Ziggy Stardust (song)

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“Ziggy Stardust”
album cover
Song by David Bowie
Album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Released June 6, 1972
Recorded 1972
Genre Rock
Length 3:13
Label RCA Records
Writer David Bowie
Producer David Bowie and Ken Scott
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars track listing
Side one
  1. "Five Years"
  2. "Soul Love"
  3. "Moonage Daydream"
  4. "Starman"
  5. "It Ain't Easy"
Side two
  1. "Lady Stardust"
  2. "Star"
  3. "Hang on to Yourself"
  4. "Ziggy Stardust"
  5. "Suffragette City"
  6. "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"

"Ziggy Stardust" is a song written by David Bowie in 1972 for the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The name Stardust was inspired by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy.

[edit] Live versions

  • Bowie recorded the song for the BBC radio program "Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris" January 1st, 1972. This was broadcast February 7th, 1972. May 16th, 1972 Bowie again played the song at "Sounds of the 70s: John Peel", and this was broadcast May 23rd, 1972. Both these versions was released on the Bowie at the Beeb album in 2000.
  • A live version recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 20 October 1972 was released on Santa Monica '72. This version also appeared on the Japanese release of RarestOneBowie.
  • The version played at the famous concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3 1973 was released on Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture.
  • A recording from the 1978 Heroes tour recorded at the Philadelpha Spectrum, April 28-29. 1978, was released on Stage. This live version was released as the B-side of the live single "Breaking Glass" in 1978.

It is featured in Guitar Hero.

[edit] Cover versions

  • AFI - (Ziggy Stardust Acoustic) "AOL Sessions Under Cover" and a couple of live versions including a performance for Live Earth.
  • Balzac - (Ziggy Stardust) DEEP BLUE: Chaos from Darkism II [1]
  • Ars Moriensis - Shots & Cuts
  • Bauhaus - Single and David Bowie Songbook (Bowie reportedly said that Bauhaus played the song "the way [he] should")
  • Bloodstone - Valley of the Machines
  • Ken Clinger - KCX 1'7/KCX 18
  • Def Leppard – Single (1996)
  • Camp Freddy - Live acoustic on Camp Freddy Radio
  • Exploding Boy - New Generation
  • Fox – Single
  • Glabis - Live: At Luciano's
  • Grade (band) - Victory Style 5
  • Hootie and the Blowfish - Live Recording and on the album Blow Fish Blow (1995).
  • Seu Jorge recorded a Portuguese version for the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. (2004)
  • Max Lorentz & Friends - Live Recording
  • Recently, Guns N' Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed has played Ziggy Stardust for his piano solo.
  • The Moog Cookbook - Ye Olde Space Bande (1997)
  • Nuit d'Óctobre - The Dark Side Of David Bowie: A Tribute To David Bowie (1997)
  • The Pozers - Cover This (1998)
  • Shamrock - Live Recording
  • Toad The Wet Sprocket - Live Recording: Scranton, PA 4/5/95
  • White Buffalo - Essential Interpretations (1997)
  • Data Bank A – Single
  • Redd Kross - Teen Babes From Monsanto (1984)
  • Vice Squad - The BBC Sessions (1998)
  • A cover version of the song is playable in the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero
  • The Gourds - Starman: Rare and Exclusive Versions of 18 Classic David Bowie Songs, CD premium from the March 2003 issue of Uncut magazine; this version also appears on BowieMania: Mania, une collection obsessionelle de Beatrice Ardisson (2007)
  • The Spiders from Mars - The Mick Ronson Memorial Concert (2001); the Spiders here consisting of Joe Elliott (vocals, acoustic guitar), Bill Nelson (guitar), Trevor Bolder (bass), Woody Woodmansey, (drums), Billy Rankin (guitar), and Phil Lanzon (keyboards)
  • Nina Hagen
  • The Galician rock band Heredeiros Da Crus made a parody cover called "Sipri Starlux", it was included in their self-produced CD "Recambios Tucho"