Top 10 Songs You Didn't Know Were Written By David Bowie

Did you know Bowie wrote for people other than himself? For this video, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 10 Songs You Didn't Know Were Written by David Bowie. Featuring classic tunes he penned for Iggy Pop, Feathers, the Beanstalkers, and more! Let us know in the comments what your all-time favourite Bowie song is.

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[WatchMojoUK]

How about something from one of Bowie's good friends?
Top 10 Songs You Didn't Know Were Written by John Lennon

[trinaq]

Bowie could sing and write and play music, everything he touched turned to gold. He's still missed, almost a decade later. 💔😇

[jtmichaelson]

Ever notice how when someone covers Bowie, they sing like him.

[rogdodge]

Bowie could have recorded any of these. They all sound so him!

[patriciahargraves]

Diamond Dogs album and Low. These are two from my top 10 bowie albums. I just can't narrow it down to one song, it's hard to pick just one album by Bowie. The man had God given talent and was a trendsetter. He left us with such a diverse and widely individualisíc catalog of music; not to mention individual memories with friends or concerts, memories with friends, happiness, sorrow, love and grief. I saw Bowie, live in 1976 and many times after up until 2004. I had tickets to go see David Bowie for the Glass Spider tour but was in a very bad car accident which left me paralyzed when I was 23. The one good thing was that Bowie always so great to his loyal fans, that he sent me flowers. Thanks to my brother who was friends with the DJ on WMMR and they were having a call in with Bowie so my brother tried to get him to visit me in the hospital; which I probably would have killed my brother for. I had gone through the windshield and I didn't look my greatest. I had my head shaved with a 200 and some staples in my scalp. But he was such a gentleman. I could not believe he sent me flowers. I actually thought it was a family member doing it but when I saw the handwriting I knew it was he (David). Now I am going to be 60 in a few months and my heartbreaks due to the death of a few close friends and at times when I hear one of his songs still, because in my heart he was a friend. Rest among the dearly departed, Mr. Bowie, Mark, and Wayne.
❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹

[hawkpaul]

How is it possible to have a favourite Bowie song? My list is at least a hundred long.

[steve]

I really like all of your videos that I've watched today. Just found you today as a matter of fact! I would enjoy seeing pictures of the actual people performing the songs rather than just seeing the artist that wrote the songs. We all know it Bowie looks like and Lennon and McCartney. But we at least in the United States are not familiar with some of the bands mentioned here.

[goreegirl]

Leave it to Bowie to give away one of the greatest rock anthems ever just to keep Mott the Hoople together. So cool...miss him so much. No one around to surprise us anymore.

[billstevenson]

The Glasgow band is the Beatstalkers...not Bean. They also covered another Bowie track, When I'm Five on their final single

[evadedenbach]

Fun fact: David Bowie changed his last name from David Jones to David Bowie to prevent people confusing David Bowie with Davy Jones from the Monkees

[davidcopson]

I did know about most of these. That clip of Feathers performing Ching-a-ling reveals that part of the song at least morphed into Saviour Machine from Bowie's third album The Man Who Sold the World.

[claire-christmas-august]

sublime..

he could sing my
shopping list and i’d be right chuffed.!
😉😉😉

🕯🥺
still surreal, he’s no longer.

✌🏻🌏🇦🇺🤘🏻

[debbiehanisch]

Gavourite Bowie song...Bewley Brothers on Hunky Dory which is also my fav Bowie record along with Aladinsane.

[jamescurnick]

I really like seven from hours which is my fav bowie album!

[christinebarnes]

Scary monsters and super creeps, it came out at a time that I was working for boss who did not care about his employees.

[stephanieray]

What about "the man who sold the world'?!

[alukuhito]

The songs David Bowie wrote for other musicians:
‘I am Laser’ – Ava Cherry and the Astronettes
‘People from Bad Homes’ – Ava Cherry and the Astronettes
‘Things To Do’ – Ava Cherry and the Astronettes
‘I am Divine’ – Ava Cherry and the Astronettes
‘Madman’ – Cuddly Toys
‘Over the Wall We Go’ – Paul Nicholas
‘Oh, You Pretty Things’ – Peter Noone
‘Growing Up and I’m Fine’ – Mick Ronson
‘Music Is Lethal’ – Mick Ronson
‘Hey Ma, Hey Pa’ – Mick Ronson
‘All the Young Dudes’ – Mott the Hoople
‘China Girl’ – Iggy Pop
‘Tonight’ – Iggy Pop
‘Sister Midnight’ – Iggy Pop
‘Lust For Life’ – Iggy Pop
‘Some Weird Sin’ – Iggy Pop
‘Turn Blue’ – Iggy Pop
‘Neighbourhood Threat’ – Iggy Pop
‘Fall In Love With Me’ – Iggy Pop
‘Nightclubbing’ – Iggy Pop
‘Funtime’ – Iggy Pop
‘Baby’ – Iggy Pop
‘Dum Dum Boys’ – Iggy Pop
‘Tiny Girls’ – Iggy Pop
‘Mass Production’ – Iggy Pop
‘Girls’ – Tina Turner

[julianaylor]

Bowie with a Beatle haircut in 1960s, looking unusually cute. Not our usual impression of him.

[deezmemes]

Ching A Ling was reworked and ended up on the album "The Man Who Sold The World" as the track "Saviour Machine". Bowie recycled numerous old tracks.

[CameronInBeni]

Great content but it could do with a couple of extra words in the title.
Top 10 songs you (mostly) didn't know, (which) were written by David Bowie.
There were at least 5 here that I've never even heard of and I've been a Bowie fan for over 50 years.
Great watch, nonetheless.