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Five Years (David Bowie song)

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"Five Years"
Song

"Five Years" is a song written by David Bowie in 1972. It was the opening track on the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

The song tells of an Earth doomed to destruction in five years and the aftermath of this knowledge. Bowie is rumored to have chosen the length of time, five years, as a result of a dream in which his deceased father told him he must never fly again and would die in five years.

Live versions

Other releases

  • The compilations The Best of David Bowie (Japan 1974) and Starman (Russia 1989).

Cover versions


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