<Ul> <Li> "The Man Who Sold the World" appeared as the B - side on the American single release of the song "Space Oddity" (1973 rerelease) and British single "Life on Mars?" (1973). It also appears on various Bowie compilations such as Sound + Vision (1989), The Best of David Bowie 1969 / 1974 (1997), Best of Bowie (2002), The Platinum Collection (2006), Nothing Has Changed (2014), and Bowie Legacy (2016). </Li> <Li> Bowie performed the song on Saturday Night Live in December 1979, with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias . A portion of this show is included in the film The Nomi Song . </Li> <Li> A new studio version of the song, recorded by Bowie in 1995 and mixed by Brian Eno, appears as a B - side on the CD single "Strangers When We Meet". This version also appears on the bonus disc that followed some versions of Outside - Version 3 . It was this arrangement that appeared in Bowie's 2016 stage musical, Lazarus . </Li> <Li> A live version recorded at BBC Radio Theatre, London, on 27 June 2000 was released on the bonus disc accompanying the first releases of Bowie at the Beeb in 2000 . </Li> <Li> A November 2003 live performance from the Reality Tour is featured on the A Reality Tour DVD, released in 2004, as well as the A Reality Tour album, released in 2010 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> "The Man Who Sold the World" appeared as the B - side on the American single release of the song "Space Oddity" (1973 rerelease) and British single "Life on Mars?" (1973). It also appears on various Bowie compilations such as Sound + Vision (1989), The Best of David Bowie 1969 / 1974 (1997), Best of Bowie (2002), The Platinum Collection (2006), Nothing Has Changed (2014), and Bowie Legacy (2016). </Li> <Li> Bowie performed the song on Saturday Night Live in December 1979, with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias . A portion of this show is included in the film The Nomi Song . </Li> <Li> A new studio version of the song, recorded by Bowie in 1995 and mixed by Brian Eno, appears as a B - side on the CD single "Strangers When We Meet". This version also appears on the bonus disc that followed some versions of Outside - Version 3 . It was this arrangement that appeared in Bowie's 2016 stage musical, Lazarus . </Li>

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