Spaceman

"Spaceman" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, released on his 1972 album Son of Schmilsson. One of the highlights on Son of Schmilsson, with its dramatic opening fanfare and a cross between folk with a heavy R&B rhythm, the song explains the desire and downfall of the narrator, who wished to be a spaceman and now wants to go back to Earth but is stuck in space. The song was one of the three Nilsson's songs that became a hit of the year, the other two being "Remember (Christmas)" and "You're Breaking My Heart". Arranger Paul Buckmaster said that he asked Nilsson if he could put a string section on the song, and Nilsson agreed. Buckmaster brought more than strings: He included the medieval instruments shawm and sackbut. He said that someone named Moxie, "the genius of the harmonica in London at the time," played bass harmonica in a "chugging" rhythm style, part of the rhythm section. "Spaceman" featured prominently in a trailer for the HBO comedy series Avenue 5 (2020), and in the first and final episodes of first season for the 2020 Netflix comedy series Space Force. The song was covered by the American band the Roches on the 1995 tribute album For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson.

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Spaceman | Producer: Richard Perry | Publisher: EMI | Publisher: ...
Spaceman (performed by Cynthia Henderson) From the album Without Him by Cynthia Henderson .
Spaceman (performed by James Mastro) James Mastro's performance of Spaceman is from the Loser's ...
Spaceman (performed by Roches) "Spaceman" by Roches


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Life on Mars {The Man Who Sold the World} Harry Nilsson's "Spaceman " is heard in an episode of the ...
Howard Stern ... "Jump into the Fire ," and "Spaceman ."   The general ...
One Last Touch of Nilsson ... spun off the poppier tune "Spaceman ."   The only Son ...
They Came from Outer Space: The Alien Songbook [1998] ... Eater " by Sheb Wooley , "Spaceman " by Harry Nilsson , ...
Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection {CD} [2000] ... Nilsson's performance of "Spaceman ."   | Artist: ...
Did Somebody Drop His Mouse? ... film in which a rehearsal of "Spaceman " and a sequence ...
Best of Harry Nilsson - Piano, Vocal and Guitar Chords ... Rainbow Remember (Christmas) Spaceman Without Her ...
Spaceman (performed by James Mastro) James Mastro's performance of Spaceman is from the Loser's ...

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