David Bowie - Statistics

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

Setlists 1052

Songs performed 19587

Unique songs performed 221

Tags performed 18

Covers performed as songs 2329

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%