Song · David Bowie
“Sorrow” by David Bowie
From the EP Rebel Rebel / Queen Bitch / Sorrow / Amsterdam (1973)
“Sorrow” by David Bowie appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1991 and 2006. It was first released in 1973 on the EP Rebel Rebel / Queen Bitch / Sorrow / Amsterdam. Its best result is #397 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,206 alternative song of all time.
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"Sorrow" was already secondhand goods by the time David Bowie got his hands on it in 1973. The McCoys first cut it in 1965, tucked away on the flip side of their take on "Fever", and a British cover turned it into a big UK hit the following year. Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer wrote it, and the Beatles thought enough of it to borrow one of its lines for "It's All Too Much".
Bowie co-produced his version with Ken Scott, and it went out on a four-track EP alongside "Rebel Rebel", "Queen Bitch" and "Amsterdam". For a glam-rock peacock, reaching back for a moody mid-'60s pop song was a curveball, and it paid off: his reading charted worldwide.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 580 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 1279 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 925 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 397 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 398 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 419 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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