“Rings Around the World” The Super Furry Animals
“Supermassive Black Hole” Muse
“Climbing to the Moon” eels
“Every Planet We Reach is Dead” Gorillaz
“Astronomy Domine” Pink Floyd

“Space Odyssey” – David Bowie
“Cygnus X-1″ – Rush

The ultimate Pluto tribute song is… “Pluto” by the 2 Skinnee J’s.

“Spaceman” Babylon Zoo.

“On Mercury” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
“The Astronaut” – Something Corporate
“Man On The Moon” – R.E.M.
“Stand On The Moon” – Radford

Good list. I would add “Girl From Mars” by Ash and “Let’s Talk About Spaceships” by Say Hi To Your Mom.

man on the moon sucks….. i love REM but the song does my head in

another girl, another planet – great song…. check pete doherty’s version, amazing.

Space Dementia by Muse also works.

And try Spacehog – Space is the Place

What’s Planet Telex got to do with space besides the title?
Subterranean Homesick Alien by Radiohead would be more appropriate.

“I want my own planet” The Flaming Lips, 1986. I am sure there will be lots of list with “Space Odyssey” by Bowie but it is truely a GREAT song.

“Spaceman” by Harry Nilsson

“Rocket Man” Elton John

“Space Grass”-Clutch

“My Own Planet” by The Flaming Lips seems appropriate.

Telstar by the Tornados, circa 1962

stadium arcadium,not completly about outer space,but definatley worthy

destination venus, man or astroman

“I Want an Alien for Christmas” Fountains of Wayne
“Move Over Moon (Get Out of Uranus)” Kate and Anna McGarrigle
“Pluto” Bjork

Europe – Final Countdown

“Rocket Man” Elton John

Bowie’s Life on Mars is possibly the better song, but Space Oddity is the better SPACE song. I mean, that one is actually ABOUT space.

Also:

Space is Gonna Do Me Good – Frank Black

Rush have done many songs about space,

There is Cygnus X-1 offt of a Farewell to Kings,

The twilignt Zone from 2112. I always thought that that one was about being spaced out.

Neighborhood Spaceman by Peeping Tom (also known as Mister Michael Patton)

Its not a space song but who says space thinks spacemen and if we know space its cause of spacemen so okay ill leave it here

“Trilogy” Kelis

“Space Truckin’ ” – Deep Purple

“Third Stone From the Sun” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience

“Brain Damage / Eclipse” by Pink Floyd

“Walking On the Moon” by the Police

“Rapture” by Blondie

“Major Tom (Coming Home) by Peter Schilling

“Intergalactic” by the Beastie Boys

space odity-bowie
astrominy domine-pink floyd

calling occupants of interplanetary craft by klaatu

Starman – David Bowie

“He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie”

Subterranean Homesick Alien by Radiohead is defintley the best

“i wanna be a cosmonaut” riff raff

space captain – joe cocker/black crowes

death of a martian- rhcp

Astronomy the metallica version

air, “kelly watch the starz”

i would like to second, third, fouth and fifth “Spaceman” by Babylon Zoo

“Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink Floyd
“Rocketman” by Elton John
“Stellar” by Incubus
“Do You Realize?” by The Flaming Lips
And I also agree heartily with “Subterranean Homesick Alien”

You gotta be kidding…no Floyd on RS’s list? “Astronomy Domine” is one of my favorites. And how did Yes’ “Starship Trooper” not make the list?
Oh, and I’m sorry, but Space Truckin’ by good ol’ Deep Purple bests most songs on here.

hardcore ufo’s – guided by voices,
it’s like being right here and out there at the very same time.

“another space song” by failure

“books about ufos” by husker du

“Harvest Moon” Neil Young

“Space is the Place” Sun Ra

Ummmm, “Stars Are Blind” by Paris Hilton

David Bowie “Moonage Daydream”

Bowie has quite a few, in fact

To Lawrence and Zepsta the song is Space Oddity not odyssey. Since I jumped in how about Space Cowboy by Steve Miller, and the instrumental Space Invader by the Pretenders.

