Top Ten David Bowie Songs. The title track of Bowie’s third album, this is one of his most covered songs. Ranked number 277 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, this track represents all that Bowie could have hoped to accomplish with his music in the early 70’s.
“Changes” ultimately peaked at No. 41 on the Feb.
1, 1975 chart. It ranks at No. 14 on our recap of Bowie’s top 20 biggest hits on the chart (see list, below). His biggest single on the Hot 100 is his second No.
1 smash, “Let’s Dance.” The track, produced by, was the title cut of Bowie’s hugely successful 1983 album. The set peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, returning him to the top 10 for the first time since 1976. The effort also launched the top 20-charting hits “China Girl” and “Modern Love,” which rank at Nos. 6 and 8 on his all-time list. Bowie’s second-biggest Hot 100 hit is his first chart-topper: “Fame.” The 1975 single was co-written with (who also provided guitar and background vocals) and rose to No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Sept.
The disco-funk track also found success on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it reached No. Its success even garnered Bowie an invitation to perform on the TV dance series Soul Train. “Fame’s” follow-up single, “Golden Years,” is Bowie’s No. 4 biggest single.
It peaked at No. 10 on the Hot 100 chart, but spent a lengthy 21 weeks on the tally. (It’s tied with “Fame” as his longest-charting single.). Rounding out Bowie’s top five biggest Hot 100 hits is his cover of ’ “Dancing In the Street” with. The superstar collaboration was recorded in 1985 to raise funds for the Live Aid charity. It marked Bowie’s so-far final top 10 single on the Hot 100, peaking at No.
7 on the list dated Oct. Here are David Bowie’s 20 biggest Billboard Hot 100 hits: Rank, Title, Hot 100 Peak Position, Peak Date 1, “Let’s Dance,” No. 1, May 21, 1983 2, “Fame,” No. 20, 1975 3, “Golden Years,” No. 10, April 3, 1976 4, “Dancing in the Street” ( & David Bowie), No. 12, 1985 5, “Blue Jean,” No.
3, 1984 6, “China Girl,” No. 27, 1983 7, “Space Oddity,” No. 15, April 7, 1973 8, “Modern Love,” No. 12, 1983 9, “Day-In Day-Out,” No. 21, May 23, 1987 10, “Under Pressure” ( & David Bowie), No.
9, 1982 11, “Never Let Me Down,” No. 26, 1987 12, “This Is Not America” (David Bowie/), No. 32, March 23, 1985 13, “Young Americans,” No. 28, May 10, 1975 14, “Changes,” No. 1, 1975 15, “Absolute Beginners,” No.
53, May 3, 1986 16, “Tonight,” No. 22, 1984 17, “Rebel Rebel,” No. 64, June 22, 1974 18, “I’m Afraid of Americans,” No.
27, 1997 19, “Fashion,” No. 10, 1981 20, “Starman,” No. 19, 1972 David Bowie’s top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, through the Jan. 16, 2016, ranking. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least.
Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, certain eras are weighted to account for different chart turnover rates over various periods.
Musically, this is Bowie from his peak period of '70-'80 and as such, is unassailable. I'm not here to talk about the songs as they are all great. Sonically, a listen to this on cans will reveal why Bowie was eager to control his masters! That RCA would let this out into the marketplace, sounding for all the world like a 12th gen master that was used as a frisbee and then kept under a table at the RCA employee breakroom - in Caracas, Venezuela, before being thrown onto a ill-maintained tape machine for a raw remastering is inexcusable. The difference between any of these cuts and the Ryko masters that superseded them in the marketplace is truly jaw-dropping. For more ruminations on the Fresh New Sound Of Yesterday.