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Apoptygma Berzerk released an EP in 2013 titled Major Tom that contains a cover and several remixes. [36] The outsider artist The Space Lady also covered the song on the 2013 release "Major Tom/Radar Love". [37] In 2016, Jay Del Alma released a Spanish-language remake titled "Vuela (Major Tom)" with Schilling on vocals. [38]
The English version contains the song "Major Tom (Coming Home)", which reached the top 15 in New Zealand [5] and the US, [6] and the top 50 in the UK. [7]The German version includes the songs "Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst)", which reached number one in Germany, Austria and Switzerland [8] [9] [10] and number two on the Dutch Top 40, [11] [12] as well as "Die Wüste lebt". [13]
In "Space Oddity", from the album David Bowie (1969, later retitled Space Oddity), Major Tom's departure from Earth is successful and everything goes according to plan.At a certain point during the travel ('past one hundred thousand miles'), he claims that "he feels very still" and thinks that "my spaceship knows which way to go" and proceeds to say: "Tell my wife I love her very much."
Major Tom can also be heard in the official DLR soundtrack and trailer for Mission Horizons. The songs Alles an Dir and the English-language counterpart All the things you are are the musical inspiration for official DLR videos for the Cosmic kiss space mission with the German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer.
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Major Tom is a persona of David Bowie referenced in his songs. Major Tom may also refer to: Major Tom (Coming Home), a song by Peter Schilling; Major Tom, a horse that appeared in the show Bluey; Tom Mitford (1909–1945), British major killed in action in Burma during World War II; Major Zero, also known as Major Tom, a character from the ...
Mädchen (song) Major Tom (Coming Home) Maledetta primavera; Mann gegen Mann; Mein Teil; Meine Liebe (song) Meine Seele erhebt den Herren; Mikrofonprofessor; Milliondollarsmile; Mit dir; Morgen (Ivo Robić song) Morgenstern der finstern Nacht; Moskau (song)
It was a mainstay during Bowie's concerts until 1990, after which it was played sporadically until 2002. Bowie revisited the Major Tom character in later singles, notably the sequel song "Ashes to Ashes" (1980). A range of artists have covered "Space Oddity" and others have released songs that reference Major Tom.