'' Billboard '' ranked " Lazarus " at number 40 on their " 100 Best Pop Songs of 2016 " list . '' Pitchfork '' listed " Lazarus " on their ranking of the 100 best songs of 2016 at number 5 . In the annual '' Village Voice '' 's Pazz & Jop mass critics poll of the year 's best in music in 2016 , " Lazarus " was ranked at number 8 . According to Bowie 's producer Tony Visconti , the lyrics and video of " Lazarus " and other songs on the album were intended to be a self-epitaph , a commentary on Bowie 's own impending death
Bowie 's own impending death
Death of David Bowie
Lazarus (David Bowie song)