Astronomy Domine -The Voivod version
My Star -Ian Brown (on a military mission to mars)
Super Massive Blackhole -MUSE
Earth (Gaia) -The Orb
Mars Needs Women -Meat Beat Manifesto
Space Lord -Monster Magnet

And of course,
Walking On the Moon -The Police

Asthenia by Blink-182

it has amazing space like guitar riffs

GREAT BIG WHITE WORLD – MARILYN MANSON

“Astronomy” by Blue Oyster Cult
“Rocket Ride” by Kiss
“Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun” by Pink Floyd
“Into The Void” by Kiss
“Another Girl, Another Planet” the Replacements version
“Ride Into The Sun” by The Velvet Underground

Bark at the Moon: Ozzy Osbourne
Captain Crash and Beauty Queen From Mars: Bon Jovi
Rocket Man: Elton John
On Mercury & Death of a Martian: RHCP
Space Truckin’: Deep Purple
Bad Moon Rising: CCR

David Bowie – Space Oddity

The Church – Under The Milky Way

Audra – Midnight Moon Swing

The Cure – Jupiter Crash

Duran Duran – Planet Earth

Echo and The Bunnymen – Killing Moon

Jesus and Mary Chain – Between Planets

Lou Reed – Satellite of Love

“Interstellar Overdrive” by Pink Floyd

“Dark Star” by The Grateful Dead

Intergalactic Laxative – Donovan

my very eager mother just served us Nachos.

“Space Lord” – Monster Magnet
“Mercury” – Prayer Chain
“Astronomy Domine” – Voivod/Pink Floyd

Man On The Moon – R.E.M

“Subterranean Homesick Alien”, Radiohead.

ROCKET MAN – ELTON JOHN
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

thats a biggie
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Would Eclipse – Pink Floyd count?

‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ definitely!! Electric Light Orchestra’s ‘Mission (A World Record)’ is definitely up there too!!!

How in the holy hell do you have a David Bowie song on a list of best songs about planets that is not Space Oddity? Life on Mars isnt really even about space.

I’m a Little Rocket Ship…classic Cracker.

Just don’t let those scientists touch Uranus!!

Highest Trail Above – The Ramones

entire Blows Against the Empire, J. Starship

spookey ruben “mars”

Walking In Space- cast of Hair.
Across the Universe- the Beatles
Everyone’s Gone to the Moon- Jonathan King

ATLiens, by: Outkast

Space Dimentia – MUSE

Muse – “Space Dementia”/”Supermassive Black Hole”
Elton John – “Rocketman”
Coldplay – “Politik”
Something Corporate – “The Astronaut”
Echo and the Bunnymen – “Killing Moon”
Radiohead – “Subterranean Homesick Alien”
Frank Sinatra – “Fly Me to the Moon”

shame on those who forgot: BLACK HOLE SUN, by Soundgarden.

“Planet Claire” – B 52s
“Children of the Sun” – Billy Thorpe

zz top rough boy video, excellent

Don’t forget Bowie’s classic STARMAN or the Rolling Stones censored rocker STAR STAR

Shine on you crazy diamond or Echoes by pink floyd. Pretty much anything not political by pink floyd is space rock.

This is off topic, but Captain Eo is the most kick ass thing that has space and music in it. Haha

Starfighter Pilot-Snow Patrol
New Blue Moon-Traveling Wilburys
Ticket to the Moon-ELO
From the Sun To The World-ELO
Starlight-ELO

ok, some of these songs ppl are listing arent actually about space, they only have space references!

‘asthenia’ by Blink 182

this song is about a man, lonely in space, looking down on earth,,
one of Blink’s best songs

Spaceship Superstar by Prism

A list done in memorium of Pluto and Rolling Stone couldn’t come up with Sufjan’s “Clyde Tombaugh”. For shame.

