David BowieStatistics

Detailed concert and song statistics on David Bowie based on 1052 concerts.

Setlists: 1052

Number of songs performed: 19587

Number of unique songs performed: 221

Number of tags performed: 18

Number of covers performed as songs: 2329

Number of covers performed as tags: 8

First concert: Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, United Kingdom - 26. Dec 1968

Last concert: Eichenring, Scheeßel, Germany - 25. Jun 2004

Show Length

Each column represents the number of songs performed in a concert.

Number of Tags (18)

Each column represents the number of tags performed in a concert. Note that concerts without tags are left out of this graph.

Number of Encores

Each column represents the number of encores in a concert. Note that concerts without any encores are left out of this graph.

Statistics by Year

Year	Total concerts	Songs performed	Tags performed	Unique songs performed	Encore songs performed
1968	1	9	0	9	0
1971	3	30	0	19	0
1972	90	547	0	46	3
1973	77	767	0	33	1
1974	80	1464	1	36	164
1975	1	10	0	10	0
1976	64	954	0	17	46
1978	77	1695	0	26	189
1979	1	4	0	4	0
1980	1	3	0	3	0
1983	100	2454	0	32	316
1984	1	1	0	1	0
1985	1	4	0	4	0
1987	89	1870	0	32	218
1990	97	2072	5	39	304
1995	46	759	0	27	0
1996	62	1079	0	44	112
1997	88	1835	0	46	325
1999	12	163	0	20	27
2000	3	67	0	31	4
2001	2	4	0	3	0
2002	39	822	0	47	194
2003	40	960	1	56	167
2004	77	2014	11	58	288
Totals	1052	19587	18	221	2358

Statistics by Month

Month	Total concerts	Songs performed	Tags performed	Unique songs performed	Encore songs performed
1968 / December	1	9	0	9	0
1971 / June	2	16	0	13	0
1971 / September	1	14	0	14	0
1972 / January	3	29	0	20	0
1972 / February	10	48	0	21	0
1972 / March	7	0	0	0	0
1972 / April	3	0	0	0	0
1972 / May	10	55	0	29	0
1972 / June	12	51	0	19	0
1972 / July	5	48	0	20	0
1972 / August	3	49	0	21	0
1972 / September	10	41	0	18	0
1972 / October	10	91	0	25	2
1972 / November	11	66	0	17	1
1972 / December	6	69	0	16	0
1973 / January	5	64	0	15	0
1973 / February	8	40	0	22	0
1973 / March	4	46	0	18	0
1973 / April	9	129	0	24	1
1973 / May	18	201	0	25	0
1973 / June	31	253	0	30	0
1973 / July	2	34	0	19	0
1974 / June	16	303	0	23	49
1974 / July	16	309	0	26	53
1974 / September	12	256	0	27	16
1974 / October	18	329	0	30	32
1974 / November	17	250	1	20	12
1974 / December	1	17	0	17	2
1975 / November	1	10	0	10	0
