Originally Posted by mgvsmith:
“Albums - 'Heroes', 'Low', 'Station to Station'
Singles - 'Sorrow', 'The Jean Genie', 'Heroes'”
Never understood why he released this, nor why it ever got as far as #3 in the charts.
Thought generally among musicians to be the best version was probably that by The Merseys in 1966, although the first one I actually remember hearing was the original by The McCoys in 1965, but that was played at a slower tempo and was more folk/rock than pure pop.
IMO Bowie's version was pretty similar to The Merseys recording and really added nothing.