The Man Who Sold the World
~ Recording by David Bowie
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | SR-61325 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 6338 041 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | AFL-4816, LSP-4816 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:53 | David Bowie | Space Oddity / The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Single |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), MainMan | 74-0876 |
| 4.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:55 | David Bowie | Fashions | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | BOWP 100 |
| 2.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Space Oddity / The Man Who Sold the World (2 disques LP set) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | NL 37727 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | NL 14654 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD84654 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PCD1-4816 |
| 1.6 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | David Bowie | Sound + Vision | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc | RCD 90120, RCD 90121, RCD 90122, RCDV 1018 |
| 1.6 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | David Bowie | Sound + Vision | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc | RACS 0120 |
| 1.6 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:54 | David Bowie | Sound + Vision (DMM + clear vinyl) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Ryko Analogue | RALP0120/21/22-2 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World (Ryko remaster) | David Bowie | Album |
| Rykodisc | RCD 10132 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World (Ryko remaster) | David Bowie | Album |
| Rykodisc | RCD 10132 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album | EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CDEMC 3573, CDP 79 1837 2 | |
| 1.6 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | David Bowie | Sound + Vision | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc | RCD 90120, RCD 90121, RCD 90122, RCDROM 1018 |
| 1.6 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | David Bowie | Sound + Vision | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc | RCD 90130, RCD 90131, RCD 90132 |
| 1.18 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) | 7243 8 21849 2 8 |
| 1.18 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 8 21849 2 8, 821 8492 |
| 1.17 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | TOCP-50138 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:55 | David Bowie | The 24K Gold Collection: Golden Years | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Rykodisc | D207358 |
| 1.18 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 8 21849 2 8, 8218492 |
| 1.18 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CDEMCJ (WF) 5737 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| Rykodisc | RCD 80132 |
| 1.18 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | Essential David Bowie: Best of 1969–1974 (limited edition 1998) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 72438-21320-2-8 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World (24‐bit digitally remastered, made by EMI Uden) | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 521 9010, 7243 521901 0 2 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World (clear tray) | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 521901 0 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) | 7243 521901 0 2 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| 東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label - check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007-06-29) | TOCP-65306 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | David Bowie | Life on Mars? | David Bowie | Single |
| EMI Music France (1994–2013) | |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 41901 2 4 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 41930 2 6 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 39821 2 6 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 41925 2 4 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 41916 2 6 | |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 42383 2 1 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 42244 2 3 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 42075 2 5 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 39821 2 6 |
| 1.6 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Sound + Vision | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 07243 594512 2 0, 07243 594513 2 9, 07243 594514 2 8, 07243 594515 2 7 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (deluxe edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (limited edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 77949 2 3 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| 東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label - check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007-06-29) | TOCP-53529 |
| 1.18 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | The Platinum Collection | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 0946 3 31304 2 5, 331 3042 |
| 1.18 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | The Platinum Collection | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) | 0946 3 44076 2 5, D217100 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| 東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label - check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007-06-29) | TOCP-70142 |
| 1.19 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:54 | David Bowie | Kurt Cobain: About a Son | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Barsuk Records | bark68 |
| 1.18 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | The Platinum Collection | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 0946 3 44076 2 5, 344 0762 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie / Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 50999 242912 2 4 |
| 1.13 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:55 | David Bowie | 100% Bittersweet Melodies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Belgium | EMI 2377042 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie (gift pack) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| NVD-1364, TOCP-70655, TOCP-70656 | |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI Music Japan Inc. (2007-06-30 to 2013-04-01 - record company, do NOT USE as release label - check the back cover or CD surface for the imprint) | TOCP-95042 |
| 1.6 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Sound + Vision (fatbox in cardboard slipcase) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | DBSAVX 1 |
| 1.6 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Sound + Vision (fatbox in cardboard slipcase) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | WPCR-16096, WPCR-16097, WPCR-16098, WPCR-16099 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 3.15 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. (deluxe edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 825646205769, DB64143 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 3.15 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875030982SC1 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. (standard edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | WPCR-16184, WPCR-16185 |
| 3.15 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | David Bowie | Nothing has changed. (deluxe edition) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | WPCR-16181, WPCR-16182, WPCR-16183 |
| 2.8 | The Man Who Sold the World (2015 remastered version) | 4:01 | David Bowie | Five Years (1969–1973) (192kHz/24bit) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | Parlophone | 825646034963 | |
| 2.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:01 | David Bowie | Five Years (1969–1973) (96kHz/24bit) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | Parlophone | 825646034956 | |
| 2.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | ?:?? | David Bowie | Five Years 1969–1973 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | DBX 1 |
| 2.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | ?:?? | David Bowie | Five Years 1969–1973 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | Parlophone | DBXL 1 | |
| 2.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Five Years 1969–1973 (pre-order exclusive version) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | Parlophone | DBXL 1 | |
| 2.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:01 | David Bowie | Five Years 1969–1973 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 825646284085, DBX 1 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:01 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| Parlophone | 0825646283446 |
| 2.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:01 | David Bowie | Five Years 1969–1973 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | WPCR-16710, WPCR-16711, WPCR-16712, WPCR-16713, WPCR-16714, WPCR-16715, WPCR-16716, WPCR-16717, WPCR-16718, WPCR-16719, WPCR-16720, WPCR-16721 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:01 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World (2015 remaster) | David Bowie | Album |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| Parlophone | 2564628344 |
| 1.7 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 190295919900 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985376602 |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 190295919870, DB 64162 |
| 1.6 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:59 | David Bowie | Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) (deluxe) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label), Parlophone | 5878725 | |
| 1.7 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:56 | David Bowie | Legacy | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | DBLP64161 |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:01 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World (1999 remaster) | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | |
| 1.8 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:00 | David Bowie | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), RCA Victor | 26.21100, LSP 4816 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | 1980 All Clear | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | DJL1-3545 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 2.21 | The Man Who Sold the World [6-73] | 3:58 | David Bowie | Fifty Two Years: The Complete Singles | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.16 | The Man Who Sold the World | 4:01 | David Bowie | David Bowie: The Early Years | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Revolver Records (UK independent rock label) | |
| 1.2 | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:58 | David Bowie | Best of Bowie | David Bowie | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| engineer: | Gerald Chevin Eddy Offord Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) |
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| producer: | Tony Visconti |
| mixer: | Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer) |
| remixer: | Tony Visconti |
| recorded at: | Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom |
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| remixed at: | Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom |
| has remixes: | The Man Who Sold the World (2020 mix) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/4mWahKerLaVddUjb8d1Q4Q [info] |
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| recording of: | The Man Who Sold the World |
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Related works
The Man Who Sold the World
| lyricist and composer: | David Bowie |
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| publisher: | BMG Blue Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher) Chrysalis Songs EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) RZO Music Ltd Screen Gems-EMI Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) Tintoretto Music Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1974) MainMan (in 1974) |
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