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David Bowie

Ashes to Ashes

1980 · via Tears for Fears

David Bowie wrote “Ashes to Ashes” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1980. Also recorded by Fritz von Runte (released 2011), A Perfect Circle (released 2003) and Bojan Z (released 2006), among 211 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes
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Their take on "Ashes to Ashes" is a fond borrowing. Spin the 1980 original right after it and you'll hear exactly what they decided to keep.

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Credited writer: David Bowie.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1980.

Other recordings on file · first release year

211 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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