David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

Bowie's first big hit single of the 1980's and with more than a nod towards Major Tom (from Space Oddity) with the line about "a guy who's been in such an early song" and "my Mother said, to get things done, you'd better not mess with Major Tom" this was a huge number 1 in August 1980. It entered the top 40 at number 4 and went all the way to number 1 for 4 weeks and some say the song is quite introspective, but Bowie has given many an answer to what the song is really about.

The video to me is a very iconic video of the 1980's, from the drenched solarised colour, to the bulldozer with the New Romantic Blitz kids in front of it walking with Bowie, made it a classic piece of film, still one I can watch over and over! I never realised until now, the single didn't even get into the US charts, it peaked at 101.

Here's the sleeve and the label to the single, there were 3 different sleeves and this one has a set of stamps issued inside featuring photo's of him in the suit he wore for the video. Listen to the single and send yourself back to 1980