282 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song describes Bowie's alter ego Ziggy Stardust, a rock star who acts as a messenger for extraterrestrial beings. Most noted in their 2009 Hollywood Bowl performance."Ziggy Stardust" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie for his 1972 concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Of Montreal - Have covered this throughout their live shows.Nuit d'Óctobre - The Dark Side of David Bowie: A Tribute To David Bowie (1997).The Moog Cookbook - Ye Olde Space Bande (1997).Murdoc Niccals, bassist of Gorillaz, sung this song during a radio session.Seu Jorge recorded a Portuguese version for the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.Hootie and the Blowfish - Live Recording and on the album Blow Fish Blow (1995).
Guns N' Roses - Keyboardist Dizzy Reed plays an instrumental version of the song prior to "Street of Dreams" on the Chinese Democracy Tour.Ariana Delawari - We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie.Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets - Daisyhead and the Mooncrickets (1997).Camp Freddy - Live acoustic on Camp Freddy Radio.Balzac - (Ziggy Stardust) Deep Blue: Chaos from Darkism II.Andrew Jackson Jihad - (Ziggy Stardust Acoustic) "Operation Stackola".AFI - (Ziggy Stardust Acoustic) "AOL Sessions Under Cover" and a couple of live versions including a performance for Live Earth.The 12" additional live track " I'm Waiting for the Man" is a Velvet Underground cover. It was released in 7" and 12" format on the Beggars Banquet label.
The single was released in October 1982 through Beggars Banquet Records and reached number fifteen on the UK Singles Chart. The British gothic rock band Bauhaus recorded a version of "Ziggy Stardust" as their eighth single.
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A November 2003 live performance from the A Reality Tour was released on the A Reality Tour DVD in 2004, and is included on the A Reality Tour album, released in 2010.A spring 1978 performance from the "Heroes" tour was released on Stage and as the B-side of the live single " Breaking Glass" in 1978.The version played at the famous concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, London on 3 July 1973 was released on Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture.This version also appeared on the Japanese release of RarestOneBowie. A live version recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 20 October 1972 was released on Santa Monica '72.Both of these versions were released on the Bowie at the Beeb album in 2000. On Bowie again played the song at "Sounds of the 70s: John Peel", and this was broadcast on. Bowie recorded the song for the BBC radio programme "Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris" on 18 January 1972.