release as a single, "Life on Mars?" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 21, peaking at number three in mid-July, being held off the top spot by "Welcome Home" by Peters and Lee and "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" by Gary Glitter. It remained on the chart for a total of thirteen weeks. It also managed to peak at number 39 on the Official German Charts in West Germany. In the wake of the massive commercial success of Bowie's 1983 album Let's Dance, "Life on Mars?" returned to the UK chart for one week, peaking at number 97. Over 30 years later after its initial release, the song re-entered the UK singles chart at number 55 in April 2007, largely because of its use in the British television series Life on Mars. It also charted at number 67 two years later on the Australian ARIA charts. Following Bowie's death in 2016, "Life on Mars?" charted around the world. It became a top-five hit in both France and Ireland, and in the US, it peaked at number seven and twelve on Billboards Euro Digital Song Sales and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts, respectively. Elsewhere, the song charted in Finland (12), Italy (33), Belgium Wallonia (40), Sweden (44), Switzerland (48), Portugal (63), and the Netherlands (95). Live performances Bowie performed "Life on Mars?" frequently throughout his concert tours. Live recordings from 1972, recorded on the Ziggy Stardust tour, have appeared on the 2003 30th-anniversary bonus disc of Aladdin Sane and on the bootleg album Santa Monica '72 (1994), which received an official release as Live Santa Monica '72 in 2008. On the 1973 leg of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, the song was performed in a medley with "Quicksand" and "Memory of a Free Festival". Additionally, a live performance recorded during the 1976 Isolar Tour on 23 March 1976, in a medley with "Five Years", was included on Live Nassau Coliseum '76, which has been released as part of the 2010 reissues of Station to Station, in the 2016 box set Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976), and as a stand-alone album in 2017. Bowie also performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on 5 September 1980. A performance from the Serious Moonlight Tour, recorded on 12 September 1983, may be heard on the live album Serious Moonlight (Live '83), which was initially released as