10 Weirdest David Bowie Songs

Coming from Bowie's most experimental album and the first album in the Berlin trilogy, 1977's Low, What In The World is a masterclass in experimental songwriting. It is built around a repetitive synthesiser pulsing sound created by synthesiser wizard Brian Eno over the top of a short simple pop chord sequence.

Around this time, David Bowie was increasingly interested in avant-garde experimentation, as this song features a whole host of non-sensical lyrics centred around isolation over its incredibly short two-and-a-half minute run time. David's friend and punk godfather Iggy Pop - who was recording an album produced by Bowie in the same studio - also contributes backing vocals to this short experimental composition.

Thanks to a device known as the Eventide Harmoniser brought to the sessions by producer Tony Visconti, the drum sound is processed in such a way that the snare drum in particular almost becomes a melodic element in the song. Purportedly able to mess with the fabric of time, according to Visconti, this unique drum sound and processing would remain a staple of much of Bowie's more experimental musical output.