“Pluto” by Bjork

“Supermassive Black Hole” Muse
“Man on the Moon” R.E.M
“Walking on the Moon” The Police
“Girl from Mars” Ash
“Star Man” David Bowie
“Outer Space” The Prodigy
“Champagne Supernova” Oasis

Great big white world by M. Manson

Astronomy Domine – Pik Floyd
Subterranean Homesick Blues – Radiohead
L & G we are floating in space – Spiritualized

a couple of moon songs:

“Standing on the Moon”, Grateful Dead
“Sail to the Moon”, Radiohead

“Spaceman” Babylon Zoo

Pluto-2 Skinnee J’s

“Across The Universe” The Beatles
“Champagne Supernova” Oasis

Lost in Space
Misfits
both by Neil Young

2 Skinnee J’s – PLUTO, IT’S A PLANET!!!

Rocket Man by Elton

Ashes to Ashes – David Bowie
Hallo Spaceboy – David Bowie
Minor Earth Major Sky – a-ha
Walking on the Moon – Police

Space Oddity- Bowie
Space Lord- Monster Magnet
Brain Damage/Eclipse- Pink Floyd
I Turned Into A Martian- Misfits
Saturn 3- Fu Manchu
Space Cadet- Kyuss
Life On Mars?- Bowie
Spacegrass- Clutch
Another Time, Another Space- Ayreon

The others are all well and good, but obvious.
Satellite by Jim Bryson (from his debut solo album, The Occasionals) is a more obscure, but nonetheless deserving addition.
Listen to it here…you’ll be glad you did.
http://www.jimbryson.org /

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles
The Whole of the Moon – The Waterboys
When Two Worlds Collide – Iron Maiden

ya cant beat that…..

“space is the place” – spacehog

Return of the Space Cowboy – Jamiroquai

its a planetary good vibe song

“Spaceboy” Smashing Pumpkins

“There’s a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)” – B-52s

SO WHAT THEY’RE GONNA REWRITE ALL THE BOOKS IN SCHOOL NOW THAT PLUTO IS NOT PART OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM!!!??? pretty lame if you ask me..

but…

space oddity by bowie.. and later remade by saigon kick is a great song about space…

CAN YOU HEAR ME MAJOR TOM?

one more astronaut- I mother earth

Rocketman!?

Also, the whole Deltron 3030 album

Breakfast on Pluto, by Don Partridge; terrible song, which also appears in a much better novel by Patrick McCabe and film by Neil Jordan

Planet Claire – B-52s

Spaceship Superstar….Solar Powered Laser Beam Guitar.

- Space Oddity – David Bowie
- Ashes to Ashes – David Bowie
- Space Junk – Devo
- Neptune city – Death In Vegas
- Voyager – Daft Punk
- Kelly Watch the stars – Air
- Rocket man – Elton John
- Universal Traveller – Air
- The Moon – The Microphones

Mansun – Wide Open Space

Forget mom and her 9 pizzas, check out this mnemonic device of song titles Maybe Violence Everyday Might Just Stop Now.

Maybe – Collective Soul
Violence – Against Me!
Everyday – The Pillcrushers
Might – Modest Mouse
Just – Radiohead
Stop – Jane’s Addiction
Now – Days of the New

of course you could always go for songs that dont make a sentence, but do relate to outerspace.

M
Mad World – Tears for Fears/Gary Jules,
Mars Bars – The Undertones
V
Virginia Moon – Foo Fighters
Venus – Air,
Venus as a Boy – Bjork
Venus in Furs – The Velvet Underground
E
Eclipse – Pink Floyd
Eclipse – The Beta Band
M
My Own Planet – The Flaming Lips
J
Jupiter – Presidents of the United States
Jupiter Crash – The Cure
Jet – The Wings
S
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Spaceboy – The Smashing Pumpkins
Satellite of Love – The Velvet Underground/Lou Reed
Satellites – Doves
Satellite – Collective Soul
Supersatellite – Our Lady Peace
U
Under the Milky Way – The Church
U.F.O. Story – The Flaming Lips
N
New Blue Moon – Traveling Wilburys

anyone else got a better planet soundtrack?

The entire Sun Ra catalog

The Final Countdown, anyone?

