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"Space Oddity" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was first released on 11 July 1969 by Philips and Mercury Records as a 7-inch single , then as the opening track of his second studio album, David Bowie .
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 at Trident Studios in ...
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."
Like most music legends of his era, David Bowie’s recorded works have been wheeled out multiple times in increasingly elaborate and expensive ways, each update giving a little something extra.
Song by David Bowie; from the album David Bowie (Space Oddity) Released: 14 November 1969 () Recorded: Late August – 16 September 1969 [1] Studio: Trident, London: Length: 6: 13: Label: Philips: Songwriter(s) David Bowie: Producer(s) Tony Visconti: David Bowie (Space Oddity) track listing
The world lost a music legend when David Bowie died on Jan. 10, 2016.. The British-born Bowie burst onto the music scene in 1969 with his song “Space Oddity” and spent the next 40 years as one ...
Featuring the story of a character unofficially related to "Major Tom", an astronaut depicted in British musician David Bowie's 1969 song "Space Oddity" and other releases, Schilling's track describes a protagonist who leaves Earth and begins drifting out into outer space as radio contact breaks off with his ground control team. His fate is ...
David Bowie's breakthrough single "Space Oddity" was released in July 1969, bringing him commercial success and attention. [1] Its parent album, David Bowie (Space Oddity), released later that year, fared worse, partly due to the failure of Philips Records to promote the album efficiently. [2]