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"Space Oddity" Cover of the 1969 Dutch and Italian single Single by David Bowie from the album David Bowie (Space Oddity) B-side " Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud " Released 11 July 1969 (1969-07-11) Recorded 20 June 1969 Studio Trident, London Genre Psychedelic folk folk rock Length 5: 15 (album version) 4: 33 (UK single edit) 3: 26 (US single edit) Label Philips (1969 UK release) Mercury (1969 ...
Released: 11 July 1969. David Bowie (commonly known as Space Oddity) [a] is the second studio album by the English musician David Bowie, originally released in the United Kingdom on 14 November 1969 through Mercury affiliate Philips Records. Financed by Mercury on the strength of "Space Oddity", the album was recorded from June to October 1969 ...
Running time. 92 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Space Oddity is a 2022 American romantic comedy science fiction film directed by Kyra Sedgwick and written by Rebecca Banner. It stars Kyle Allen, Alexandra Shipp, Madeline Brewer, Carrie Preston, Simon Helberg and Kevin Bacon.
Background and writing. [edit] "Life on Mars?" was written as a parody of " My Way ", featuring English lyrics by Paul Anka (left, 1995) and made famous by Frank Sinatra (right, 1957). In early 1968, David Bowie 's publisher David Platz was sharing a London office with another music publisher named Geoffrey Heath.
The song "Space Oddity" by David Bowie plays a significant role throughout the film. Walter Mitty is referred to mockingly as " Major Tom " by his new boss, Hendricks, in reference to the astronaut Major Tom in "Space Oddity", due to his frequent daydreaming: the boss interprets the line "ground control to Major Tom" as akin to "Earth to Walter ...
[43] [44] [45] The song earned him a contract with Mercury Records and its UK subsidiary Philips, who issued "Space Oddity" as a single on 11 July 1969, five days ahead of the Apollo 11 launch. [43] Reaching the top five in the UK, [46] it was his first and last hit for three years. [47] Bowie's second album followed in November.
2010: The Year We Make Contact (or simply 2010) is a 1984 American science fiction film written, produced, shot and directed by Peter Hyams.Serving as a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and based on Arthur C. Clarke's 1982 sequel novel, 2010: Odyssey Two, the film follows a joint American and Soviet crew who are sent to Jupiter to discover the reason behind the ...
Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud. " Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud " is a song written by David Bowie, first recorded in June 1969 [1] and released as a B-side to his single "Space Oddity". Bowie then rerecorded the song for his second eponymous album (released in the U.S. as Man of Words, Man of Music by Mercury and reissued by RCA in 1972 as Space ...