Aurora Borealis-Meat Puppets
Lost in Space-Aimee Mann
The Space Race is Over-Billy Bragg
Holiday in Outer Space-Haley Bonar
I Wish I was the Moon-Neko Case
Do You Realize-The Flaming Lips
Pink Moon-Nick Drake
Grapefruit Moon-Tom Waits
Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld(LP)-The Orb
The Killing Moon-Echo & the Bunnymen
Lonely Planet-The The
Sun Ra-Most of his work
Surfing on a Rocket-Air
Silver Rocket-Sonic Youth
I’m a Little Rocket Ship-Cracker
Rocketship-JSBX
I Guess I’m Floating-M83
She Floated Away-Husker Du

Spaceman – Shawn Phillips
Supersonic Rocketship – The Kinks
Space Cowboy – Steve Miller
Outa-Space – Billy Preston
Space Funk – Howard Wales & Jerry Garcia
Galaxy – War
Galactic Zoo- Arthur Brown

Intergalactic Touring Band (Album)

Third Stone From the Sun – Jimi Hendrix

Rocketman, obviously.

ride my llama: neil young
interstellar overdrive: pink floyd
i’m a little rocketship: cracker
space oddity: david bowie

When I travel in space, I always enjoy the sounds of Sigur Ros.

Blind Melon – Galaxie
Flaming Lips – Vein of Stars

“Places Named After Numbers” by Frank Black. It’s a love song to a black hole fer chistsakes.

Also, the B-52’s “Hallucinating Pluto” should probably be mentioned.

First of all, Astro is not a space song. Jack White himself describes the Astro as something you do that you don’t want anyone else to know about.

Secondly, the fact that Astronomy Domine by Pink Floyd isn’t on here is a mutha fu**in travesty.

Two other suggestion: Across the Universe by the Beatles
Strange News from Another Star by Blur

Bowie & Friends songlist:
Space Oddity
Life on Mars
Starman
Moonage Daydream
Ziggy Stardust
Loving the Alien
Baby Universal
Hallo Spaceboy
Looking for Satellites
Took a Ride on a Gemini Spaceship
Across the Universe (John Lennon)
Cosmic Dancer (Marc Bolan)
Satellite of Love (Lou Reed)

NO PINK FLOYD?

C’mon….Astronomy Domine, Set the controls for the heart of the sun, Echoes (arguably….it does sync with the last segment of 2001: a space odyssey)

A Spaced Out playlist – Rhapsody has about 2500 different tracks. Here’s a sample plus some others….and a link to listen to them at the bottom

Space Jam (Jerry Garcia)
Space Captain (Joe Cocker)
Space Monkey (John Prine)
Space Wrangler (Widespread Panic)
Space Man (Smash Mouth)
Space Cowboy (Steve Miller)
Space Pussies (Sam Kinison)
Space Baby (The Tubes)
Space Oddity (Bowie)
905 (The Who)
Pluto (Bjork)
Space Shuttle (Gil Scott-Heron)
Mothership Connection (Parliament)

http://rhaplin ks.real.com/rhaplink?rhapid=20 05254&type=playlist&title=&fro m=real

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Stars – Hum
Big Dipper – Built to Spill
Space Ho’s – Danger Doom
Starry Configurations – Jets to Brazil
Venus – Television
Pluto – Bjork
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
Moon Dreams – Miles Davis
3rd Planet – Modest Mouse

Marching to Mars – Sammy Hagar
Countdown – Rush
Cygnus X-1 – Rush
Planet Caravan – Black Sabbath
Into The Void – Black Sabbath
39 – Queen
Astral Traveller – Yes
Starship Trooper – Yes
Set the Controls For The Heart of the Sun – Pink Floyd
Space Child – UFO
Space Station #5 – Montrose
Venus and Mars/Rock Show – Wings
The Spaceman – Rick Wakeman

Planet Claire-B-52s
Space Cowboy-Steve Miller

Here is one for people over 50:
Venus and Mars (Are All right Tonight)- Sir Paul

Eve’s Plumb- Venus Meets Pluto

“Pluto” – Bjork
“Subterrian Homesick Alien” – Radiohead
“Christmas on Mars” (o.k. – not a song, but a movie) – Flaming Lips

Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
Saturn – Stevie Wonder
Martian – Red Hot Chili Peppers

“Alien Boy” by the Wipers
“Birdman of the Olympus Mon” by the Pixies
“Coming Home (Major Tom)” by Peter Schilling
“Men In Black” by Frank Black
“Somewhere In the Dark” by Michael Jackson (I still have that narration of E.T. he did on cassette, and I’m still human.)

