Space Oddity

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lyricist and composer:David Bowie
publisher:Onward Music Ltd.
TRO Essex Music International, Inc.
Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc.
Westminster Music Ltd.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/299 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1201 [info]
Wikidata:Q581952 [info]
later parody versions:Mine Oddity
Tebowie
later translated versions:Odisea espacial (Azucarillo Kings version)
later versions:Bill Oddity
Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola
Space Oddity (version in Portuguese)
Un homme a disparu dans le ciel
lyrics quoted in:Terrence Loves You

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1968 – 1969Space Oddity (Clareville Grove demo) (mono)David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson5:09
1968 – 1969Space Oddity (demo excerpt) (mono)partialDavid Bowie2:39
1968 – 1969Space Oddity (demo) (mono)David Bowie4:02
1968 – 1969Space Oddity (version 2) (mono)David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson5:01
1969-02-02Space Oddity (Morgan Studios version – alternative take) (mono)David Bowie4:22
1969-06-20Space Oddity (single version)David Bowie3:34
1969-06Space OddityDavid Bowie5:15
1969-06Space Oddity (2019 mix)David Bowie5:20
1969-06Space Oddity (original UK mono single edit)David Bowie4:42
1969Space OddityDavid Bowie4:50
1969Space Oddity (1969, Bowie with round glasses & cap)David Bowie3:48
1969Space Oddity (‘Mercury’ demo) (‘Mercury’ demo, mono)David Bowie with John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson5:28
1971-09-25Space Oddity (live, 1971-09-25: Burroughs Assembly Hall, Friars Aylesbury, Aylesbury, England)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1971-09-25Space Oddity (live, 1971‐09‐25: Burrough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, UK)liveDavid Bowie4:41
1971-09-25Space Oddity (live Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971)liveDavid Bowie4:42
1972-05-06Space OddityliveDavid Bowie4:54
1972-05-07Space OddityliveDavid Bowie4:45
1972-05-22Space OddityliveDavid Bowie4:15
1972-05-22Space OddityliveDavid Bowie4:17
1972-05-22Space OddityliveDavid Bowie?:??
1972-05-22Space Oddity (broadcast 1972-06-05–1972-06-09, “Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show”, BBC Radio 1)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1972-05-22Space Oddity (BBC radio session, “Johnnie Walker Lunchtime Show”: recorded 22.5.72, broadcast 5-9.6.72, Studio 2, Aeolian Hall, New Bond Street, London)liveDavid Bowie4:17
1972-05-22Space OddityliveDavid Bowie4:16
1972-06-04Space OddityliveDavid Bowie & Spiders From Mars4:57
1972-07-08Space Oddity (live, 1972-07-08: Royal Festival Hall, London, England)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1972-10-20Space Oddity (live, 1972-10-20: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA)liveDavid Bowie4:48
1972-10-20Space Oddity (live, 1972-10-20: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA)liveDavid Bowie5:10
1972-10-20Space Oddity (live, 1972-10-20: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA)liveDavid Bowie5:22
1972-11-25Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:41
1972-11-25Space Oddity (live, 1972-11-25: Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OH, USA)liveDavid Bowie5:41
1973-02-15Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:35
1973-02-15Space OddityliveDavid Bowie4:56
1973-04-08Space Oddity (live, 1973‐04‐08: 東京厚生年金会館 大ホール, Shinjuku, Japan)liveDavid Bowie5:10
1973-04-08Space Oddity (live, 1973-04-08: 東京厚生年金会館, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1973-04-10Space Oddity (live, 1973‐04‐10: 東京厚生年金会館 大ホール, Shinjuku, Japan)liveDavid Bowie5:09
1973-04-10Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:08
1973-04-11Space Oddity (live, 1973-04-11: 東京厚生年金会館, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan)liveDavid Bowie5:19
1973-04-12Space Oddity (live, 1973‐04‐12: 名古屋市公会堂, Nagoya, Japan)liveDavid Bowie4:59
1973-04-14Space Oddity (live, 1973‐04‐14: 広島郵便貯金ホール, Hiroshima, Japan)liveDavid Bowie5:04
1973-05-18Space OddityliveDavid Bowie & Spiders From Mars4:58
1973-07-03Space Oddity (live, 1973-07-03: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)liveDavid Bowie4:34
1973-07-03Space Oddity (live, 1973-07-03: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1973-07-03Space Oddity (live, 1973-07-03, 2023 edit: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)liveDavid Bowie5:07
1973-07-03Space Oddity (live, 1973-07-03, 2003 edit: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)liveDavid Bowie5:06
