Top Fifty David Bowie Songs of All Time UPDATED

One of the ways that I attempt to make sense of or understand a body of work by an artist is through the process of listmaking. This ordering provides me the opportunity to examine the work in an proficient manner, one which allows the significance of the work - emotionally, personally, autobiographically, creatively, inventively, spiritually, etc. - to emerge without emphasis on extraneous, unimportant factors such as sales, chart placement, etc. allowing a clearer perspective of the overarching magnitude of the work itself.

It is with this in mind that I offer you my first truly epic list - my Top Fifty David Bowie Songs of All Time.

Enjoy.

50. Kooks - Hunky Dory

49. Blackout – Heroes

48. All The Young Dudes - B-Side from Aladdin Sane

47. Blue Jean – Tonight

46. Heathen (The Rays) - Heathen

45. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

44. Oh! You Pretty Things – Hunky Dory

43. The Secret Life of Arabia - Heroes

42. Rebel Rebel - Diamond Dogs

41. Oh! You Pretty Things – Hunky Dory

40. Diamond Dogs – Diamond Dogs

39. Absolute Beginners – Absolute Beginners Soundtrack

38. Slip Away - Heathen

37. We Are The Dead - Diamond Dogs

36. Space Oddity – Space Oddity

35. Speed of Life - Low

34. Breaking Glass - Low

33. Queen Bitch – Hunky Dory

32. Be My Wife - Low

31. Beauty and the Beast - Heroes

30. Stay - Station To Station

29. A New Career In A New Town - Low

28. Drive-In Saturday - Aladdin Sane

27. Starman - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars

26. Boys Keep Swinging - Lodger

25. Look Back In Anger - Lodger

24. Young Americans - Young Americans

23. Cat People (Putting Out the Fire) - Let’s Dance

22. Ziggy Stardust - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars

21. The Man Who Sold the World - The Man Who Sold the World

20. Panic In Detroit - Aladdin Sane

19. Teenage Wildlife - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

18. Warszawa - Low

17. Joe the Lion - Heroes

16. Golden Years - Station To Station

15. Wild Is The Wind - Station To Station

14. Sound and Vision - Low

13. Word On A Wing - Station To Station

12. Cracked Actor - Aladdin Sane

11. Watch That Man - Aladdin Sane

10. Rock N Roll With Me - Diamond Dogs

09. Modern Love - Let’s Dance

08. Rock N Roll Suicide - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars

07. The Width of a Circle - The Man Who Sold the World

06. Always Crashing In the Same Car - Low

05. Five Years - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars

04. Life On Mars? – Hunky Dory

03. Station to Station - Station To Station

02. Ashes To Ashes - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

01. Heroes – Heroes

Yes, I realize this blog has been Bowie-centric of late, but that is where I'm at right now.