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"Ashes to Ashes" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie from his 14th studio album, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980). Co-produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti , it was recorded from February to April 1980 in New York and London and features guitar synthesiser played by Chuck Hammer .
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The Record. How 'Ashes To Ashes' Put The First Act Of David Bowie's Career To Rest. October 6, 20178:00 AM ET. By. Jason Heller. Enlarge this image. David Bowie performing live in 1978. A new...
‘Ashes to Ashes’ is one of Bowie’s best, and popular, songs, for a variety reasons. Released in August 1980 as the first single from the Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) album, it became Bowie’s second #1 in the UK.
Aug 23, 2022 · Long recognised as one of the very best David Bowie songs, Ashes To Ashes was “the end of something” Bowie observed. “I was wrapping up the 70s really for myself, and that seemed a good enough epitaph for it – that we’ve lost [Major Tom], he’s out there somewhere, we’ll leave him be.”.
Aug 1, 2021 · The first single from Bowie’s 14th album Scary Monsters (and Super Freaks), ‘Ashes To Ashes’ defied all the odds and became a UK number one. Given the song’s compositional aspects, this is an incredible feat.
Aug 23, 2021 · By MusicRadar. published 23 August 2021. This week 41 years ago, David Bowie was at no.1 in the UK with Ashes To Ashes and a chance encounter on the set of its video had a profound effect on him.
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Apr 18, 2023 · The David Bowie of Let’s Dance was a world away from the guy in the Ashes To Ashes video. Clean-cut, healthy, handsome, he was also unambiguously hetero: the video for China Girl featured him shagging on the beach, in a nod to the 1953 film From Here To Eternity.
