Ashes to Ashes (single version)
~ Recording by David Bowie
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 2.4 | Ashes to Ashes | ?:?? | The 5th Dimension | 22 of Their Fabulous Hits | The 5th Dimension | Album + Compilation |
| Bell Records (50s-70s US/UK pop, later became Arista) | P2 13224 |
| 1.1 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:35 | David Bowie | Ashes to Ashes | David Bowie | Single |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | BOW 6 |
| 1.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:39 | David Bowie | ChangesTwoBowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | BOW LP3 |
| 1.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:39 | David Bowie | ChangesTwoBowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | AFL1-4202 |
| 10.1 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:36 | David Bowie | Fashions | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | BOWP 100 |
| 1.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:39 | David Bowie | ChangesTwoBowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD 84202 |
| 1.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:39 | David Bowie | ChangesTwoBowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PCD1-4202 |
| 4.4 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:35 | David Bowie | Sound + Vision | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc | RCD 90120, RCD 90121, RCD 90122, RCDV 1018 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | The Singles 1969 to 1993 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc | RCD 10218/19 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | The Singles 1969 to 1993 Featuring His Greatest Hits (limited edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc | RCD 10218/19 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | The Singles 1969 to 1993 (club edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc | RCD 10218/19 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:34 | David Bowie | The Singles featuring His Greatest Hits | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc, Time–Life Music | RTL 90218/19 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Millennium Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited), Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | 585 642-2 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 41912 2 0 | |
| 2.1 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 41930 2 6 |
| 1.11 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Canada | 7243 5 42242 2 5 |
| 1.12 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 42346 2 0 |
| 1.13 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (日本選曲盤) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | TOCP-67061 |
| 1.12 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 41917 2 5 |
| 1.12 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 41914 2 8 |
| 1.10 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 42075 2 5 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 539 8212, 7243 5 39821 2 6 |
| 1.9 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:35 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 41916 2 6 | |
| 2.1 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 42244 2 3 |
| 1.18 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 42383 2 1 |
| 1.14 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 41899 2 0 |
| 2.1 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 41925 2 4 |
| 1.16 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 41918 2 4 |
| 1.10 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 41898 2 1 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (Glass mastered at TAKT) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 539 8212, 7243 5 39821 2 6 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 39821 2 6 |
| 1.11 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 41929 2 0 |
| 1.11 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo) | 724354191527 |
| 1.11 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 2-419293 |
| 1.11 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (no indication of Parlophone or 419293-PRL2 anywhere on this release) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 41929 2 0 |
| 1.11 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (limited edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 72435 9 5692 0 8 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:36 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (deluxe edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.13 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (日本選曲盤／Best of the Best) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | TOCP-53406 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (limited edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 77949 2 3 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:36 | David Bowie | Real Eighties: Hits plus Extended Mixes | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD709 |
| 3.2 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | The Platinum Collection | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 0946 3 31304 2 5, 331 3042 |
| 1.3 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | The Very Best of Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 0946 3 49894 2 8, 3498942 |
| 3.2 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:36 | David Bowie | The Platinum Collection (BMG Direct edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 09463-31304-2-5, D217100 |
| 3.2 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:36 | David Bowie | The Platinum Collection | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) | 0946 3 44076 2 5, D217100 |
| 1.13 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (日本選曲盤) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| TOCP-53608 | |
| 1.13 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (日本選曲盤) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| WPCR-50111 | |
| 1.16 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | The No.1 DJ Collection: 80's, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | CD147 |
| 1.3 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | This Is '80s New Wave | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Cleopatra Records (US label, predominantly industrial/goth, and low budget compilations), Universal Music Special Markets | CLP 1664 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:37 | David Bowie | The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | Parlophone | ||
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 00946 3 86478 2 9 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:37 | David Bowie | The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 0946-3-86587-2-6 |
| 3.2 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | The Platinum Collection | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 0946 3 44076 2 5, 344 0762 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie / Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 50999 242912 2 4 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (gift pack) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| NVD-1364, TOCP-70655, TOCP-70656 | |
| 5.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:35 | David Bowie | 100% New Wave | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 50999 2425552 3 |
| 2.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Simply the Best Electro Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music New Zealand | 5186582622 |
| 1.24 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:35 | David Bowie | Anthems: Alternative 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ministry of Sound | |
| 1.13 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:38 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (日本選曲盤) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| TOCP-54319 | |
| 2.4 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:35 | David Bowie | Anthems: Alternative 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ministry of Sound | MOSCD273 |
| 1.21 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:36 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 2.14 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:36 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. (deluxe edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 825646205769, DB64143 |
| 2.14 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:36 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875030982SC1 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88875030991 |
| 1.21 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:36 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:35 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.21 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:35 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. (standard edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | WPCR-16184, WPCR-16185 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:35 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. (Japan edition 通常盤) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | WPCR-16187 |
| 2.14 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:35 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. (deluxe edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | WPCR-16181, WPCR-16182, WPCR-16183 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:35 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. (Japan edition 初回限定価格盤) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | WPCR-16186 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:35 | David Bowie | Het beste uit radio1 classics 100, volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Benelux (imprint of Warner Music Benelux BV and Warner Music Benelux NV) | 0825646127207 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:36 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 2564620569 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:38 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:38 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 190295919900 |
| 1.21 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:36 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 190295919870, DB 64162 |
| 1.21 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:36 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985376602 |
| 1.21 | Ashes to Ashes (Single Version) [2014 Remaster] | 3:37 | David Bowie | Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) (deluxe) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label), Parlophone | 5878725 | |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:35 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | DBLP64161 |
| 11.8 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:37 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 0190295843014; DBX 3 |
| 9.8 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:37 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 12.8 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:37 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | Parlophone | DBXL 3 | |
| 11.8 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:37 | David Bowie | A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | PCS-939, WPCR-17897, WPCR-17898, WPCR-17899, WPCR-17900, WPCR-17901, WPCR-17902, WPCR-17903, WPCR-17904, WPCR-17905, WPCR-17906, WPCR-17907 |
| 1.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:37 | David Bowie | ChangesTwoBowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | Parlophone | 0190295740511, CTBCDX 2018 | |
| 1.5 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:37 | David Bowie | ChangesTwoBowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.16 | Ashes to Ashes (single version (2014 remaster)) | 3:38 | David Bowie | House of Gucci: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only) | |
| 1.16 | Ashes to Ashes (single version 2014 remaster) | 3:38 | David Bowie | House of Gucci: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only) | |
| 1.21 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:36 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 5054197611896 |
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes (single version) | 3:38 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 5054197611889 |
| 1.5 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:39 | David Bowie | ChangesTwoBowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PCD1-4202 |
| 1.16 | Ashes to Ashes | 3:39 | David Bowie | The No.1 DJ Collection: 80s (Digital Collection) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | SET479 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.2 | Ashes to Ashes (edited version) | 3:35 | David Bowie | The Continuing Story of Major Tom | David Bowie | Single |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | DJL1-3795 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 5.9 | Ashes to Ashes [8-80] | 3:37 | David Bowie | Fifty Two Years: The Complete Singles | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| producer: | David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) Tony Visconti |
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| mixer: | Tony Visconti |
| recorded at: | Power Station Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (in 1980-02) Good Earth Studios in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1980-04) |
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| recording of: | Ashes to Ashes (from 1980-02 until 1980-04) |
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Related works
Ashes to Ashes
| lyricist and composer: | David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) |
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| publisher: | EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) RZO Music Ltd Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) Tintoretto Music |
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| is the basis for: | Body II Body |
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