Name that Bowie Song


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https://www.reddit.com/r/DavidBowie/comments/zjw941/help_identifying_a_song_title/
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/david-bowie/30-greatest-david-bowie-songs
https://www.quora.com/Which-David-Bowie-song-had-the-best-introduction
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Test your knowledge of David Bowie's discography by identifying the songs from a brief description. Can you name them all?

Test your knowledge of David Bowie's discography by identifying the songs from a brief description. Can you name them all?

1. Which David Bowie song was described by the BBC as 'a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dali painting'?

Oh! You Pretty Things
Life On Mars?
Rebel Rebel
Slow Burn

2. Which song was a collaboration between David Bowie and Queen?

Heroes
Under Pressure
Let's Dance
China Girl

3. Which song from his album 'Let's Dance' introduced Bowie to a new generation of fans in 1983?

Modern Love
China Girl
Let's Dance
Ashes To Ashes

4. Which track off the 'Hunky Dory' album is known for its stripped down piano verses?

Life On Mars?
Oh! You Pretty Things
Ziggy Stardust
Changes

5. What was David Bowie's first number-one single in America, notable for its 'Plastic Soul' sound?

Fame
Golden Years
Rebel Rebel
Young Americans

6. Which Bowie song imagines a post-apocalyptic future where people watch old films to remember how to reproduce?

Space Oddity
Drive-In Saturday
Diamond Dogs
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

7. Which song did Bowie co-write with Iggy Pop while living in West Berlin?

China Girl
Heroes
The Man Who Sold the World
Golden Years

8. Which track from the 'Blackstar' album is seen as a farewell message from Bowie?

Heroes
Lazarus
Let's Dance
Rebel Rebel

9. Which song features lyrical references to 'A Clockwork Orange' and musical references to Little Richard?

Fame
Suffragette City
Heroes
Starman

10. Which song from the 'Heathen' album earned Bowie a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Male Vocal Performance?

Slow Burn
Life On Mars?
Under Pressure
Starman