Definitely a tricky one. Bowie did record it in '72, but never released that version for many years, but did perform it live in '73 on tour, and was on his live album in '74.That one is weird though because the original versionisthe Mott the Hoople version. Bowie wrote the song, and he did record it later after Mott the Hoople, but it wasn't released until many years later.
Not to be a pedantic cunt, but this isn't technically a cover. Bowie wrote itforMott the Hoople. The Bowie studio version wasn't even released until the 90s, though he would play it live in the 70sIn honor of Bowie. I actually prefer this over Bowie's version.
Also RIP To Dale Griffin, the drummer who just very recently passed as well.
Nothing can touch the original, but this gets better and better as it goes.