Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie)
Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) (also known as Legacy) is a greatest hits album by English musician David Bowie, released on 11 November 2016 through Sony Music Entertainment in the US and Warner Music Group in the UK and several territories.
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| Released | 11 November 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–2015 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:30:55 (2-disc) 77:04 (1-disc)  | |||
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The album's contents are mostly identical to the two-disc edition of Bowie's previous greatest hits album Nothing Has Changed (2014).[2] "Love Is Lost" and "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", which were present on Nothing Has Changed, are replaced by three new selections: "Lazarus" and "I Can't Give Everything Away", both from Bowie's final studio album Blackstar (2016), and the radio edit of the Heathen song "Slow Burn" (which also appears on the three-disc version of Nothing Has Changed).[3] Additionally, a new mix of "Life on Mars?" by Ken Scott, the song's original co-producer, replaces the original version from Hunky Dory (1971), and was released as a single and a special music video to promote the compilation.[3]
A one-disc version, with a non-chronological track listing, was also made available in some markets.[2] A vinyl LP is also available.
Track listing
    
All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.
Standard single disc version / Vinyl LP version
    
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of origin | Length | 
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| 1. | "Let's Dance" (Single version) | Let's Dance | 4:08 | |
| 2. | "Ashes to Ashes" (Single version) | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | 3:35 | |
| 3. | "Under Pressure" (with Queen) | Bowie, Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor | Hot Space | 4:08 | 
| 4. | "Life on Mars?" (2016 mix) | Hunky Dory | 3:35 | |
| 5. | "Changes" | Hunky Dory | 3:35 | |
| 6. | "The Man Who Sold the World" | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | |
| 7. | "Space Oddity" | David Bowie | 5:14 | |
| 8. | "Starman" (Single version) | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 4:08 | |
| 9. | "Ziggy Stardust" (Single version) | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 4:08 | |
| 10. | "The Jean Genie" (Single version) | Aladdin Sane | 4:05 | |
| 11. | "Rebel Rebel" | Diamond Dogs | 4:30 | |
| 12. | "Young Americans" (Single version) | Young Americans | 3:15 | |
| 13. | "Golden Years" (Single version) | Station to Station | 3:27 | |
| 14. | "Modern Love" (Single version) | Let's Dance | 3:58 | |
| 15. | "China Girl" (Single version) | Let's Dance | 4:15 | |
| 16. | "Fame" (Single version) | Young Americans | 4:16 | |
| 17. | "Sound and Vision" | Low | 3:03 | |
| 18. | "'Heroes'" (Single version) | "Heroes" | 3:33 | |
| 19. | "Where Are We Now?" | The Next Day | 4:09 | |
| 20. | "Lazarus" (Single version) | ★ | 4:05 | 
"Modern Love" is found in the US version only. In the UK/Europe version, Mick Jagger & David Bowie's "Dancing in the street" is in its place. The UK/Europe vinyl LP version includes “Oh, You Pretty Things” that is not included on the US vinyl LP version.
Deluxe 2-disc version
    
Disc one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of origin | Length | 
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| 1. | "Space Oddity" | David Bowie | 5:14 | |
| 2. | "The Man Who Sold the World" | The Man Who Sold the World | 3:57 | |
| 3. | "Changes" | Hunky Dory | 3:35 | |
| 4. | "Oh! You Pretty Things" | Hunky Dory | 3:12 | |
| 5. | "Life on Mars?" (2016 mix) | Hunky Dory | 3:49 | |
| 6. | "Starman" (Original single mix) | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 4:12 | |
| 7. | "Ziggy Stardust" | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 3:12 | |
| 8. | "Moonage Daydream" | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 4:39 | |
| 9. | "The Jean Genie" (Original single mix) | Aladdin Sane | 4:05 | |
| 10. | "All the Young Dudes" | Outtake from Aladdin Sane | 3:08 | |
| 11. | "Drive-In Saturday" | Aladdin Sane | 4:30 | |
| 12. | "Sorrow" | Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer | Pin Ups | 2:53 | 
| 13. | "Rebel Rebel" | Diamond Dogs | 4:30 | |
| 14. | "Young Americans" (US single version) | Young Americans | 3:13 | |
| 15. | "Fame" | Bowie, John Lennon, Carlos Alomar | Young Americans | 4:16 | 
| 16. | "Golden Years" (Single version) | Station to Station | 3:27 | |
| 17. | "Sound and Vision" | Low | 3:03 | |
| 18. | ""Heroes"" (Single version) | Bowie, Brian Eno | "Heroes" | 3:33 | 
| 19. | "Boys Keep Swinging" | Bowie, Eno | Lodger | 3:17 | 
| 20. | "Fashion" (Single version) | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | 3:26 | |
| 21. | "Ashes to Ashes" (Single version) | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | 3:35 | 
Disc two
Charts
    
Weekly charts
 
 
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Year-end charts
 
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Certifications
    
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales | 
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| Italy (FIMI)[38] | Gold | 25,000 | 
| United Kingdom (BPI)[39] | 2× Platinum | 600,000 | 
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