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David Bowie

The Records That Shaped Him

Every Bowie record is a costume change built on borrowed shelves. His listening ran from the Velvet Underground to Kraftwerk to Little Richard - the art-school kid who kept receipts.

The 50 songs on heavy rotation

The 50

Curated by David Bowie
  1. 01

    Waiting for the Man

    The Velvet Underground

    1967
  2. 02

    Heroin

    The Velvet Underground

    1967
  3. 03

    Venus in Furs

    The Velvet Underground

    1967
  4. 04

    Sister Ray

    The Velvet Underground

    1968
  5. 05

    Walk on the Wild Side

    Lou Reed

    1972
  6. 06

    Perfect Day

    Lou Reed

    1972
  7. 07

    Search and Destroy

    The Stooges

    1973
  8. 08

    I Wanna Be Your Dog

    The Stooges

    1969
  9. 09

    TV Eye

    The Stooges

    1970
  10. 10

    Autobahn

    Kraftwerk

    1974
  11. 11

    Trans-Europe Express

    Kraftwerk

    1977
  12. 12

    The Model

    Kraftwerk

    1978
  13. 13

    Radioactivity

    Kraftwerk

    1975
  14. 14

    Hallogallo

    Neu!

    1972
  15. 15

    E-Musik

    Neu!

    1975
  16. 16

    Für Immer

    Neu!

    1973
  17. 17

    Yoo Doo Right

    Can

    1969
  18. 18

    Vitamin C

    Can

    1972
  19. 19

    Halleluhwah

    Can

    1971
  20. 20

    Anarchy in the U.K.

    Sex Pistols

    1976
  21. 21

    God Save the Queen

    Sex Pistols

    1977
  22. 22

    See Emily Play

    Pink Floyd

    1967
  23. 23

    Arnold Layne

    Pink Floyd

    1967
  24. 24

    Interstellar Overdrive

    Pink Floyd

    1967
  25. 25

    A Day in the Life

    The Beatles

    1967
  26. 26

    Tomorrow Never Knows

    The Beatles

    1966
  27. 27

    Strawberry Fields Forever

    The Beatles

    1967
  28. 28

    Good Vibrations

    The Beach Boys

    1966
  29. 29

    Surf's Up

    The Beach Boys

    1971
  30. 30

    Papa Was a Rollin' Stone

    The Temptations

    1972
  31. 31

    Superstition

    Stevie Wonder

    1972
  32. 32

    Higher Ground

    Stevie Wonder

    1973
  33. 33

    Say It Loud

    James Brown

    1968
  34. 34

    Sex Machine

    James Brown

    1970
  35. 35

    Cold Sweat

    James Brown

    1967
  36. 36

    The Payback

    James Brown

    1973
  37. 37

    Suffragette City (demo influence)

    Little Richard

    1957
  38. 38

    Tutti Frutti

    Little Richard

    1955
  39. 39

    Rock and Roll (Part 2)

    Gary Glitter

    1972
  40. 40

    All the Young Dudes (demo)

    Mott the Hoople

    1972
  41. 41

    Baba O'Riley

    The Who

    1971
  42. 42

    My Generation

    The Who

    1965
  43. 43

    God Only Knows

    The Beach Boys

    1966
  44. 44

    The Weight

    The Band

    1968
  45. 45

    Like a Rolling Stone

    Bob Dylan

    1965
  46. 46

    Desolation Row

    Bob Dylan

    1965
  47. 47

    Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

    Bob Dylan

    1966
  48. 48

    I Feel Love

    Donna Summer

    1977
  49. 49

    Love to Love You Baby

    Donna Summer

    1975
  50. 50

    Ghost Rider

    Suicide

    1977

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