"Fame" is a song recorded by David Bowie, initially released in 1975 and in remixed versions, in 1990.

With the Young Americanssessions mostly concluded in late 1974, the material was delayed while Bowie extricated himself from his contract with manager Tony DeFries. During this time he was staying in New York, and met John Lennon. The pair socialised and jammed together, which led to a one-day session at Electric Lady Studios in January 1975. There, Bowie contacted several members of his tour band. Firstly a cover of The Beatles’ "Across the Universe" was recorded. Then a new song called "Fame", inspired by "Walk On", from the Jackson Five's "Going Back to Indiana" live album, and a guitar riff written by Carlos Alomar and with the title from Lennon, was then hurriedly developed by Bowie, and recorded. Both tracks were then added to the Young Americansalbum. Despite having only a minor contribution, Lennon was given a co-writing credit due to the lyrics (bemoaning the nature of celebrity) being inspired by conversations he had with Bowie on the subject, and because Bowie acknowledged that Lennon singing "Fame!" over Alomar’s guitar riff was the catalyst for the song. The songwriting credit list order is David Bowie, Carlos Alomar, and John Lennon. Lennon's voice is also heard singing the repeated words "FAME, FAME,FAME" with his voice heard at a fast, normal, and slow track, making it sound like a recording on the fast and slow speeds, until Bowie's voice is heard singing the final lyrics of the song before the fade.

An edited version of "Fame" was issued as the second single from the album, and shot to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (a few months before a reissue of "Space Oddity" would give Bowie his first UK number-one single). In the UK, "Fame" would only reach number seventeen.

A remixed version of "Fame" was released by EMI in 1990 to coincide with the Sound + Visiontour and the release of the ChangesBowiecompilation. The "Gass Mix" was also included on the "Pretty Woman" soundtrack.

Song written by David Bowie, Carlos Alomar, and John Lennon.

Film director Gus Van Sant directed the promotional video for this version, which featured clips from many of Bowie’s previous videos. In the music video, Bowie also performs a dance with Louise Lecavalier, one of the main dancers of the Québécois contemporary dance troupe La La La Human Steps (whom Bowie would collaborate with on the Sound + Visiontour).

In both the UK and the U.S. this appeared in a variety of formats, including a 7" picture disc, an "Arthur Baker Remixes" 12 inch single and a "Changes pack" with three prints of Bowie at different eras. None of the British releases (on EMI USA) feature the "Absolutely Nothing Premeditated mix". It stayed in the UK chart for four weeks, peaking at number twenty-eight.

, "Fame" is a cover version by the band God Lives Underwater of the 1975 David Bowie song " Fame ". It was in 1998, resulting in significant airplay.

God Lives Underwater's Fame music video is a video for the remake of Bowie's "Fame" on the soundtrack to the movie 15 minutes.