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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 ...
Pretenders is the debut studio album by British-American band The Pretenders, released in January 1980.A combination of rock and roll, punk and new wave music, [3] this album made the band famous.
"Fracture" by Edison's Children (Neil Armstrong's son's band) from their 11/11/2011 released album about an Alien Abduction "In The Last Waking Moments...", [15] [16] the opening song performed at the NASA Concert Celebration for 50th Anniversary of Neil Armstrong & Apollo 11 starring Rick Armstrong on bass & guitar [17] [18]
Having released a new LP this spring, the National has unveiled a single comprised of the new songs 'Space Invader' and 'Alphabet City.'
Other pop songs based on Space Invaders soon followed, including "Disco Space Invaders" (1979) by Funny Stuff, [100] "Space Invaders" (1980) by Player One (known as Playback in the US), [103] and the hit songs "Space Invader" (1980) by The Pretenders [100] and "Space Invaders" (1980) by Uncle Vic. [104] The game was also the basis for Player ...
A fourth new song, "Ice Machines", was premiered in Paris; a fifth, "Space Invader (Threaded Gold)", was performed during the band's set at the Newport Folk Festival in July. [73] In August 2022, Bryce Dessner said that the band was "discovering things" about their new material "in real time" by playing it every night.
Arcade game sounds had an influence on synthpop pioneers Yellow Magic Orchestra, [68] who sampled Space Invaders sounds in their influential 1978 debut album, particularly the hit song "Computer Game". [44] In turn, the band would have a major influence on much of the video game music produced during the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. [43]
Among those 15 additional songs on the second part of “Tortured Poets” is a track called “Robin,” a piano ballad in which Swift draws imagery of animals and alludes to adolescence.