Song · David Bowie
“Where Are We Now?” by David Bowie
Released 2013
“Where Are We Now?” by David Bowie appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2013 and 2025. It was first released in 2013. Its best result is #31 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #212 alternative song of 2013.
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Nobody saw "Where Are We Now?" coming, and that was the idea. David Bowie let it slip onto iTunes without warning on January 8, 2013, his 66th birthday, as the lead single from The Next Day, his 25th studio album and his first new music since Reality in 2003. He had cut it in secret at the Magic Shop in New York in September and October 2011.
Henry Hey's piano and Bowie's keyboards set a somber tone, with Tony Levin on bass, Gerry Leonard on guitar, Zachary Alford on drums and strings from Tony Visconti, who produced it with Bowie. Critics welcomed its reflective mood after ten years of silence, and it climbed to No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart, his best showing since "Absolute Beginners" in 1986. It proved to be his final top-10 hit; he died in January 2016.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 58 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013 | 90 |
| 2013 | 31 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2013 | 135 |
| 2013 | 112 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 570 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2025 | 830 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: Where Are We Now.
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