018
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: LP
xxxxxxxxxx
Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)
  • Released: 21 April 2018
  • Label: Rhino/Parlophone
  • Formats: LP, CD, DD
  • Film: Untitled (Unreleased)
1675
Serious Moonlight (Live '83)
  • Released: 12 October 2018
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, DD
  • Film: Serious Moonlight (released on VHS in 1984 and DVD in 2006)
Glastonbury 2000
  • Released: 30 November 2018
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 2×CD, 3×LP, DD
  • Film: Glastonbury 2000 (released on DVD in 2018)
2532
ChangesNowBowie
  • Released: 17 April 2020
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: CD, LP, DD
17
Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
  • Released: 3 July 2020
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: DD, streaming, CD, LP
32
Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)
  • Released: 14 August 2020
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: DD, streaming
16
I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)
  • Released: 29 August 2020
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 2×LP, 2×CD (Record Store Day ltd. ed.)
18104
No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95)
  • Released: 20 November 2020
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 2×LP, CD
86
Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)
  • Released: 12 February 2021
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 3×LP, 2×CD
16
David Bowie at the Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99)
  • Released: 2 April 2021
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 2×LP, 2×CD
20
Ready, Set, Go! (Live, Riverside Studios '03)
  • Released: 12 April 2025
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 2×LP, CD
44
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. "x" denotes not released in that territory.
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Live albums as a member of Tin Machine

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Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby
Tin Machine: Live at La Cigale, Paris, 25th June, 1989
  • Released: 30 August 2019
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: DD, streaming
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Soundtrack albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[19]
AUT
[21]
Christiane F.
  • Released: April 1981
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Film: Christiane F. (released in 1981)
3
Absolute Beginners
(Various Artists including three new Bowie tracks)
  • Released: March 1986
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2×LP, MC, CD
  • Film: Absolute Beginners (released in 1986)
19[73]
Labyrinth
(with Trevor Jones)
  • Released: 23 June 1986
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
  • Film: Labyrinth (released in 1986)
38
[74]
Posthumous
Lazarus
(with Lazarus New York Cast)
  • Released: 21 October 2016
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: 2×LP, 2×CD, DD
  • Musical: Lazarus
1057
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
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Compilation albums

