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In 2005, Bowie ended an extended, post-heart attack hiatus and joined the band for a rendition of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” on stage at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, for Fashion Rocks — and again for a concert in Central Park.

“I discovered (Arcade Fire) a year ago,” Bowie said before the show, according to the Mirror. “Coldplay’s Chris Martin has been saying he’s discovered them first, but I did. So there. Na na na na na!

Later, Bowie was featured on Arcade Fire’s 2013 single, “Reflektor” after visiting the band in studio in New York.

“He offered to lend us his services because he really liked the song,” band member Richard Reed Parry told NME Magazine. “In fact, he basically threatened us – he was like, ‘If you don’t hurry up and mix this song, I might just steal it from you!’ So we thought, well why don’t we go one better, why don’t you sing on our version? Thankfully he obliged, and we were really happy about that.”

On Monday, Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler tweeted: “Goodbye friend. So many tears, and so lucky to have passed in the same solar system.”