69 Songs About Space
The Autonomous Space Agency Network is throwing a party and you’re all invited.
At around 1am PST on July 31, Earth and Mars will be the closest they’ve been in 15 years — only 35.8 million miles apart! To celebrate the occasion, ASAN partnered with Tanya of Mars to turn SideBar — the only bar in Phoenix, Arizona — into the Mars Bar FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY FOLKS
It’s not a party without some tunes so ASAN’s Phoenix Mission Directorate curated a playlist of 69 songs to showcase the wide range of musicians exploring space through their art. You can listen to it through your ears on YouTube (Playlist) or Spotify (Playlist).
(Check out the complete list of space muzak on this Spotify playlist. Recommend additions in the comments.)
69. ‘Astronaut’ — Quasimoto
68. ‘Super Rocket Rumble’ — Man or Astro-Man?
67. ‘Black Hole in My Mind’ — The Lillingtons
66. ‘Rocket Scientist’ — Dopplereffekt
65. ‘The Red Planet’ — Scientist
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64. ‘Martian Girl’ — The Aquabats!
63. ‘Alien’ — Die Antwoord
62. ‘Martian Workout VHS’ — Space Jesus
61. ‘The Space Race’ — Destroyer
60. ‘One for the Road, Two for the Vast Cold Vacuum of Space’ — Neat Beats
59. ‘Astronaut Pussy’ — The Game (ft. Skeme, ScHoolboy Q)
58. ‘The Space Program’ — A Tribe Called Quest
57. ‘Kids of the Blackhole’ — Adolescents
56. ‘Spacelab’ — Kraftwerk
55. ‘Space Invaders are Smoking Grass’ — I-F
54. ‘Earth Intruders’ — Bjork
53. ‘Astronaut Chick’ — Future
52. ‘Rocket Man’ — Elton John
51. ‘NASA Gang (#swag)’ — SpaceGhostPurrp
50. ‘Ballrooms of Mars’ — T.Rex
49. ‘Dressed for Space’ — TR/ST
48. ‘Space Child’ — UFO
47. ‘Satellite’ — STRFKR
46. ‘Here to Mars’ — Coheed and Cambria
45. ‘Black Hole Sun’ — Soundgarden
44. ‘Astronaut’ — Sir Sly
43. ‘Subterranean Homesick Alien’ — Radiohead
42. ‘Space Game’ — MC Lars
41. ‘Destination Venus’ — Man or Astro-Man?
40. ‘Supersonic Rocket Ship’ — The Kinks
39. ‘Girl on the Moon’ — The Kings of Outer Space
38. ‘Satellite Flight’ — Kid Cudi
37. ‘The Moon Song’ — Karen O
36. ‘Have You Seen the Stars Tonight?’ — Jefferson Starship
35. ‘Rocket Queen’ — Guns N’ Roses
34. ‘Space Monkeyz Theme’ — Gorillaz, Space Monkeyz
33. ‘Rocket Love’ — Stevie Wonder
32. ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ — Frank Sinatra and Count Basie
31. E.T. (ft. Kanye West) — Katy Perry
30. ‘UFOs (ft. Marian Mereba) — EARTHGANG
29. ‘Puttin’ People on the Moon’ — Drive-By Truckers
28. ‘Space Junk’ — DEVO
27. ‘Teenage Spaceship’ — Deep Space Super Group
26. ‘Space Truckin’’ — Deep Purple
25. ‘Under the Milky Way’ — The Church
24. ‘Satellites’ — Cancer Bats
23. ‘There’s a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)’ — The B-52's
22. ‘A Space Boy Dream’ — Belle & Sebastian
21. ‘Alien’ — Britney Spears
20. ‘Suburban Space Invader’ — The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
19. ‘There’s A Star for Everyone’ — Aretha Franklin
18. ‘Space Invaders’ — Analog Pussy
17. ‘Intergalactic’ — Beastie Boys
16. ‘Aliens Exist’ — Blink-182
15. ‘La Fusée Décolle Mais La Guyane Reste Au Sol’ — Freaky Fran
14. ‘Space Travel is Boring’ — Modest Mouse
13. ‘Wandering Star’ — Portishead
12. ‘Well, Everybody’s Fucking in a UFO’ — Rob Zombie
11. ‘Rocket’ — Smashing Pumpkins
10. ‘Valentina’ — Komputer
9. ‘I Turned Into a Martian’ — The Misfits
8. ‘Space Oddity’ — David Bowie
7. ‘E.T.’ (Extraterrestrial) — OutKast
6. ‘Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft’ — Carpenters
5. ‘Space is the Place’ — Sun Ra
4. ‘Satellite of Love’ — Lou Reed
3. ‘Space Monkey’ — Patti Smith
2. ‘Interplanetary Revolution’ — Alpha Blondy
1. ‘Space Jam’ — Quad City DJs
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