. "259000.0"^^ . . "Rock ballads" . "RCA Records" . "9c9345d9-a631-484b-b66b-4e78aa776cb3" . . "Song recordings produced by Ken Scott" . "5196725" . "Songs written by David Bowie" . . "5714decc25ac0d8aee3eda81" . "1971-11-15" . "%22Five Years%22 is a song written by David Bowie, recorded on 15 November 1971, and released as the opening track on the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972.The song tells of an Earth doomed to destruction in five years and the aftermath of this knowledge. Bowie is rumored to have chosen the length of time, five years, as a result of a dream in which his deceased father told him he must never fly again and would die in five years.Allmusic describe the track as %22easily one of the greatest album-opening songs ever%22." . . . . "2"^^ . "false"^^ . . "-0.216626"^^ . "David Bowie" . . "Five Years" . "1972-06-16"^^ . . "Ken Scott" . "2010-01-22"^^ . "-0.463984"^^ . "-10.9"^^ . "24"^^ . . "english" . "eng" . "310906"^^ . . "Five Years" . "false"^^ . . "false"^^ . "Song recordings produced by David Bowie" . . "David Bowie" . "152.0"^^ . "David Bowie songs" . "997" . "1972 songs" . . "USSM10906249" .