10 Greatest David Bowie Songs

10. Space Oddity

This is what launched David Bowie into the proverbial stratosphere. This is easily one of Bowie's signature songs and no list can be complete without it. It solidified his style as an extremely conceptual songwriter with a psychedelic edge.

It always seems that the longer the song goes on, the more grandiose it gets. Every element of the song is brought in so gently that you hardly notice just how much is going on by the time it ends. The softly strumming guitar, the low horns, the military-esque drums. They all creep up on you so subtly but so effectively.

It's no wonder that this is one of four Bowie songs that was included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Without this song, we may not have been blessed with the stellar career of his we have the pleasure of enjoying. Space Oddity is the definition of an essential Bowie track.