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# The 10 Best David Bowie Music Videos

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## Melissa Locker


Jan 11, 2016 6:17 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Jan 11, 2016 6:17 PM UTC

David Bowie, who [passed away](http://time.com/4174815/david-bowie-death-cancer/) Sunday at the age of 69, was a music video pioneer. The artist started releasing clips in the late 1960s, and continued to explore the music video as an art form throughout his career. Just a few days before his death he released a new one, “[Lazarus](http://time.com/blogs/nme-blogs/how-david-bowie-told-us-he-was-dying-in-the-lazarus-video/),” a haunting and evocative piece featuring [Bowie](http://time.com/4174988/david-bowie-surprising-facts/) blindfolded in a hospital bed.

_Read next:_ [_11 Essential David Bowie Songs_](http://time.com/4174940/david-bowie-best-songs/)

### “Space Oddity”

The video for the track from the 1969 album _David Bowie_ is still iconic after all these years—an especially impressive feat since very few artists were making music videos back then. MTV didn’t launch until 12 years later.

### “Ashes to Ashes”

The song from 1980’s _Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)_ updates fans on the fate of Major Tom and serves as a reflective journey through Bowie’s career. The video is quintessential 1980s art house weirdness featuring Bowie dressed as Pierrot, contrasting colors and cameos by London scenesters. It cost £250,000 to produce and, [according to Song Facts](http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=684), at the time it was the most expensive music video ever made.

### “Underground”

While “[Magic Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvyNOg4jSRg)” may be the most memorable of Bowie’s contributions to the _Labyrinth_ soundtrack, the video for “Underground” is wild and weird. It seems to take equal parts inspiration from the Jim Henson movie, Bowie’s own life and A-Ha’s “Take on Me.”

### “Blue Jean”

The clip for “Blue Jean” isn’t strictly a music video, but rather a short film directed by the Sex Pistols’ Julien Temple. It stars Bowie in dual roles as a sort of Clark Kent/Superman, playing both a geeky guy trying to get the girl by convincing her he knows a famous rock star, as well as the rock star himself. The [long version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXvAaNcXNzI) known as “Jazzin’ for Blue Jean” ends with the director and the artist wondering if the ending is too “clever clever.”


### “I’m Afraid of Americans”

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor at his most intense stalks a terrified Bowie through the streets of New York City in the surprisingly violent _Taxi Driver_\-inspired video for the track from 1997’s _Earthling_.

### “Heroes”

The video for “Heroes” is nothing but a back lit Bowie, wearing an unzipped leather jacket, standing almost completely still singing the tune. Save for a few overlays, the video is highly unremarkable until you consider the massive amount of charisma necessary to keep viewers watching—that’s when Bowie’s true star power comes out to shine.


### “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)”

There may be nothing stranger in Bowie’s long career than seeing the musician and Tilda Swinton play an average suburban couple in this video for “[The Stars (Are Out Tonight)](http://time.com/3797694/through-the-directors-eyes-on-set-with-david-bowie-and-tilda-swinton/)” off of Bowie’s 2013 album, _The Next Day._ In the clip Bowie and Swinton do away with rumors that [they are the same person](http://flavorwire.com/373593/10-reasons-why-david-bowie-and-tilda-swinton-are-actually-the-same-person) to play some regular joes who are being stalked by younger, hipper versions of themselves.

### “Life On Mars?”


British rock photographer Mick Rock shot the video for “Life on Mars?” off of Bowie’s 1971 album _Hunky Dory._ The video is simple, featuring Bowie with blazing red hair in an ice blue suit with matching eye shadow singing, but the effect is memorable and lasting.

### “Thursday’s Child”

Seventeen years ago, Bowie was already confronting his lost youth in the video for “Thursday’s Child” off of 1999’s _Hours…_ The video is melancholy and contemplative, much like the perhaps under-appreciated song.

### “Blackstar”


Bowie’s long career is littered with references to science fiction and outer space, so it’s no surprise that one of his final videos returned to the stars. The ten-minute long short film for “Blackstar,” the title track off his 2015 album, is squarely in Bowie’s artsy wheelhouse. The video features imagery used in Bowie’s final video, “[Lazarus](https://youtu.be/y-JqH1M4Ya8)“, released just a few days before his death.

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