“Conqueror of the Moon” – Robert Pollard

“Back To Saturn X” – Guided by Voices

beatles – across the universe

elton john – rocketman

ASH- GIRL FROM MARS

AMAZING BRITISH BAND NOT HEARD OF IN THE STATES- FOR FANS OF NIRVANA, FOO FIGHTERS AND POP PUNK

METALLICA- ORION
RHCP- ON MERCURY, DEATH OF A MARTIAN
REM- MAN ON THE MOON
MUSE- SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE
MUSE- SPACE DEMENTIA
RADIOHEAD- SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK ALIEN
JANES ADDICTION- STOP
INCUBUS- STELLAR
BEASTIE BOYS- INTERGALACTIC
NIN- STARF*CKERS (CONTRIVED)
SMASHING PUMPKINS- SPACEBOY
BABYLON ZOO- SPACEMAN
JAMIROQUAI- SPACE COWBOY
SOUNDGARDEN- BLACK HOLE SUN
OASIS= CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA

Astronomy Domine & Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun by Pink Floyd

Space Oddity – David Bowie (perhaps the best to fit a Space theme)
Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
Champagne Supernova – Oasis
Astronomy Domine – Pink Floyd

PLANET CLAIRE- b52’s.

“The Star Behind the Star” -Blinker the Star
“Moondance” Van Morrison
“Earth and Sun and Moon” -Midnight Oil
“Back to the Earth” – Rusted Root

Ride Captain Ride – The Blues Image

1)Alec Eiffel-The Pixies Trompe Le Monde
2)Space I believe in–THe Pixies Trompe Le Monde
3)Space Oddity (David Bowie) Space Oddity
4)Ballrooms of Mars (T. Rex) The Slider
5)Astronome Domine (Pink Floyd) The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
6)Planet Telex (Radiohead) The Bends
7)Here come the Martian Martians (Jonathan Richman) The Beserkeley Years Comp
8)Spaceball Ricochet (T. Rex)The Slider
9) Planet Queen (T. Rex) Electric Warrior
10) What is the Light (Flaming Lips) from Soft Bulletin

“Lost in space” – Aimee Mann (not only a great song – but also her best album)
“Across the Universe” – The Beatles(my personal favorite Beatles tune)

Just an observation on this space…I wonder what the percentage of these spaced out tunes is actually from the 21st century…the century that was looked upon as being futuristic and spacey…. It’s true! Imagination has left popular music! I wonder what they’re listening to on Saturn?

How did the kings of the cowbell get overlooked? Blue Oyster Cult’s E.T.I, and Take Me Away.

“starlight” – Muse

“Space Oddity” is the obvious choice of course. For me, a number of Frank Black tunes from Teenager of the Year would qualify as the best, and that album is probably the best sci-fi album ever.

(People, note! The David Bowie song is called “Space Oddity,” NOT “Space Odyssey”!!!)

“Pluto,” by 2 Skinnee J’s. It’s quirky, fun, has insanely clever lyrics—and is now suddenly timely.

“Stellar”- Incubus
“Public Pervert”- Interpol (the title doesn’t imply that but it is about astral beings)

space cowboy by steve miller he rocked twice as hard because he was on acid half the time

“Major Tom” by Peter Schilling!!!

anything by fucking gamma ray.

KAI HANSEN LIVES FOREVER, YOU MAINSTREAM TURD FERGUSITES

Let There Be More Light blows my mind

“The Sun is a mass of incandescent gas.” by “They might be Giants”.

ALL JIMI HENDRIX MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!

Essential wear for future trips to space by ballboy

* Light Years – Pearl Jam

My Top 10.

1.Starman- David Bowie
2.Pink Moon- Nick Drake
3.Spaceboy- The Smashing Pumpkins
4.Mothership Connection (Star Child)
5.3rd Planet- Modest Mouse
5.Walking on the Moon- The Police
6.Starship- MC5
7.Astronomy Domine- Pink Floyd
8.Space Baby- Witch’s Hat
9.Spaceship- Kanye West
10.I’m The Urban Spaceman- Bonzo Dog Band

FUCK I FORGOT ACROSS THE UNIVERSE!

