“Fame” by David Bowie Original Painting 50s The single was first released

The single was first released in the UK in August 1973

staying there for five weeks

It remained at the top of the list for two weeks

but when he sang that song — that was the sign we had hit on something

it is said to have destroyed his self-imposed competitive rivalry to The Beatles

“Fame” by David Bowie Original Painting 50s The single was first releasedFame is a song recorded by David Bowie, initially released in 1975. It reached Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of 20 September 1975. Bowie would later describe the song as "nasty, angry", and fully admitted that the song was written "with a degree of malice" aimed at the Mainman management group with whom he had been working at the time. In 1990, Bowie reflected: "I'd had very upsetting management problems and a lot of that was built