1970s compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[9][19]
AUS
[75]
NZ
[26]
SWE
[27]
US
[30]
The World of David Bowie[H]
  • Released: March 1970
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
Images 1966–1967[I]
  • Released: February 1973
  • Label: Deram
  • Formats: 2×LP, MC, 8-track
144
Changesonebowie
  • Released: 21 May 1976
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
2 8 8 14 10
Chameleon
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: Stavcall
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Not released in the UK
22 1
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
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1980s compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[9][19]
AUS
[75]
AUT
[21]
NL
[23]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[26]
SWE
[27]
US
[30]
The Best of Bowie
  • Released: 19 December 1980
  • Label: K-tel
  • Formats: LP, MC
3 32 12 4 21 11 25
Changestwobowie
  • Released: 16 November 1981
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
24 53 28 35 68
Bowie Rare
  • Released: December 1982
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
34 47 27 11 10 5
Golden Years
  • Released: August 1983
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
33 25 17 33 99
Love You till Tuesday
  • Released: May 1984
  • Label: Deram
  • Formats: LP, MC
53
Fame and Fashion
  • Released: May 1984
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
40 19 147
David Bowie: The Collection
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1990s compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[9][19]
AUS
[75]
AUT
[21]
GER
[22]
NL
[23]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[26]
SWE
[27]
SWI
[29]
US
[30]
Changesbowie
  • Released: 12 March 1990
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 2×LP, MC, CD
1 6 5 7 6 16 2 14 18 39
Early On (1964–1966)
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: MC, CD
  • Not released in the UK
The Singles Collection (UK version) / The Singles 1969–1993 (US version)
  • Released: 8 November 1993
  • Label: Rykodisc, EMI
  • Formats: 2×CD, 2xMC
  • Film: The Video Collection (released on VHS in 1993)
9 49 37 64 5 4 38
Rarestonebowie
  • Released: May 1995
  • Label: Trident Music International, Golden Years
  • Formats: CD, LP
111
The Deram Anthology 1966–1968
  • Released: 9 June 1997
  • Label: Deram
  • Formats: CD
The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974
  • Released: 7 October 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, MC
11 14 81 14 58
The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979
  • Released: 20 April 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, MC
39 49 38
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
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2000s compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK
[9][19]
AUS
[75]
AUT
[21]
GER
[22]
NL
[23]
NOR
[24]
NZ
[26]
SWE
[27]
SWI
[29]
US
[30]
All Saints
  • Released: 9 July 2001
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
109
Best of Bowie
  • Released: 22 October 2002
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, 2×CD, MC
  • Film: Best of Bowie (released on 2×DVD in 2002)
1 6 12 16 19 10 6 9 15 4
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[77]
  • BPI: 4× Platinum[34]
  • IFPI: 2× Platinum[79]
  • MC: Gold[41]
  • RIAA: Platinum[38]
  • RMNZ: 3× Platinum[80]
Club Bowie
  • Released: 2 December 2003
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
The Collection
  • Released: 3 May 2005
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987
  • Released: 19 March 2007
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD+DVD
34 30 44 98 16
iSelect
  • Released: 29 June 2008
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
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2010s compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[9][19]
AUS
[75]
AUT
[21]
GER
[22]
NL
[23]
NZ
[26]
SWI
[29]
US
[30]
Nothing Has Changed
  • Released: 18 November 2014
  • Label: Columbia, Parlophone
  • Formats: 3×CD, 2×CD, 2×LP, DD
5 3 4 4 6 1 5 57
Posthumous
Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie)
  • Released: 11 November 2016
  • Label: Parlophone, Sony
  • Formats: 2×CD, DD
5 31 59 68 78
  • BPI: 4× Platinum[34]
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
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Box sets

David Bowie "Era" box set series

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[19]
AUT
[21]
GER
[22]
NL
[23]
US
[30]
Five Years (1969–1973)
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 12×CD, 13×LP, DD
456368
Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976)
  • Released: 23 September 2016
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 12×CD, 13×LP, DD
21752880192
A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)
  • Released: 29 September 2017
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 11×CD, 13×LP, DD
19592476151
[83]
Loving the Alien (1983–1988)[84]
  • Released: 12 October 2018
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 11×CD, 15×LP, DD
194818
Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001)[85]
  • Released: 26 November 2021
  • Label: Parlophone/ISO
  • Formats: 11×CD, 18×LP, DD
24352358
I Can't Give Everything Away (2002–2016)[86]
  • Released: 12 September 2025
  • Label: Parlophone/ISO
  • Formats: 13×CD, 18×LP, DD
49639
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Other box sets

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[9][19]
AUS
[20]
GER
[22]
NL
[23]
NZ
[26]
SWE
[27]
US
[30]
Fashions
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: 10x7-inch
Sound + Vision
  • Released: 19 September 1989
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • Formats: 6×LP, 3×MC, 3×CD, 3×CD+VCD, 4×CD
63
[J]
72997
The Platinum Collection
  • Released: 7 November 2005
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 3×CD
53252665
David Bowie
Zeit! 77–79
  • Released: 6 May 2013
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 5×CD
Spying Through a Keyhole 55
Clareville Grove Demos
  • Released: 17 May 2019
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 3×7″, DD
The 'Mercury' Demos
  • Released: 28 June 2019
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: LP+Photos+Notes, DD
Conversation Piece
  • Released: 15 November 2019
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 5×CD, DD
127
[K]
The Width of a Circle
  • Released: 28 May 2021
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: 2×CD
15
Brilliant Live Adventures
  • Released: 30 October 2020 –
    2 April 2021
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: DD, streaming, CD, LP
Toy:Box
  • Released: 7 January 2022
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: DD, streaming, 3×CD, 6×LP
Divine Symmetry: An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory[88]
  • Released: 25 November 2022
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: streaming, 4×CD, Blu-ray
Rock 'n' Roll Star!
  • Released: 14 June 2024
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: streaming, 5×CD, Blu-ray
395144
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Extended plays