“Teenagers From Mars” Misfits
“Intergalactic” Beastie Boys
“Space Oddity” David Bowie
“Life On Mars” David Bowie
“Across The Universe” Beatles
“The Great Gig In The Sky” Pink Floyd
“Flash” Queen
“Star 69″ R.E.M.
“On Mercury” RHCP
“Parallel Universe” RHCP
“Death Of A Martian” RHCP
WHY HASN’T ANYONE POSTED ROCKY HORROR SONGS? THAT WHOLE MOVIE HAS SONGS ABOUT SPACE & TRANSVESTITES!

“Stars” – Hum

10. Space Dementia (Muse)
9. Rocket (Smashing Pumpkins)
8. Astronomy (Metallica)
7. Man on the Moon (REM)
6. Space Oddity (Bowie)
5. Jupiter Crash (The Cure)
4. Starless (King Crimson)
3. Walking on the Moon (The Police)
2. Rosetta Stoned (Tool)
1. KNIGHTS OF FUCKIN’ CYDONIA! (MUSE)

2006 has been a good year for space songs …

word to all the 2 Skinnee J’s love. but who’s going to break the news to Craig L. that “Star 69″ is about phone calls, not interplanetary bodies?

Waiting For The UFO’s – Graham Parker
Looking For A UFO – Adrian Belew

Top 3:
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Flaming Lips

2112
by Rush

Under the Milky Way by The Church

Just Landed by Toshack Highway

Super Falling Star by Stereolab

Come and Play in the Milky Night
by Stereolab

R.E.M. “Around the Sun”
I Am Kloot “From Your Favourite Sky”
“Planet Schmanet” from the Rocky Horror Picture Show

Urban Spaceman by Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

At first i thought no one was going to mention Astronomy Domine!

What happened to Beastie Boys “Intergalactic”?

After the Goldrush – Neil Young

“The Final Countdown” – Europe
All the Bowie songs already listed.
“Coming Home” – Peter Schilling
“Cosmik Debris” – Frank Zappa
“Black Hole Sun” – Soundgarden
“Rocketman” – Elton John
“Saturn Return” – R.E.M.
“Walking on the Moon” – The Police
“The Darkest Star” – Depeche Mode
“The Great Gig in the Sky” – Pink Floyd
“Spirit in the Sky” – Norman Greenbaum (not for the lyrics, but for its use in the Apollo program)
“Johnny B. Goode” – Chuck Berry – included on the Voyager spacecraft, should aliens find them
“Particle Man” – They Might Be Giants
“Drops of Jupiter” – Train (not a good song, but hey)
“Slime Creatures From Outer Space” – Weird Al Yankovic

ELTON JOHN – ROCKET MAN (I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG, LONG TIME)

why isn’t this here…

Calling Occupants (Of Interplanetary Craft) by KLAATU

DARKER SIDE OF THE MOON: PINK FLOYD

“Spaceship Orion” The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (Came out I think in 1973)
This song has beautiful lyrics about living on another world.

Most of “Children of the Sun” Album by Billy Thorpe
“Children of the Sun”
“East of Eden’s Gate”

“Space travel is Boring”- Modest Mouse
“3rd planet” Modest Mouse
“Across the Universe” Beatles

What’s up with that graphic?

Coheed and Cambria…come on kids…intergalactic civil war in a poprock package.

“Astro” isn’t really about space, so I don’t see how it counts (though it is a good song). “Planet Telex”? Not even the best RADIOHEAD tune about space. Coheed and Cambria deserve to be on this list, as do Muse. And I would have thought “Space Oddity” of “Ziggy Stardust” would have represented David Bowie here. There’s plenty of great space songs (”The Final Countdown” not being one of them).

13 Questions by Seatrain
Jupiter Hollow by The Band
Moon Over Bourbon Street by Sting

Would You Like to Swing on a Star
Fly Me to the Moon

If you’re into space music, check out Sun Ra and his Interstellar Arkestra.