1976 / February	20	298	0	16	5
1976 / March	19	284	0	17	20
1976 / April	14	209	0	15	14
1976 / May	11	163	0	15	7
1978 / March	2	47	0	24	2
1978 / April	19	407	0	25	39
1978 / May	21	464	0	26	55
1978 / June	21	475	0	23	59
1978 / July	1	24	0	24	3
1978 / November	7	147	0	22	15
1978 / December	6	131	0	22	16
1979 / December	1	4	0	4	0
1980 / September	1	3	0	3	0
1983 / May	12	307	0	31	27
1983 / June	18	440	0	28	56
1983 / July	19	471	0	27	61
1983 / August	18	446	0	27	54
1983 / September	9	222	0	26	29
1983 / October	10	236	0	24	35
1983 / November	10	240	0	25	40
1983 / December	4	92	0	26	14
1984 / September	1	1	0	1	0
1985 / July	1	4	0	4	0
1987 / May	4	102	0	27	13
1987 / June	14	360	0	26	38
1987 / July	13	353	0	29	36
1987 / August	16	427	0	31	47
1987 / September	17	432	0	30	55
1987 / October	12	196	0	28	29
1987 / November	13	0	0	0	0
1990 / February	1	20	0	20	0
1990 / March	15	364	0	28	46
1990 / April	15	349	0	30	47
1990 / May	14	305	0	28	40
1990 / June	17	313	0	28	42
1990 / July	16	337	4	29	59
1990 / August	14	286	0	23	54
1990 / September	5	98	1	25	16
1995 / August	1	18	0	18	0
1995 / September	9	134	0	18	0
1995 / October	18	267	0	22	0
1995 / November	13	240	0	23	0
1995 / December	5	100	0	22	0
1996 / January	12	224	0	28	11
1996 / February	14	212	0	24	12
1996 / June	14	297	0	27	46
1996 / July	13	226	0	24	25
1996 / September	5	91	0	28	18
1996 / October	4	29	0	22	0
1997 / January	3	44	0	33	3
1997 / February	2	9	0	8	0
1997 / June	17	389	0	28	8
1997 / July	20	375	0	30	74
1997 / August	10	227	0	31	52
1997 / September	16	372	0	34	88
1997 / October	14	321	0	36	80
1997 / November	4	84	0	26	20
1997 / December	2	14	0	11	0
1999 / August	1	12	0	12	0
1999 / October	5	57	0	16	14
1999 / November	3	41	0	19	0
1999 / December	3	53	0	18	13
2000 / June	3	67	0	31	4
2001 / February	1	2	0	2	0
2001 / October	1	2	0	2	0
2002 / February	1	2	0	2	0
2002 / June	3	68	0	35	9
2002 / July	12	256	0	37	63
2002 / August	9	152	0	25	25
2002 / September	6	147	0	40	52
2002 / October	8	197	0	35	45
2003 / February	1	4	0	4	1
2003 / April	1	26	0	26	4
2003 / August	1	18	0	18	6
2003 / September	2	28	0	21	3
2003 / October	15	370	0	47	71
2003 / November	16	421	1	44	74
2003 / December	4	93	0	33	8
2004 / January	13	352	2	46	65
2004 / February	12	325	2	47	47
2004 / March	8	216	2	44	32
2004 / April	16	437	4	45	64
2004 / May	17	423	1	47	42
2004 / June	11	261	0	43	38
Totals	1052	19587	18	221	2358