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Singles
[9][19]
UK
Albums
[30]
US Billboard 200
Don't Be Fooled By the Name[L]
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Pye, Showcase, Tabak
  • Formats: 10″, 12″, 3×7″, 3×10″
157
David Bowie in Bertolt Brecht's Baal
  • Released: 13 February 1982
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: 7″, 12″
  • Film: Baal (released in 1982)
29
The Mannish Boys/Davy Jones and
the Lower Third
  • Released: October 1982
  • Label: See For Miles
  • Formats: 10″
BBC Sessions 1969–1972
  • Released: July 1996
  • Label: NMC Music
  • Formats: CD
Earthling in the City
  • Released: November 1997
  • Label: GQ (Magazine)
  • Formats: Promo CD
Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks)
(with Arcade Fire)
  • Released: November 2005
  • Formats: DD
Space Oddity
  • Released: 20 July 2009
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: DD
The Next Day Extra
  • Released: 4 November 2013
  • Label: ISO/Columbia
  • Formats: DD
89
Posthumous
No Plan
  • Released: 8 January 2017
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, DD
92[91]131[92]
Is It Any Wonder?
  • Released: 14 February 2020 (digital)
    20 March 2020 (physical)[93]
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: LP, CD, DD
10
Brilliant Adventure E.P.
  • Released: 23 April 2022 (physical)[94]
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: LP, CD (Record Store Day ltd. ed.)
Toy E.P. (You've Got It Made with All the Toys)
  • Released: 23 April 2022 (physical)[95]
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Formats: LP, CD (Record Store Day ltd. ed.)
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1960s singles

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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 5
[Q]

[R]
13
[S]

[T]
124
[U]
  • UK: 680,825[4]
  • US: 191,637 (digital)[100]
David Bowie (1969)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. "x" denotes single not released in that territory.
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1970s singles

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List of 1970s singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
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
[V]

[W]
66
[X]
Hunky Dory
"Starman" 10 37 55 17 65
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[34]
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[101] 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
"Golden Years" 8 34 9 6 10 Station to Station
"TVC 15" 1976 33 64
"Suffragette City" x x x x Changesonebowie[Y]
"Stay" x x x x x x Station to Station
"Sound and Vision" 1977 3 74 15 6 2 69 Low
"Be My Wife" 57[Z]
"'Heroes'"[AA] 24 11 14 19 8 9
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[34]
"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[102]
"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
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1970s promotional singles

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Title Year Album
"All the Madmen" 1971 The Man Who Sold the World
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1980s singles

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List of 1980s singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
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

[103]
"Alabama Song" 1980 23 x x Non-album singles
"Crystal Japan"[AB] x x x x x x x x
"Ashes to Ashes" 1 3 6 9 4 15
[AC]
Scary Monsters
"Fashion" 5 27 34 11 70
"It's No Game (Part 1)"[AD] 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: Original Soundtrack
"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"
(with Bing Crosby)
3 53 6 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
"Modern Love" 2 6 27 3 10 14 6
"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: Original Motion Picture 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 Non-album single
"Absolute Beginners" 1986 2 5 2 7 1 8 53 9 Absolute Beginners: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Underground" 21 26 20 6 7 18 Labyrinth: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"When the Wind Blows" 44 19 50 When the Wind Blows: Original Motion Picture 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
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1990s singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[9]
AUS
[20][108]
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 53 131 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
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2000s singles

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List of 2000s singles, with selected chart positions
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
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2010s singles

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List of 2010s and 2020s singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[109]
AUS
[20]
AUT
[21]
CAN
[110]
FRA
[111]
GER
[22]
IRE
[96]
NL
[23]
SWI
[29]
US
[97]
"Where Are We Now?" 2013 6 78 40 59 9 47 9 7 52 [AE] 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"[AF] 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
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2020s singles

