Delve into Bowie’s private collection, and decide which muse produced the best original song that Bowie later covered. Pick your favourite ORIGINAL song, not your preferred Bowie version:

1. Sorrow - The Merseys - Covered on Pin Ups

2. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys - Covered on Tonight

3. Where Have all the Good Times Gone? - Kinks - Covered on Pin Ups

4. Let’s Spend the Night Together - The Rolling Stones - Covered on Aladdin Sane

5. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere - The Who - Covered on Pin Ups

6. Across the Universe - The Beatles - Covered on Young Americans

7. I Know it’s Gonna Happen Someday - Morrissey - Covered on Black Tie/White noise

8. See Emily Play - Pink Floyd - Covered on Pin Ups

9. Here Comes the Night - Them - Covered on Pin Ups

Cast Your Vote:

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Eponymous “Heroes”

There is a select band of real people who can boast their name in a David Bowie title. Perhaps Blue Jean, Aladdin Sane, Nathan Adler, Baby Grace, and Joe the Lion are based on non-fictional persons, but let’s concentrate on the certainties. So which is the most listenable of the following?

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Tags: Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Bowie-Muse, Letter to Hermione, Mime Artist, Pablo Picasso, Starving for me gravy, The Beatles and the Stones, The Merseys

Unlike Jagger, Richards is no mincer. Unlike Jagger, Richards has never done a tacky charity cover of Dancin’ in the Streets (UK number one in summer 1985) in partnership with Bowie. And unlike Jagger, there is no chance of Richards kissing and making up after a punch-up. No, Richards is clearly a man who has faced death on numerous occasions, and has so far survived every time. One also suspects that whilst this Rolling Stone is gathering creative moss, he’d still be an asset in a pub brawl.

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Tags: Bowie versus Keith Richards, Let's Spend the Night Together, Stone Love, The Beatles and the Stones

The Horticultural Octopus takes on the Laughing Gnome, in this intriguing contest. Bowie would likely attempt to work Starr with his jab, while the shorter combatant would rely on his street-fighting experience from the days when he was proud to be a Scouser.

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Tags: Across the Universe, Fame, It Don't Come Easy, Ringo, The Beatles and the Stones, We All Stand Together