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Q: Is the Nirvana song The Man Who Sold the World the same as the David Bowie song with the same name?
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Who wrote The Man Who Sold the World a song that appeared on Nirvanas unplugged album?

I do believe it was written by David Bowie, Kurt says so at the end of the song. Great song, although personally I think the Nirvana version is better than Bowie's original.


Who sang The Man Who Sold The World?

The Man Who Sold The World is a song off of the album of the same name and is written and performed by English musician, David Bowie. It is the title track of David Bowie's third album and has been covered by many other artists.


Did Nirvana copy the man who sold the world?

Nirvana covered 'The Man Who Sold the World' in 1993 and it appears on their live 'Unplugged in New York' album.


How many albums has david bowie sold?

David Bowie - 1967 Space Oddity - 1969 The Man Who Sold the World - 1970 Hunky Dory - 1971 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - 1972 Aladdin Sane - 1973 Pin Ups - 1973 Diamond Dogs - 1974 Young Americans - 1975 Station to Station -1976 Low -1977 "Heroes" - 1977 Lodger - 1979 Scary Monsters - 1980 Christiane F. (soundtrack) - 1981 Let's Dance - 1983 Tonight - 1984 Labyrinth (soundtrack) - 1986 Never Let Me Down - 1987 Black Tie White Noise - 1993 The Buddha of Suburbia (soundtrack) - 1993 1. Outside - 1995 Earthling - 1997 'hours...' - 1999 Heathen - 2002 Reality - 2003 He was also in a band called Tin Machine that released two albums, Tin Machine in 1989, and Tin Machine II in 1991.


How many records have Nirvana sold?

Nirvana has surpassed 50 million albums sold

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Who wrote The Man Who Sold the World a song that appeared on Nirvanas unplugged album?

I do believe it was written by David Bowie, Kurt says so at the end of the song. Great song, although personally I think the Nirvana version is better than Bowie's original.


Who sang The Man Who Sold The World?

The Man Who Sold The World is a song off of the album of the same name and is written and performed by English musician, David Bowie. It is the title track of David Bowie's third album and has been covered by many other artists.


Was David Bowie's first album 'Space Oddity' or 'The Man Who Sold the World'?

His first Album was in fact called 'David Bowie' and recorded between 11 November 1966 - 25 February 1967, this was followed by 'Space Oddity' in 1969, then 'The Man Who Sold the World' in 1970


Did Nirvana copy the man who sold the world?

Nirvana covered 'The Man Who Sold the World' in 1993 and it appears on their live 'Unplugged in New York' album.


How many albums has david bowie sold?

David Bowie - 1967 Space Oddity - 1969 The Man Who Sold the World - 1970 Hunky Dory - 1971 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - 1972 Aladdin Sane - 1973 Pin Ups - 1973 Diamond Dogs - 1974 Young Americans - 1975 Station to Station -1976 Low -1977 "Heroes" - 1977 Lodger - 1979 Scary Monsters - 1980 Christiane F. (soundtrack) - 1981 Let's Dance - 1983 Tonight - 1984 Labyrinth (soundtrack) - 1986 Never Let Me Down - 1987 Black Tie White Noise - 1993 The Buddha of Suburbia (soundtrack) - 1993 1. Outside - 1995 Earthling - 1997 'hours...' - 1999 Heathen - 2002 Reality - 2003 He was also in a band called Tin Machine that released two albums, Tin Machine in 1989, and Tin Machine II in 1991.


How many records have Nirvana sold?

Nirvana has surpassed 50 million albums sold


Gilmore Girls - In the episode -A deep fried Korean thanksgiving- Dave plays the beginning of a famous song before starting with the choral Which one is it?

It's "The Man Who Sold The World" by David Bowie.


How many records have nirvana sold since Kurts death?

nirvana has sold 25 million albums in 4 years .the would have sold way more than that if Kurt cobain was alive


How man albums has Nirvana sold?

Around 75 million is the estimated number that they sold.


who sold more records KISS or Nirvana?

Probably Nirvana; they're much more talented and more admired anyway.


Who sold more records Pearl Jam or Nirvana?

Nirvana has surpassed 80 million albums sold as of this writing in 2013; Pearl Jam has only just surpassed 60 million.


Who sold more albums metallica or nirvana?

Metallica. I think that the black album alone is almost as many as all nirvana CD's.