# The best David Bowie songs

Bowie's essential songs according to Rolling Stone's lists and readers' poll, from "Space Oddity" to "Lazarus".

- 760 votes · 20 items
- Nov 4, 2018 · encore_salty
- https://even.best/en/l/2813/the-best-david-bowie-songs

## Top 20

1. **"Heroes"** (62 · ▲69 ▼7) — 1977. Two lovers by the Berlin Wall.
2. **Life on Mars?** (52 · ▲57 ▼5) — 1971. A grand ballad from Hunky Dory.
3. **Space Oddity** (43 · ▲45 ▼2) — 1969. Major Tom drifts off into space.
4. **Ashes to Ashes** (42 · ▲46 ▼4) — 1980. Major Tom returns, darker.
5. **Starman** (37 · ▲40 ▼3) — 1972. The song that made Ziggy a TV sensation.
6. **Ziggy Stardust** (31 · ▲36 ▼5) — 1972. The rise and fall of a rock star from space.
7. **Suffragette City** (29 · ▲33 ▼4) — 1972. Pure glam energy.
8. **Changes** (27 · ▲34 ▼7) — 1971. His anthem of reinvention.
9. **Moonage Daydream** (24 · ▲29 ▼5) — 1972. Glam rock at its most cosmic.
10. **Lazarus** (22 · ▲26 ▼4) — 2015. A farewell released just before his death.
11. **Under Pressure (with Queen)** (21 · ▲29 ▼8) — 1981. A UK number one built on a famous bass line.
12. **Let's Dance** (20 · ▲25 ▼5) — 1983. His biggest hit, with Nile Rodgers.
13. **Rebel Rebel** (20 · ▲24 ▼4) — 1974. One of rock's great riffs.
14. **Sound and Vision** (19 · ▲23 ▼4) — 1977. A short, sunny song from the Berlin era.
15. **Station to Station** (18 · ▲24 ▼6) — 1976. Ten minutes of the Thin White Duke.
16. **Young Americans** (17 · ▲23 ▼6) — 1975. Philadelphia soul, Bowie style.
17. **Five Years** (16 · ▲27 ▼11) — 1972. The world has five years left; Ziggy's opening track.
18. **Modern Love** (16 · ▲23 ▼7) — 1983. Running down the street in pure joy.
19. **The Man Who Sold the World** (16 · ▲19 ▼3) — 1970. Later famously covered by Nirvana.
20. **Golden Years** (12 · ▲20 ▼8) — 1975. Smooth funk.

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