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  1. Bowie partially based the lyrics on his own experiences with drug addiction throughout the 1970s. Released as the album's lead single on 1 August 1980, "Ashes to Ashes" became Bowie's second No. 1 UK single and his fastest-selling single. The song's music video, co-directed by Bowie and David Mallet, was at the time the most expensive music ...

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  2. Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie - discover this song's samples, covers and remixes on WhoSampled.

  3. Aug 23, 2022 · When Ashes To Ashes was released, however, with the Lodger track Move On as its UK B-side, and Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’s opening track, It’s No Game (No.1), as the US flip, Bowie was once again being feted as the most innovative force in pop music.

  4. Mar 3, 2024 · According to ska staples Madness, the drums for ‘Ashes to Ashes’ were directly inspired by their songMy Girl’. Drummer Dan Woodgate explained how the piece inspired Bowie in their memoir Before We Was We.

  5. Aug 1, 2021 · Inspiration can come from anywhere, as they say. Bowie’s sinister futurism on the 1980 hit took some of its cues from Kaye’s version of the famous lullaby ‘Inchworm’ performed in the obscure 1952 musical, Hans Christian Andersen.

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