1973-07-03Space Oddity (live, 1973-07-03: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK: from Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture)liveDavid Bowie5:58
1973-07-03Space Oddity (live, 1973-07-03: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1973-07-03Space Oddity (live, 1973-07-03: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)liveDavid Bowie4:50
1973-07-03Space Oddity (live, pure, no overdubs, 1973‐07‐03: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1973-10-18Space Oddity (live, 1973-10-18–20, The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England)liveDavid Bowie5:44
1973-10-18 – 1973-10-20Space Oddity (live, 1973-10: The Marquee, London, England)liveDavid Bowie5:24
1973-10-20Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:28
1973-10-20Space Oddity (Marquee Club, London, 10/20/73)liveDavid Bowie5:31
1973-11-16Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:21
1974-06-16Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:59
1974-06-16Space Oddity (live, 1974‐06‐16: O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1974-06-17Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:51
1974-06-22Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:33
1974-07-01Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:13
1974-07-02Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:25
1974-07-08 – 1974-07-12Space Oddity (live, 1974-07-08–12: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, USA; 2005 mix)liveDavid Bowie6:27
1974-07-08 – 1974-07-12Space Oddity (5.1 mix) (live, 1974-07-08–12: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, USA; 5.1 mix)liveDavid Bowie6:27
1974-07-16Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:40
1974-07-16Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:22
1974-09-02Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:05
1974-09-05Space Oddity (live, 1974-09-05: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California, USA)liveDavid Bowie5:15
1974-09-05Space Oddity (live, 1974-09-05: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1974-09-05Space Oddity (live, 1974-09-05: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveDavid Bowie5:16
1974-09-05Space Oddity (live, 1974-09-05: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California, USA)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1974-10-19Space Oddity (cuts in)liveDavid Bowie and The Mike Garson Band4:31
1976Space OdditycoverThe Langley Schools Music Project5:27
1977-06Space OdditycoverDavid Matthews6:05
1978-05-26Space OddotycoverThe London Symphony Orchestra5:39
1979-11-04Space Oddity (1979 version)David Bowie4:52
1979Space Oddity (1979 re‐recorded version)David Bowie?:??
1983-04-27Space OddityDavid Bowie & Stevie Ray Vaughan4:35
1983-04-27Space Oddity (live, 1983-04-27: Dallas, TX, USA)David Bowie & Stevie Ray Vaughan4:33
1983-06-12Space Oddity (live, 1983-06-12: Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden)liveDavid Bowie5:15
1983-06-12Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:16
1983-06-30Space OddityliveDavid Bowie?:??
1983-07-12 – 1983-07-13Space OddityliveDavid Bowie6:54
1983-07-12 – 1983-07-13Space OddityliveDavid Bowie?:??
1983-07-12 – 1983-07-13Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:07
1983-07-12 – 1983-07-13Space OddityliveDavid Bowie10:39
1983-07-13Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:24
1983-07-13Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:07
1983-07-13Space Oddity (live, 1983-07-13: Montreal Forum, Canada)liveDavid Bowie5:26
1983-07-13Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:24
1983-07-26Space OddityliveDavid Bowie5:09
1983-08-19Space Oddity (live, 1983-08-19: Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX, USA)liveDavid Bowie6:34
1983-09-12Space Oddity / Band Introduction (Serious Moonlight [live ’83])liveDavid Bowie6:33
1983-09-12Space Oddity / Band Introduction (live, 1983-09-12: P.N.E Grandstand, Vancouver, BC, Canada)liveDavid Bowie6:37
1983-11-26Space OddityliveDavid Bowie4:57
1990-03-04Space Oddity (live, 1990-03-04: Colisée de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada)liveDavid Bowie1:55
1990-03-06Space OddityliveDavid Bowie4:57
1990-03-13Space Oddity (live, 1990-03-13: Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1990-03-26Space Oddity (live, 1990-03-26: Docklands Arena, London, England, UK)liveDavid Bowie5:25
1990-04-03Space Oddity (live, 1990-04-03: Paris au Printemps, France)liveDavid Bowie4:57
1990-04-03Space OddityliveDavid Bowie?:??
1990-04-17Space Oddity (live, 1990‐04‐17: PalaLottomatica, Roma, Italy)liveDavid Bowie?:??
1990-05-15Space Oddity (1990-05-15: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan)liveDavid Bowie5:02
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