Space Oddity - 2015 Remaster

About Space Oddity - 2015 Remaster

"Space Oddity" is a song written and performed by David Bowie and released as a single in 1969. It is about the launch of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut who becomes depressed during an outer-space mission. Supposedly released to coincide with the Apollo 11 moon landing, it appears on the album "Space Oddity". The BBC featured the song in its television coverage of the lunar landing. .

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About this song

Credited to

David Bowie

Album

David Bowie (aka Space Oddity) [2015 Remaster] · Track 1 of 9 · Opens the album

Released

November 4, 1969

Duration

5:18

Ranking

#6 most played David Bowie track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

829,115 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: David Bowie (aka Space Oddity) [2015 Remaster]