David Bowie's 12 Favorite Songs of His Own
In 2008, David Bowie personally selected 12 of his own songs for the compilation 'iSELECT: BOWIE', released to readers of the UK's 'Mail on Sunday' and later as an official CD and digital edition. The tracklist includes deep cuts like 'Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)' from 'Diamond Dogs', 'The Bewlay Brothers' from 'Hunky Dory', 'Lady Grinning Soul' from 'Aladdin Sane', 'Win' from 'Young Americans', 'Some Are' (exclusive to this compilation), 'Teenage Wildlife' from 'Scary Monsters', 'Repetition' and 'Fantastic Voyage' from 'Lodger', 'Loving the Alien' from 'Tonight', a new remix of 'Time Will Crawl', and a live version of 'Hang On To Yourself' from 'Live Santa Monica '72'. Notably, 'Life on Mars?' is Bowie's number one favorite. The compilation omits hits from 'Low' and 'Heroes', and includes only one track from 'Ziggy Stardust'. Bowie provided casual annotations on his inspirations and recording processes for each song.
Key facts
- David Bowie selected 12 of his own songs for the 2008 compilation 'iSELECT: BOWIE'.
- The compilation was first released to readers of the UK's 'Mail on Sunday'.
- The tracklist includes 'Life on Mars?', 'Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing', 'The Bewlay Brothers', 'Lady Grinning Soul', 'Win', 'Some Are', 'Teenage Wildlife', 'Repetition', 'Fantastic Voyage', 'Loving the Alien', 'Time Will Crawl (MM Remix)', and 'Hang On To Yourself [live]'.
- 'Life on Mars?' is Bowie's number one favorite song of his own.
- None of the 12 selections except 'Life on Mars?', 'Loving the Alien', and 'Time Will Crawl' were released as singles.
- No songs from the albums 'Low' and 'Heroes' are included.
- Only one track from 'Ziggy Stardust' is included, and it is not 'Ziggy Stardust'.
- Bowie provided handwritten inspirations and recording process notes for each song.
Entities
Artists
Institutions
- Mail on Sunday
- PopMatters
- Allmusic
Locations
- UK