1. Set the controls for the heart of the sun (Pink Floyd)
2. Space oddity (David Bowie)
3. Hellrider (Judas Priest)
4. The final countdown (Europe)
5.When two worlds collide (Iron Maiden)
6. Stare at the sun (Blaze)
7. Out of space (The Prodigy)
8. Painkiller (Judas Priest)
9. Space trucking (Deep Purple)
10. Hallo spaceboy (David Bowie)

Rock It Man William Shatner.
This cat is in space.

hello…..the biggest charted space song of all

BLONDIE’S RAPTURE

(THE MAN FROM MARS)

Planet Claire B52’s Another great song about space.

“Manta Ray” The Pixies
“Riding On The Rocket” Shonen Knife
“Saturn III” Smash Mouth
“Space Diva” Luscious Jackson
“Weightless” Old 97’s
“Pluto” 2 skinnee J’s
“Shine Silently” Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band

I know I came late to this discussion, but how come only one person mentioned Ayreon??? Here’s a dutch guy who made The Universal Migrator – an amazing double-album about space:

“My House on Mars” – Ayreon
“One Small Step” – Ayreon
“Into the Black Hole” – Ayreon Feat. Bruce Dickinson (greatest song about space. period.)

3 honourable mentions:

“Knights of Cydonia” – Muse
“Astronomy Domine” – Pink Floyd
“Space Oddity” – David Bowie

What, no Hawkwind? The Spaceship known as Hawkwind as been flying for nearly 40 years now. Albums include In Search of Space (1971) through Take Me to Your Future (2006).

Olias of Sunhillow – concept album by Jon Anderson of Yes.

Into the Void & Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath

War of the Worlds by Jeff Wayne

Interplanet Janet – schoolhouse rock

To our Childrens Childrens Children – concept album by The Moody Blues

HAHA!
I know I am SUPER late, but I just needed to say that just because a song has the word star in it, it doesn’t mean it is about space!
And I am not sure if this is the first version of the song but I like this one, it is a song where Major Tom returns home. It’s called… Major Tom(coming home) it is by ccanasta- I think…

Goodness!
Floyd rules supreme in this category.
I also insist on songs that are actually ABOUT space, too.

Interstellar Overdrive – Pink Floyd
Astronomy Domine – Pink Floyd
Let There Be More Light – Pink Floyd
A Saucerful Of Secrets – Pink Floyd
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun – Pink Floyd
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Space Truckin’ – Deep Purple
Space Cowboy – Steve Miller
Starship Trooper – Yes
Third Stone From The Sun – Jimi Hendrix Experience
Walking On The Moon – The Police
Dark Star – Grateful Dead
Rocket Man – Elton John
Across The Universe – Beatles
Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden

“Gravity”,
“In your atmosphere”,
and “Neon” all by John Mayer

“Martian Hop” – The Randells
“Out Of Limits” – The Marketts
“Penetration” – The Pyramids
“The Ventures In Space” – the entire album
“Journey To The Stars” – The Ventures

“Martian Hop” – The Randells
“Out Of Limits” – The Marketts
“Penetration” – The Pyramids
“The Ventures In Space” – the entire album
“Journey To The Stars” – The Ventures

Honestly, how did Pink Floyd NOT make this list? I think this “list” needs some reconsidering.

Consider these, perhaps?
“Cygnus X-1″ by Rush
“A Saucerful of Secrets” by Pink Floyd

Would “Come Sail Away” and “Symptom of the Universe” be considered space songs?

uh, Space is the Place – Sun Ra

Planet Clair by The B-52’s

Rocket Ride by KISS
Countdown by RUSH (a reality based song about space travel)

Maybe it was mentioned but I didn’t see “Children of the Sun” by ..Billy Thorpe..also Transmissions from Uranus and Destination Venus by Man..Or Astroman from Project Infinity cd. Thanks RG

Intergalactic Touring Band is the best CD in the universe.
Also: Kraftwerk – Space Lab

A lot of good one in the list above and yes 2 years too late but some real biggies missing from the above list!

Starlight – Superman Lovers
Alien Attack – S.P.O.C.K.
Out Of Space – Prodigy
In Space – Royksopp
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft- The Carpenters
Space Invaders – The Titty Twisters
Spaced Invader – Hatiras