David Bowie: His Top 20 most played songs of the 21st Century revealed

TV, radio and streaming figures reveal it's difficult to define Bowie by just one song.

With a back catalogue as varied and successful as David Bowie's, it's to his credit that it's difficult to define him by just one song.

We've already revealed exclusively on OfficialCharts.com that the star's most downloaded track is 1973's Life On Mars - see the full Top 40 rundown here - but unsurprisingly, it's a different story when it comes to radio play and streaming.

Numbers today released by music licensing company PPL, who compile the UK's airplay data, reveal His most played track of the 21st Century is his most recent solo Number 1 - 1983's Nile Rodgers-produced Let's Dance, with his Queen duet Under Pressure coming in second and Starman completing the Top 3.

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The Top 20 list, which appears below, spans three decades of Bowie recordings. The earliest is 1969's Space Oddity and the most recent is 1986's Absolute Beginners, which appears at Number 19 on the tally.

1	LET'S DANCE	DAVID BOWIE
2	UNDER PRESSURE	DAVID BOWIE & QUEEN
3	STARMAN	DAVID BOWIE
4	ASHES TO ASHES	DAVID BOWIE
5	REBEL REBEL	DAVID BOWIE
6	SPACE ODDITY	DAVID BOWIE
7	LIFE ON MARS?	DAVID BOWIE
8	CHANGES	DAVID BOWIE
9	THE JEAN GENIE	DAVID BOWIE
10	CHINA GIRL	DAVID BOWIE
11	HEROES	DAVID BOWIE
12	MODERN LOVE	DAVID BOWIE
13	YOUNG AMERICANS	DAVID BOWIE
14	GOLDEN YEARS	DAVID BOWIE
15	SOUND AND VISION	DAVID BOWIE
16	FASHION	DAVID BOWIE
17	SORROW	DAVID BOWIE
18	DANCING IN THE STREET	DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER
19	ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS	DAVID BOWIE
20	ZIGGY STARDUST	DAVID BOWIE

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In addition to the list, the PPL also confirmed that Bowie received over 360 million seconds of radio and TV airplay since 2000 - an impressive if not tricky figure to get your head around.

When it comes to streaming, music service Spotify has revealed that streams of Bowie's music saw a 2822% increase globally yesterday (January 11) as fans look back over his iconic tracks.

The most streamed song on the service was Heroes, followed by Let's Dance and the title track from his new album, Blackstar.

Relive David Bowie's incredible chart career in our gallery of his album artwork below: