Life On Mars? (track)
by David Bowie
Life On Mars? appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- Hunky Dory (track #4) (this album) (1971)
- The Singles Collection (track #9) (compilation) (1993)
- The Best Of David Bowie 1969/1974 (track #16) (compilation) (1997)
- A Reality Tour (track #16) (2010)
- VH1 Storytellers (track #1) (2009)
- Live Santa Monica '72 (track #6) (1994)
- iSelect (track #1) (compilation) (2008)
- Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (track #8) (2017)
- Glastonbury 2000 (track #6) (2018)
- Serious Moonlight (Live '83) (track #8) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/06/2025 05:23 | plasmicmist | 7,423 | 90/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 19:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 52,349 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 17:57 | FlapJackJoey | 1,064 | 89/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 19:17 |  Superunknown | 506 | 86/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 14:27 | gmessian | 1,400 | 55/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 94.5/100, a mean average of 93.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 94.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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Squonk007 02/11/2024 13:53 | #301910
His best song.
AAL2014 03/18/2023 20:07 | #295149
Life On Mars? is of the most majestic mixes of lyrics, melody, and arrangement in our plane of existence. I don’t find what I said to be hyperbole either. We are privileged beings to have this song even exist.
Goliath 12/23/2021 11:47 | #277870
The nineteenth most iconic song of all time according to research, https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=62924.
So, is there Life On Mars? If there's one man that could make us believe, it was David Bowie.
StefanR10 12/29/2020 19:41 | #263435
i like the tension is mounting by the line the sailors fighting in the dance hall.
Legendary song, Bowie's best IMO.
llibnanoon 06/05/2020 16:00 | #252892
Simply a Musical MASTERPIECE!!
VictorVale 12/16/2018 11:58 | #227261
Obra-prima do gênio! Fantástica! O começo de Ziggy!
Goliath 11/12/2018 10:40 | #224638
Best song of all time? Not many other contenders I can think of. Wish You Were Here, Blackbird (Alterbridge), Bohemian Rhapsody, Stairway to Heaven, Imagine, Hey Jude, A Day in the Life, Satisfaction.......
I'm probably quite a mean scorer, but this is one of the few that gets 100/100. Absolutely superb song with a glorious piano, great lyrics and his vocal delivery is amazing. Heard him delivering it live - even later in his career - and it was still beautifully delivered. An all time classic here and if it is his response to the My Way lyric thing, it is some response
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