10 Weirdest David Bowie Songs

10. Blackstar - Blackstar (2016)

This song and album certainly proved that right up until the end of his life, David Bowie was a constant innovator. The title track from his last studio offering, 2016's Blackstar features an all new band backing Bowie in the studio.

In a departure from his more rock and pop orientated output, this album saw David return to the genre that inspired him so much as a teen: jazz. Backed by New York jazz quartet the Donny McCaslin Band, the title track is a near ten-minute experimental art rock jazz fusion odyssey, with one of the oddest and most memorable drum grooves driving the song. Halfway through this experimental journey we are given a brief moment's calm, descending into an almost pop song, with Bowie reflecting upon life and mortality throughout.

The composition is also accompanied by one of the strangest music videos of all time, depicting the death of long-time recurring Bowie character Major Tom, who was the astronaut in David Bowie's first hit singe, 1969's Space Oddity.

Upon release, it was the longest single ever to break the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA at 9 minutes 57 seconds, until the release of Tool's Fear Inoculum in 2019.