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Title Year Album
"Cosmic Dancer" (live; with Morrissey) 2020 Non-album singles
"Tryin' to Get to Heaven" / "Mother" 2021
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Singles as a member of Tin Machine

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List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[9]
IRE
[96]
US Main.
Rock

[103]
US Mod.
Rock

[97][114]
"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
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Other appearances

Studio contributions

More information Title, Year ...
Title Year Album Notes Ref.
"Revolutionary Song" 1979 Just a Gigolo soundtrack as a part of the Rebels [115]
"Absolute Beginners", "That's Motivation", "Volare" 1986 Absolute Beginners soundtrack [116]
"When the Wind Blows" When the Wind Blows soundtrack [117]
"Real Cool World" 1992 Songs from the Cool World [118]
"Needles on the Beach" 1994 Beyond the Beach as a part of Tin Machine [119]
"Planet of Dreams" 1997 Long Live Tibet with Gail Ann Dorsey [120]
"I Can't Read" The Ice Storm soundtrack David Bowie solo version [121]
"A Foggy Day (In London Town)" 1998 Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove with Angelo Badalamenti [122]
"Nature Boy" 2001 Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film David Bowie and Massive Attack [123]
"Pictures of Lily" Substitute: The Songs of The Who The Who cover [124]
"Your Turn to Drive" 2003 N/A digital download [125]
"Changes" 2004 Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack Butterfly Boucher featuring David Bowie [126]
"(She Can) Do That" 2005 Stealth soundtrack David Bowie and BT [127]
"American Landfill" 2020 Kate's Not Here: the Turning soundtrack Kristeen Young featuring David Bowie [128]
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Live contributions

More information Title, Year ...
Title Year Album Notes Ref.
"Go Now" 1992 Ruby Trax as a part of Tin Machine [129]
"Baby Can Dance" 1993 Best of Grunge Rock Live version recorded by Tin Machine in Hamburg on 24 October 1991 [130]
"Hallo Spaceboy" 1997 Phoenix: The Album Recorded live at the Phoenix Festival on 18 July 1996 [131]
"Dead Man Walking" Live from 6A: Late Night with Conan O'Brien Live version performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien [132]
"'Heroes'" The Bridge School Concerts Vol. 1 A live version recorded for the Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California [133]
"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.[132] [132]
"Dead Man Walking" WBCN Naked Too (A Companion Collection of Unreleased Performances) Live version recorded at Fort Apache Studios in Boston in April 1997 [132]
"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 [134]
"China Girl" 2000 VH1 Storytellers Live version recorded for VH1's Storytellers [135]
"America", "'Heroes'" 2001 The Concert for New York City Recorded live at The Concert for New York City on 20 October 2001 [136]
[133]
"Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" 2005 ONXRT: Live from the Archives Volume 8 [134]
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Guest appearances