Songs

Top Songs

Name	Total
Fame	609 3.11%
The Jean Genie	594 3.03%
Rebel Rebel	564 2.88%
“Heroes”	528 2.70%
Suffragette City	474 2.42%
Stay	405 2.07%
Ziggy Stardust	403 2.06%
Fashion	393 2.01%
Life on Mars?	386 1.97%
Changes	367 1.87%
Ashes to Ashes	350 1.79%
Station to Station	347 1.77%
Let's Dance	329 1.68%
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)	321 1.64%
Space Oddity	310 1.58%
Breaking Glass	307 1.57%
Hallo Spaceboy	283 1.44%
Young Americans	273 1.39%
The Man Who Sold the World	264 1.35%
Hang On to Yourself	249 1.27%
Five Years	249 1.27%
Modern Love	249 1.27%
TVC15	243 1.24%
Moonage Daydream	241 1.23%
I'm Afraid of Americans	235 1.20%
Panic in Detroit	226 1.15%
All the Young Dudes	219 1.12%
Look Back in Anger	194 0.99%
What In The World	184 0.94%
Blue Jean	170 0.87%
Star	170 0.87%
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide	165 0.84%
Queen Bitch	164 0.84%
Be My Wife	162 0.83%
Diamond Dogs	161 0.82%
Cracked Actor	158 0.81%
The Hearts Filthy Lesson	152 0.78%
Quicksand	139 0.71%
Time	139 0.71%
Up the Hill Backwards	136 0.69%
Sound and Vision	123 0.63%
Outside	123 0.63%
Golden Years	121 0.62%
Battle for Britain (The Letter)	118 0.60%
New Killer Star	117 0.60%
The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)	116 0.59%
Heathen (The Rays)	115 0.59%
Sunday	113 0.58%
Andy Warhol	107 0.55%
Big Brother	104 0.53%
Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family	104 0.53%
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)	99 0.51%
Loving the Alien	98 0.50%
Strangers When We Meet	96 0.49%
The Width of a Circle	94 0.48%
The Motel	92 0.47%
The Loneliest Guy	91 0.46%
Little Wonder	90 0.46%
The Supermen	85 0.43%
Absolute Beginners	82 0.42%
Seven Years in Tibet	82 0.42%
Warszawa	81 0.41%
Soul Love	81 0.41%
Art Decade	80 0.41%
Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)	80 0.41%
We Prick You	77 0.39%
Looking for Satellites	76 0.39%
Sweet Thing	75 0.38%
Beauty and the Beast	75 0.38%
Blackout	73 0.37%
1984	72 0.37%
Word on a Wing	71 0.36%
Dead Man Walking	71 0.36%
Rock 'n' Roll With Me	71 0.36%
Sense of Doubt	71 0.36%
Slip Away	70 0.36%
Speed Of Life	70 0.36%
A Small Plot of Land	70 0.36%
Glass Spider	70 0.36%
Day-In Day-Out	70 0.36%
Reality	69 0.35%
'87 and Cry	69 0.35%
Time Will Crawl	69 0.35%
Sons of the Silent Age	69 0.35%
Never Let Me Down	68 0.35%
I Have Not Been to Oxford Town	67 0.34%
Watch That Man	67 0.34%
All the Madmen	67 0.34%
Future Legend	64 0.33%
Beat of Your Drum	63 0.32%
Afraid	62 0.32%
Teenage Wildlife	62 0.32%
Telling Lies	58 0.30%
Starman	57 0.29%
Days	56 0.29%
Jump They Say	55 0.28%
5:15 the Angels Have Gone	54 0.28%
John, I'm Only Dancing	45 0.23%
John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)	45 0.23%
Looking for Water	44 0.22%
Never Get Old	43 0.22%
A New Career in a New Town	41 0.21%
Drive-In Saturday	41 0.21%
Always Crashing in the Same Car	40 0.20%
Candidate	38 0.19%
The Last Thing You Should Do	37 0.19%
Dancing With the Big Boys	35 0.18%
V-2 Schneider	34 0.17%
I'm Deranged	34 0.17%
Memory of a Free Festival	33 0.17%
Can You Hear Me?	33 0.17%
Somebody Up There Likes Me	29 0.15%
Everyone Says 'Hi'	28 0.14%
Zeroes	28 0.14%
Red Sails	28 0.14%
It's Gonna Be Me	28 0.14%
Bring Me the Disco King	27 0.14%
Oh! You Pretty Things	27 0.14%
Fantastic Voyage	23 0.12%
Fall Dog Bombs the Moon	23 0.12%
Survive	23 0.12%
Boys Keep Swinging	22 0.11%
Joe the Lion	21 0.11%
I Would Be Your Slave	20 0.10%
D.J.	20 0.10%
The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud	20 0.10%
She'll Drive the Big Car	16 0.08%
Lady Stardust	15 0.08%
Pallas Athena	14 0.07%
Seven	13 0.07%
Thursday's Child	12 0.06%
The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell	11 0.06%
Repetition	11 0.06%
Song for Bob Dylan	10 0.05%
Can't Help Thinking About Me	9 0.05%
The Prettiest Star	9 0.05%
Something in the Air	8 0.04%
New York's in Love	8 0.04%
Weeping Wall	6 0.03%
Subterraneans	6 0.03%
The Bewlay Brothers	5 0.03%
Slow Burn	3 0.02%
Looking for a Friend	3 0.02%
A Better Future	2 0.01%
If I'm Dreaming My Life	2 0.01%
Thru' These Architects Eyes	2 0.01%
Fame '90	2 0.01%
Kooks	2 0.01%
Eight Line Poem	2 0.01%
Liza Jane	1 0.01%
Silly Boy Blue	1 0.01%
The London Boys	1 0.01%
I Dig Everything	1 0.01%
Janine	1 0.01%
An Occasional Dream	1 0.01%
Conversation Piece	1 0.01%
Ching-a-Ling	1 0.01%
When I Live My Dream	1 0.01%
When I'm Five	1 0.01%
Little Bombardier	1 0.01%
Bang Bang	1 0.01%
The Secret Life of Arabia	1 0.01%
Win	1 0.01%
She Shook Me Cold	1 0.01%

