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"Absolute Beginners" is a song written and performed by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Recorded in August of 1985, and released on 3 March 1986, it was the theme song to the 1986 film of the same name (itself an adaptation of the book Absolute Beginners).
Absolute Beginners is a 1986 British musical film adapted from Colin MacInnes' book about life in late 1950s London, directed by Julien Temple.The film stars Eddie O' Connell, Patsy Kensit, James Fox, Edward Tudor-Pole, Anita Morris, and David Bowie, with featured appearances by Sade Adu, Ray Davies, and Steven Berkoff.
This subsection and 'Posthumous music video singles' lists music videos that were prepared to accompany single releases. See the subsection titled 'Music video films' for projects where music videos were originally conceived as films (a single video in a wider filmic setting or collection of music videos produced as a single project, or an amalgam of both); and the subsection titles 'Music ...
Absolute Beginners: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack album to the 1986 film Absolute Beginners. "Absolute Beginners" (David Bowie song), a 1986 single by David Bowie, title song from the above film. Absolute Beginners, a 2023 Polish television series; Absolute Beginners, a play written by Trevor Griffiths for the 1974 ...
Bowie's 1975 song "Fame" features contributions from former Beatle John Lennon. [70] On top of covering Lennon's songs over his career, [71] Bowie performed a one-off live cover of "Imagine" on the final date of the 1983 Serious Moonlight Tour to mark the third anniversary of Lennon's death. The performance was uploaded to YouTube in 2016. [72]
Bowie also released 28 video albums and 72 music videos. [1] Throughout his lifetime, Bowie sold at least 100 million records worldwide. [2] In 2012, Bowie was ranked ninth best selling singles artist in United Kingdom with 10.6 million singles sold. [3] As of January 2016, 12.09 million David Bowie singles had been sold in Britain. [4]
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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ ˈ b oʊ i / BOH-ee), [1] was an English singer, songwriter, musician and actor. . Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1