More information Title, Year ...
Title Year Artist Notes Ref.
All the Young Dudes 1972 Mott the Hoople Producer, saxophone, writer ("All the Young Dudes") [137]
Transformer Lou Reed Co-producer, backing vocals, acoustic guitar [137]
Raw Power 1973 Iggy & the Stooges Co-producer with Iggy Pop, Mixing [138]
"The Man Who Sold the World" 1974 Lulu Co-producer, saxophone, backing vocals [139]
Now We Are Six Steeleye Span Saxophone ("To Know Him Is to Love Him") [140]
Slaughter on 10th Avenue Mick Ronson Co-writer ("Growing Up and I'm Fine", "Music Is Lethal", "Hey Ma Get Papa") [141]
Weren't Born a Man Dana Gillespie Co-producer ("Andy Warhol", "Backed a Loser", "Mother, Don't Be Frightened") [141]
The Idiot 1977 Iggy Pop Producer, co-writer, backing vocals, guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, saxophone, drum machine [142]
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") [143]
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") [143]
David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf Eugene Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra Narrator [143]
Soldier 1980 Iggy Pop Co-writer & additional vocals ("Play It Safe") [120]
Cat People 1982 Giorgio Moroder Guest vocals on "The Myth" [144]
Hot Space 1982 Queen Co-wrote and sang on "Under Pressure" [145]
Cool Cat 1982 Queen Background vocals on Cool Cat (David requested his vocals to be removed before album was finalised)
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") [146]
Tina Live in Europe 1988 Tina Turner Guest vocals ("Tonight", "Let's Dance") [146]
Young Lions 1990 Adrian Belew Guest vocals ("Pretty Pink Rose", "Gunman"), writer ("Pretty Pink Rose"), co-writer ("Gunman") [146]
Heaven and Hull 1994 Mick Ronson Guest vocals ("Like a Rolling Stone") [147]
The Sacred Squall of Now 1995 Reeves Gabrels Vocals and guitar ("You've Been Around", "The King of Stamford Hill") [148]
[149]
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") [149]
Another Crazy Cocktail Party 1997 Various artists Co-writer ("Pancho") [150]
Saturnzreturn 1998 Goldie Guest vocals ("Truth") [151]
All the Young Dudes (box set) Mott the Hoople Demo vocals ("All the Young Dudes") [152]
All the Way from Stockholm to Philadelphia: Live 71/72 Guest vocals ("All the Young Dudes") [153]
Without You I'm Nothing 1999 Placebo Guest vocals ("Without You I'm Nothing") [154]
Ulysses (Della Notte) Reeves Gabrels Guest vocals ("Jewel") [155]
¡Viva Nueva! 2001 Rustic Overtones Guest vocals ("Sector Z", "Man Without a Mouth") [156]
Training Day P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family Guest vocals ("American Dream") [136]
The Raven 2003 Lou Reed Guest vocals ("Hop Frog") [156]
Breasticles Kristeen Young Guest vocals ("Saviour") [156]
Zig Zag Earl Slick Guest vocals and co-writer ("Isn't It Evening (The Revolutionary)") [156]
No Balance Palace 2005 Kashmir Guest vocals ("The Cynic") [157]
Return to Cookie Mountain 2006 TV on the Radio Backing vocals ("Province") [157]
Anywhere I Lay My Head 2008 Scarlett Johansson Backing vocals ("Falling Down", "Fannin Street") [158]
Reflektor 2013 Arcade Fire Backing vocals ("Reflektor") [159]
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Remixes and alternate versions

More information Title, Year ...
Title Year Album Notes Ref.
"The Supermen" 1972 Glastonbury Fayre alternate version [160]
"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" 1982 Cat People re-recorded for Let's Dance [144]
"I'm Afraid of Americans" 1995 Showgirls early mix [161]
"A Small Plot of Land" 1996 Basqiat alternate mix [162]
"I'm Deranged", "I'm Deranged (Reprise)" 1997 Lost Highway edited [161]
"Little Wonder" The Saint Danny Saber Dance Mix [163]
"Something in the Air" 2000 American Psycho American Psycho Remix [164]
"Candidate" 2001 Intimacy remix [165]
"Rebel Rebel" 2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle re-recorded version [166]
"Bring Me the Disco King" Underworld Danny Lohner Mix [167]
"All the Madmen" (Live Intro/Original LP Version) 2004 Mayor of the Sunset Strip [168]
"Fame" 2005 Hip Hop Roots extended edit by Jazzy Jay [169]
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Music videos and films