Top Tags

Name	Total
Space Oddity	6 33.33%
Station to Station	1 5.56%
Queen Bitch	1 5.56%
Golden Years	1 5.56%
Fame '90	1 5.56%
Gloria by Them	1 5.56%
Baby What You Want Me to Do by Jimmy Reed	1 5.56%
Do You Know the Way to San Jose by Burt Bacharach	1 5.56%
Y.M.C.A. by Village People	1 5.56%
Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles	1 5.56%
A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles	1 5.56%
Get It On by T. Rex	1 5.56%
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) by The Rolling Stones	1 5.56%

Top Covers

Name	Total
China Girl by Iggy Pop	421 18.08%
White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground	355 15.24%
Under Pressure by Queen	280 12.02%
Cactus by Pixies	151 6.48%
Sorrow by The McCoys	132 5.67%
I'm Waiting for the Man by The Velvet Underground	130 5.58%
Pretty Pink Rose by Adrian Belew	85 3.65%
Alabama Song by Kurt Weill	84 3.61%
Bang Bang by Iggy Pop	69 2.96%
O Superman by Laurie Anderson	67 2.88%
Nite Flights by Scott Walker	63 2.71%
My Death by Jacques Brel	50 2.15%
I've Been Waiting for You by Neil Young	48 2.06%
Let's Spend the Night Together by The Rolling Stones	48 2.06%
Sister Midnight by Iggy Pop	45 1.93%
Pablo Picasso by The Modern Lovers	37 1.59%
Gloria by Them	30 1.29%
Knock on Wood by Eddie Floyd	29 1.25%
Lust for Life by Iggy Pop	22 0.94%
Around & Around by Chuck Berry	16 0.69%
Foot Stompin' by The Flairs	16 0.69%
Love Me Do by The Beatles	16 0.69%
I Can't Read by Tin Machine	15 0.64%
Baby Universal by Tin Machine	14 0.60%
Amsterdam by Jacques Brel	13 0.56%
I Can't Explain by The Who	13 0.56%
Try Some, Buy Some by George Harrison	9 0.39%
Wild Is the Wind by Johnny Mathis	9 0.39%
I Wanna Be Your Dog by Iggy & The Stooges	9 0.39%
I Feel Free by Cream	8 0.34%
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow by Ohio Players	6 0.26%
Song 2 by Blur	3 0.13%
I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship by Legendary Stardust Cowboy	3 0.13%
Baby What You Want Me to Do by Jimmy Reed	3 0.13%
This Is Not America by Pat Metheny Group	2 0.09%
You and I and George by Stan Kenton	2 0.09%
Fill Your Heart by Biff Rose	2 0.09%
Buzz the Fuzz by Biff Rose	2 0.09%
Sweet Jane by The Velvet Underground	2 0.09%
You Got to Have a Job by James Brown	2 0.09%
This Boy by The Beatles	2 0.09%
Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks	1 0.04%
Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley & The Wailers	1 0.04%
Rumble by Link Wray	1 0.04%
I Feel So Bad by Chuck Willis	1 0.04%
One Night by Earl King	1 0.04%
America by Simon & Garfunkel	1 0.04%
Shopping for Girls by Tin Machine	1 0.04%
Dirty Blvd. by Lou Reed	1 0.04%
I'm a Hog for You by The Coasters	1 0.04%
Love Song by Lesley Duncan	1 0.04%
Life Is a Circus by Lesley Duncan	1 0.04%
Almost Grown by Chuck Berry	1 0.04%
It Ain't Easy by Ron Davies	1 0.04%
Baby, Please Don't Go by Big Joe Williams	1 0.04%
I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash	1 0.04%
Imagine by John Lennon	1 0.04%