"Five Years" is a song written by David Bowie and released in 1972. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Ken Scott (born April 20, 1947 in London) is an influential English Record producer and Recording engineer. " Soul Love " is a song written by David Bowie in for the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972 " Moonage Daydream " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 and first released as a single under the name Arnold Corns. " Starman " is a single by David Bowie, released in April 1972 " It Ain't Easy " is a song written and originally recorded by Ron Davies. " Lady Stardust " is a song written by David Bowie in for the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972 " Star " is a song written by David Bowie in 1972 for the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. " Hang Onto Yourself " is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 and released as a single under the name Arnold Corns. " Ziggy Stardust " is a song written by David Bowie in 1972 for the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars “ Suffragette City ” is a single by David Bowie. Recorded towards the end of the Ziggy Stardust sessions “Suffragette City” is a trademark piece " Rock 'n' Roll Suicide " is a song by David Bowie, originally released as the closing track on the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Events January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis Tennessee is renamed " Elvis Presley Blvd" January 20 - It was the opening track on the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

The song tells of an Earth doomed to destruction in five years and the aftermath of this knowledge. Bowie is rumored to have chosen the length of time, five years, as a result of a dream in which his deceased father told him he must never fly again and would die in five years.

Live versions

• Bowie played the song at the BBC show In Concert: John Peel on June 3, 1971. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. This was broadcast on June 20, 1971 and released in 2000 on the album Bowie at the Beeb. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Bowie at the Beeb is a compilation album by David Bowie, first released in 2000
• A version recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 20 October 1972 was released on Santa Monica '72. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Santa Monica '72 is a live album by David Bowie, recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 20 October 1972 during the
• Another version recorded on the "Heroes" tour at the Philadelphia Spectrum on April 28 or April 29, 1978, was released on Stage. "Heroes" (the quotation marks are part of the title for reasons of irony is an album by David Bowie, released in 1977 The Wachovia Spectrum (formerly known as the Spectrum (1967–1994 CoreStates Spectrum (1994–1998 and First Union Spectrum (1998–2003 is an Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Stage is David Bowie 's second live album released by RCA in 1978
• Bowie performed the song live on Old Grey Whistle Test. The Old Grey Whistle Test (usually abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) was an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971 It is included on the DVD version of Best of Bowie. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Best of Bowie (2002 is the most recent career-spanning Greatest hits album by multi-platinum recording artist David Bowie.
• The track was performed by Bowie with The Arcade Fire at the 2005 Fashion Rocks concert in New York as well as "Life On Mars?" and the The Arcade Fire's own song "Wake Up". Arcade Fire (often referred to as The Arcade Fire) is an Indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec and fronted by the husband and wife duo These recordings were made available on the iTunes Music Store in a virtual live EP.
• The track was to be the closing number of David's 1985 Live Aid set at London's Wembley Stadium but was dropped the day before the concert to allow time for the broadcast of the famous appeal video featuring "Drive" by The Cars as its soundtrack. Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Wembley Stadium is a Stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England. The Cars were an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s

Other releases

• The compilations The Best of David Bowie (Japan 1974) and Starman (Russia 1989). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

Cover versions

• Aslan - CD Single (1998)
• Cyclefly - "Blockbuster: A Glitter Glam Rock Experience" (2000). Aslan, the "Great Lion " is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by Cyclefly (typecased as CycleFly were an Alternative rock band from Cork Ireland.
• Endless - "The Dark Side Of David Bowie: A Tribute To David Bowie" (1997)
• Fish - "Songs From The Mirror" (1993)
• Seu Jorge recorded a Portuguese version for the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Derek William Dick, better known as Fish (born 25 April 1958, in Dalkeith, Midlothian) is a Scottish Progressive Seu Jorge (born June 8, 1970) ( Portuguese: ˈsew ˈʒɔxʒi is a Brazilian Musician, Singer/songwriter and Actor Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Anderson 's fourth feature length Film, released in the U (2004)
• Marian Gold – (United) (1999)
• Golden Smog - Live Recording 16 April 1996
• Low Max - Live Recording
• The Outcasts - 5-track mini-LP, "Seven Deadly Sins", "Blood and Thunder" & "Seven Deadly Sins" CD (1997)
• Frank Sidebottom - "Frank's Firm Favourites"
• The Polyphonic Spree - the track was made available on the band's website. Marian Gold (born Hartwig Schierbaum 26 May 1954, Herford, Germany) is the lead Singer of the German Synthpop Golden Smog are a loosely connected group of musicians (arguably a supergroup) comprised at various times of members of Soul Asylum, The Replacements Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Frank Sidebottom is the stage name and persona of the English comedian and musician Chris Sievey. The Polyphonic Spree is a self-described " choral symphonic rock " group from the Dallas Texas area They occasionally played it while supporting Bowie on his Reality tour. Reality, in everyday usage means "the state of things as they actually exist"
• Brian Molko - Live on France2 (2004)
• Uncredited live performance included as a "bonus track" on the tribute album ". Brian Molko (born December 10, 1972, in Belgium) is a Songwriter, Lead vocalist and Guitarist of the band Placebo "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " 2 Contamination: A Tribute to David Bowie" (2006)
• The Enemy - Live Recording 12 March 2007