David Bowie: His Top 20 most played songs of the 21st Century revealed
With a back catalogue as varied and successful as David Bowie's, it's to his credit that it's difficult to define him by just one song.
We've already revealed exclusively on OfficialCharts.com that the star's most downloaded track is 1973's Life On Mars - see the full Top 40 rundown here - but unsurprisingly, it's a different story when it comes to radio play and streaming.
Numbers today released by music licensing company PPL, who compile the UK's airplay data, reveal His most played track of the 21st Century is his most recent solo Number 1 - 1983's Nile Rodgers-produced Let's Dance, with his Queen duet Under Pressure coming in second and Starman completing the Top 3.
MORE: David Bowie's Blackstar charging towards this week's Number 1
The Top 20 list, which appears below, spans three decades of Bowie recordings. The earliest is 1969's Space Oddity and the most recent is 1986's Absolute Beginners, which appears at Number 19 on the tally.
| 1 | LET'S DANCE | DAVID BOWIE |
| 2 | UNDER PRESSURE | DAVID BOWIE & QUEEN |
| 3 | STARMAN | DAVID BOWIE |
| 4 | ASHES TO ASHES | DAVID BOWIE |
| 5 | REBEL REBEL | DAVID BOWIE |
| 6 | SPACE ODDITY | DAVID BOWIE |
| 7 | LIFE ON MARS? | DAVID BOWIE |
| 8 | CHANGES | DAVID BOWIE |
| 9 | THE JEAN GENIE | DAVID BOWIE |
| 10 | CHINA GIRL | DAVID BOWIE |
| 11 | HEROES | DAVID BOWIE |
| 12 | MODERN LOVE | DAVID BOWIE |
| 13 | YOUNG AMERICANS | DAVID BOWIE |
| 14 | GOLDEN YEARS | DAVID BOWIE |
| 15 | SOUND AND VISION | DAVID BOWIE |
| 16 | FASHION | DAVID BOWIE |
| 17 | SORROW | DAVID BOWIE |
| 18 | DANCING IN THE STREET | DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER |
| 19 | ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS | DAVID BOWIE |
| 20 | ZIGGY STARDUST | DAVID BOWIE |
MORE: See where all of David Bowe's singles and albums have charted in the UK
In addition to the list, the PPL also confirmed that Bowie received over 360 million seconds of radio and TV airplay since 2000 - an impressive if not tricky figure to get your head around.
When it comes to streaming, music service Spotify has revealed that streams of Bowie's music saw a 2822% increase globally yesterday (January 11) as fans look back over his iconic tracks.
The most streamed song on the service was Heroes, followed by Let's Dance and the title track from his new album, Blackstar.
Relive David Bowie's incredible chart career in our gallery of his album artwork below:
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