David Bowie tracks streamed one billion times

David Bowie tracks have been streamed one billion times via Spotify, the service has confirmed.

His most popular song is 1977 classic Heroes, which has been played more times than runners up Let’s Dance, Space Oddity, Life On Mars and Starman.

Heroes is the subject of two upcoming released from Parlophone. On September 22 a 40th anniversary picture disc will go on sale, while on September 29 the song is featured in compilation set A New Career In A New Town.

Listing the 19 most streamed Bowie tracks, a press release quoted the late icon saying in 2002: “The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity.”

See the full list below.

David Bowie’s most streamed Spotify tracks

Heroes
Let’s Dance
Space Oddity
Life On Mars
Starman
Rebel Rebel
Moonage Daydream
Changes
Ziggy Stardust
Modern Love
Fame
The Man Who Sold The World
China Girl
Oh! You Pretty Things
Sound & Vision
Where Are We Now?
This Is Not America
Ashes To Ashes
Young Americans

The Story Behind The Song: Heroes by David Bowie

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