Notes

  1. David Bowie (1967) was released in the US in August.[31]
  2. David Bowie (1967) chart position for the 2010 deluxe edition re-release.[32]
  3. David Bowie (1969) was the original name for the album in the UK, while in the US it was released a few months later as Man of Words / Man of Music (1969). Following the success of Ziggy Stardust, the album was rereleased worldwide as Space Oddity, after Bowie's well-known song of the same name that opened the album. In 2009, a worldwide release returned the original name to the album.[33]
  4. Chart positions for the 1972 re-releases of David Bowie as Space Oddity following the success of Ziggy Stardust.
  5. Chart positions for the 1972 re-releases of The Man Who Sold the World following the success of Ziggy Stardust.
  6. Hunky Dory did not enter the charts until September 1972, following the success of Ziggy Stardust.[35][36]
  7. The liveandwell.com album was a limited edition live release not available commercially but via subscribing to BowieNet.[69]
  8. The World of David Bowie was released as Disco de Ouro in Brazil and Bowie in Japan.[76]
  9. Images 1966–1967 was released as David Bowie Mille-Pattes Series in France, David Bowie in Belgium and Argentina, 20 Bowie Classics in Australia, and reissued in France as Collection Blanche in 1978.[76]
  10. UK chart position for Sound + Vision is for the 2014 reissue.
  11. Conversation Piece did not chart in the Netherlands, but did in Wallonia.[87]
  12. Don't Be Fooled By the Name was released as London Boys in Spain and Early Bowie in Italy; reissued as David Bowie in Spain in 1985; and reissued in the UK as Rare Tracks in 1986, 1966 in 1987, Introspective in 1990 and I Dig Everything: The 1966 Pye Singles in 1999.[89] In 2015 it was reissued as 1966 for Record Store Day 2015, when it entered the charts in UK.[90]
  13. "Rubber Band" was issued in the US in June 1967. However, the A-side featured the album version of the track rather than the non-album track of the UK version.[98]
  14. "The Laughing Gnome" was originally released in the UK in 1967 but did not enter the Official UK Singles Chart Top 100. It was unofficially re-released in 1973, peaking at No. 6.[99]
  15. "The Laughing Gnome" was originally released in Australia in 1967 but did not enter the ARIA Top 50. It was unofficially re-released in 1973, peaking at No. 57.
  16. "The Laughing Gnome" was originally released in Ireland in 1967 but did not enter the Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50. It was unofficially re-released in 1973, peaking at No. 5.
  17. "Space Oddity" was originally released in the UK in 1969, reaching No. 5 on the UK singles chart. It was re-released worldwide in 1975, reaching No. 1 in the UK.
  18. "Space Oddity" was re-released in 1973, reaching No. 9 in Australia.
  19. "Space Oddity" was re-released worldwide in 1975, reaching a higher chart position of No. 3 in Ireland.
  20. "Space Oddity" was re-released worldwide in 1975, reaching No. 4 in the Netherlands.
  21. "Space Oddity" was originally released in the US in 1969 but did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 124 on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.It was re-released for the first time in the US in 1973, peaking at No. 15.
  22. "Changes" did not chart in 1972 in UK, but following Bowie's death in 2016 the song entered these charts peaking at No. 49.
  23. "Changes" did not chart in 1972 in Australia, but following Bowie's death in 2016 the song entered these charts peaking at No. 80.
  24. "Changes" was released in the US in December 1971. While the single peaked at No. 66 in 1972, it re-entered the chart in 1974, peaking at No. 41.
  25. "Suffragette City" was originally from the 1972 album Ziggy Stardust, but was not released as a single until 1976 to promote the album Changesonebowie.
  26. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
  27. "'Heroes'" was also recorded in German and French language versions. The single version worldwide was an edited cut of the album version, but was released in Germany and France in two formats: in the original English and in the respective languages. In Germany, the German-language version appeared as a single titled "'Heroes'"; while in France, the French-language version was still titled "'Heroes'" but had 'Chanté en Français' on the cover.
  28. "Crystal Japan" was a Japanese-only single.
  29. "Ashes to Ashes" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at No. 101 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[104]
  30. "It's No Game (Part 1)" was a Japanese-only single.
  31. "Where Are We Now?" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[112]
  32. "Kingdom Come" was released as a Double-A side single, with Tom Verlaine's version on one side and Bowie's on the other, released for Record Store Day.[113]

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