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  1. 34 Best Songs About Space; These Were Written In The Stars

    Song year: 1981. "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin's "There's A Star For Everyone" is a ballad about being unsure whether your love is being reciprocated. Not unrequited love, but close. The title comes from a line the backing singers sing: "There's a star for everyone who's lost.".

  2. 145 Songs About Stars, Planets, and Space

    3. "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra. In this 1954 classic tune, Ole' Blue Eyes is smitten with a woman whose love feels otherworldly: Fly me to the moon. Let me play among the stars. Let me see what spring is like on. A-Jupiter and Mars. 4. "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" by Train.

  3. Top2040: Top 40 Songs About Space Travel and Space Flight

    Space travel, by rocket, starship, flying saucer, or space shuttle, has been a popular topic for songwriters, especially in the heavy metal and progressive rock genres. Songs about space travel and outer space have rocketed to the top of the charts a few times over the years. Space flight grabs our imagination, even in song.

  4. 30 Best Songs About Space (Ranked In 2024)

    3. "Rocket Man" by Elton John. A poignant portrayal of the loneliness of space travel, "Rocket Man" was released in 1972. Elton John's soulful voice conveys the astronaut's internal conflict as he rockets into space, leaving his family behind. The lyrics speak to the alienation of space travel and the mundane reality of work, even ...

  5. 25 Of The Best Songs About Space: The Astronaut Playlist

    The idea of leaving everything behind and embarking on a new adventure is one that resonates with many people. This makes "Fly Me to the Moon" one of the most enduringly popular songs about space. 2. "Rocket Man" By Elton John. Next, we have Elton John 's "Rocket Man," released in 1972 from the album Honky Château.

  6. 22 Best Songs About Space, Stars and the Universe

    Next on the list of songs about space, stars, and the universe is "Supersonic Rocket Ship" by the Brit rock band, The Kinks. Written by lead singer Ray Davies, it was originally released as a single on May 5, 1972, in the UK, and in September of 1972 in the US. The single was backed with the tune "You Don't Know My Name" which was ...

  7. Top 10 Space Songs

    Deep Purple. From: 'Machine Head' (1972) Deep Purple's 'Machine Head' helped define heavy metal. Though 'Smoke on the Water' dominates the LP, 'Space Truckin'' has become a staple of the ...

  8. The Astronaut's Playlist: Groovy Songs for Space Travelers

    I Don't Want to Live on the Moon by Sesame Street. Space Baby by The Tubes. Spacelab by Kraftwerk. Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra in 1954. The Galaxy Song by Eric Idle/Monty Python. The Final ...

  9. Friday Top: 25 Greatest Songs About Outer Space

    22. Devin Townsend - Hyperdrive. Well, it is kind of expected to see a geek like Devin Townsend on a list of songs about outer space. Great tune! 21. Yes - Starship Trooper. Coming from "The Yes ...

  10. The ultimate Supermassive Space Playlist

    April 2019 saw the publication of the first ever actual photo of a black hole, found in a galaxy called Messier 87, 500 million trillion km away from Earth. The black hole measures 40 billion ...

  11. 57 Best Songs About Space & the Universe

    4. "Space Truckin" by Deep Purple. "Well, we had a great deal of luck on Venus, and on Mars we never lacked for a good time.". The album Machine Head by Deep Purple begins with a song titled "Highway Star" which is about automobiles and ends with a song that is about traveling into space.

  12. Playlists: songs about space travel

    Try Brett Smiley 's "Space Ace", a full-on glam epic. "I'm on the wrong planet, so out of place… hats off, head to Mars". Space seems as though it should be a place of infinite possibilities - many space songs are based on interplanetary science fiction, which was enjoying a (nother) Golden Age in the 1950s.

  13. 20 Songs About Space & The Universe

    These 20 songs about space travel explore romantic journeys, and events related to leaving Earth and being moved into space to view the universe. ... Ranging from electric pop to rock genres, and periods from the 1980s to 2000s, the list of 20 songs about space explores the journeys of romance, scientific theories, and events throughout history ...

  14. Songs About Rockets And Space

    One of the most iconic songs about space travel, "Rocket Man" tells the story of an astronaut who is longing for home while on a mission to Mars. ... making it a timeless anthem for space exploration. Bowie's unique blend of folk and rock influences, along with his distinctive vocal delivery, have cemented this song as a classic in the ...

  15. 30 Songs About Space Travel That Will Take You Out of This World

    Classic space-themed songs. "Space Oddity" by David Bowie: A timeless classic that tells the story of an astronaut floating in space, it perfectly captures the sense of isolation and wonder. David Bowie - Space Oddity (Official Video) Watch on. "Rocket Man" by Elton John: This iconic song explores the life of a space traveler, with ...

  16. 40 Best Songs About Space (2023 With Music Videos)

    2. Rocket Man by Elton John. Genre. Soft Rock. Year Released. 1972. Album. Honky Château. Written by Elton John along with frequent collaborator and lyricist Bernie Taupin, "Rocket Man" is one of the most popular songs ever written about space.

  17. 16 Songs About Space That Are Cosmically Great

    With the self-titled album, Del brought a wonderful mix of science fiction genres, involving anime mechs, intergalactic space travel, evil warlord governments, and cyberpunk culture into one of ...

  18. Top 7 Essential Space Rock Albums

    7. Eloy -Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes. Year of release: 1979. Label: EMI Electrola. Now, Eloy wasn't the most innovative band out there, nor was it among the earliest to jump on the space rock ...

  19. Best Songs About Space

    Best Songs About Space: Exploring the Cosmic Melodies of the Universe ... this track perfectly captures the exhilaration of space travel. Now, let's explore some common questions about space-themed songs: ... Whether it's David Bowie's haunting vocals, Elton John's longing melodies, or the powerful rock anthems of Iron Maiden, these ...

  20. Cruisin' At Lightspeed: Songs For Space Travel : NPR

    Once flight and space travel became a reality, songs about flying to the heavens entered the mainstream musical world. If Nicolaus Copernicus were around in '69, he'd surely have put on his gold ...

  21. 17 Best Songs About Space and Space Exploration

    "Well, we had a lot of luck on Venus, we always had a ball on Mars." Deep Purple's Machine Head album starts with a song about cars ('Highway Star') and finishes with this song about space travel. They take us on a ride around the solar system. Tragically, the astronaut Kalpana Chawla took a copy of the album with her onboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003. So guitarist ...

  22. Eleven great prog tracks about space

    The music's been around for just over 50 years as well... So to celebrate we dug into the prog vaults to bring you eleven classic slices of space-themed prog. Enjoy... PINK FLOYD - INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE (1967) From the band's classic 1967 debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, the title really says it all.

  23. The 10 best songs about time travel

    However, in these lyrics the band yearn for Doc Brown to take them back to the early days of the hardcore scene, to see "Youth Of Today at the Anthrax" and "Cro-Mags at the Ritz". ORANGE GOBLIN - Time Travelling Blues (Time Travelling Blues, 1998) Although primarily a positive song, with ten separate uses of the word 'baby' and ...

  24. Stay in the know about shows with Music Network of Maine on Facebook

    Maine music fan and guitarist John Perry started the Music Network of Maine Facebook page about a decade ago. It's described as a place for videos, photos and events involving Maine musicians ...