# Are there songs about all the planets of our solar system? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707 "2019-08-15T18:26:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/21 "2019-08-16T06:58:58Z")
I used to have a radio show and one of my themed shows was Around the Universe. I played some of the songs already mentioned. Two that haven’t been mentioned. Hex - [“Mercury Towers”](https://youtu.be/Y7wCyVavVOc) Toyah - [“Jungles Of Jupiter”](https://youtu.be/9TYFEA8vVoM) To avoid a long list and a link, here’s a playlist of the whole show in spoiler tags. I posted this before, but what the heck. Suspended In Gaffa 117 Around The Universe Playlist for 6-9-90 - Song \* \* Artist \* 1 Goodbye Cruel World - Mary Kelley 2 Rocket’s Tail - Kate Bush 3 I Feel Like An Astronaut - Fetchin Bones 4 Postcard To The Stars - Wendy Wall 5 Picnic On The Moon - Bel Canto 6 Venus Sands - The Creatures 7 Mercury Towers - Hex 8 Solar Choir - The Creatures 9 Solar Systems - Annette Peacock 10 Red Planet - Tiny Lights 11 Jungles Of Jupiter - Toyah 12 Space Between Rings - