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A spring 1978 performance from the "Heroes" tour was released on Stage and as the B-side of the live single " Breaking Glass" in 1978.The version played at the famous concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, London on 3 July 1973 was released on Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture.It was also released as a single in France and the United States in 1994–95. This version also appeared on the Japanese release of RarestOneBowie. A live version recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 20 October 1972 was released on Santa Monica '72 and Live Santa Monica '72.Both of these versions were released on the Bowie at the Beeb album in 2000. On Bowie again played the song at "Sounds of the 70s: John Peel", and this was broadcast on. Bowie recorded the song for the BBC radio programme "Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris" on 18 January 1972.The album version of the song was recorded in November 1971. The demo also appeared on the Ziggy Stardust - 30th Anniversary Reissue bonus disc in 2002. The original demo version of the song, recorded in February 1971, was released as a bonus track on the Rykodisc CD release of Ziggy Stardust in 1990. So Ziggy Stardust was a real compilation of things." He later explained in a 1990 interview for Q magazine that the Ziggy part came from a tailor's shop called Ziggy's that he passed on a train, and he liked it because it had "that Iggy connotation but it was a tailor's shop, and I thought, Well, this whole thing is gonna be about clothes, so it was my own little joke calling him Ziggy.

The Ziggy Stardust name came partly from the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, and partly, as Bowie told Rolling Stone Magazine, because Ziggy was "one of the few Christian names I could find beginning with the letter 'Z'". Other influences included the Legendary Stardust Cowboy and Kansai Yamamoto, who designed the costumes Bowie wore during the tour. The character was inspired by British rock 'n' roll singer Vince Taylor, whom David Bowie met after Taylor had a breakdown and believed himself to be a cross between a god and an alien, though Taylor was only part of the blueprint for the character. The song is one of four of Bowie's songs included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. 282 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song describes Bowie's alter ego Ziggy Stardust, a rock star who acts as a messenger for extraterrestrial beings. " Ziggy Stardust" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie for his 1972 concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. * Sales figures based on certification alone.Cover to Bowie's 1994 single of live versionįrom the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The album was released on 18 November 2013 in Italy, following Mika's appointment as a judge for season 7 of the Italian version of The X Factor. The version of "Stardust" and " Live Your Life" are exclusive to this release. 1 - I più grandi successi) Mika's first greatest hits compilation released in Italy. The song credited to Mika e Chiara was included in Songbook Vol.

It was certified 4 times platinum in Italy. The song became a number one single in the country for him for five non-consecutive weeks in November and December 2013. Mika and Chiara performed it live during the Final 4 stage emission of the Italian The X Factor on 7 December 2012. Chiara was the eventual winner in the sixth season of the Italian talent show X Factor. Italian version featuring Chiara Ī second bilingual version of the song in English and Italian featuring Italian singer Chiara (full name Chiara Galiazzo) was a huge success in Italy.