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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 ...
Bowie's 1975 song "Fame" features contributions from former Beatle John Lennon. [70] On top of covering Lennon's songs over his career, [71] Bowie performed a one-off live cover of "Imagine" on the final date of the 1983 Serious Moonlight Tour to mark the third anniversary of Lennon's death. The performance was uploaded to YouTube in 2016. [72]
None of the songs from the album were released as singles at the time, although a promo version of "All the Madmen" was issued in the US in 1970. Mercury released "All the Madmen" as a single, with Space Oddity 's "Janine" on the B-side, but withdrew it. [60] The same song appeared in Eastern Europe during 1973, as did "The Width of a Circle".
David Bowie singles chronology. "Space Oddity". (1969) " The Prettiest Star ". (1970) "Memory of a Free Festival". (1970) " The Prettiest Star " is a song by the English musician David Bowie, originally released on 6 March 1970 through Mercury Records as the follow-up single to "Space Oddity". A love song for his soon-to-be wife Angie, it was ...
Actor William Shatner released a cover in 2011 on the space-themed album Seeking Major Tom. Apoptygma Berzerk released an EP in 2013 titled Major Tom that contains a cover and several remixes. [30] The outsider artist The Space Lady also covered the song on the 2013 release "Major Tom/Radar Love". [31]
Released as the album's lead single on 1 August 1980, "Ashes to Ashes" became Bowie's second No. 1 UK single and his fastest-selling single. The song's music video, co-directed by Bowie and David Mallet, was at the time the most expensive music video ever made. [1] The solarised video features Bowie as a clown, an astronaut and an asylum inmate ...
Hallo Spaceboy. " Hallo Spaceboy " is a song by the English musician David Bowie from his 20th studio album, Outside (1995). It originated as an instrumental by Reeves Gabrels called "Moondust", which Bowie and Brian Eno stripped down and used to form the final track. An industrial rock and electronica number influenced by the Pixies and Nine ...