50+ Music<p>"Space Oddity" is a song by the English singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavidBowie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidBowie</span></a>. It was first released on 11 July 1969 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Philips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philips</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MercuryRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryRecords</span></a> as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/7inchSingle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>7inchSingle</span></a>, then as the opening track of his second studio album, David Bowie. Produced by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GusDudgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GusDudgeon</span></a> and recorded at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TridentStudios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TridentStudios</span></a> in London, it is a tale about a fictional astronaut named <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MajorTom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MajorTom</span></a>; its title and subject matter were partly inspired by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/2001ASpaceOdyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2001ASpaceOdyssey</span></a> (1968). <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXD</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>