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The song is based on the hugely successful 1978 video game Space Invaders. It was a novelty hit in Australia, [1] peaking at No. 3 on the Kent Music Report charts, and ending up as the seventh best selling single in Australia for 1980. It spent 28 weeks on the Australian charts. [2] The song approached Platinum status in Australia as of October ...
Other pop songs based on Space Invaders soon followed, including disco records such as "Disco Space Invaders" (1979) by Funny Stuff, [139] and the hit songs "Space Invader" (1980) by The Pretenders, [139] "Space Invaders" (1980) by Uncle Vic, [141] and the Australian hit "Space Invaders" (1979) by Player One (known in the US as "Playback ...
These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1980. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report". [1 ... "Space Invaders" Player One: 3: 8. "More Than ...
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
The Space Invaders Tournament held by Atari in 1980 was the first video game competition and attracted more than 10,000 participants, establishing video gaming as a mainstream hobby. [94] By 1980, 86% of the 13–20 year old population in the United States had played arcade video games, [ 95 ] and by 1981, there were more than 35 million gamers ...
The Piranhas formed in 1977, and were originally part of the Brighton punk scene, first coming to prominence when DJ John Peel started playing their single "I Don't Want My Body" on his BBC Radio 1 programme, but achieved their biggest success with their cover version of the South African kwela song "Tom Hark".
"Space Invaders" (Player One song) "Space Invader", a 1980 instrumental by the English-American rock band Pretenders on the 1980 album Pretenders Space Invader (album) , a 2014 album by former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley
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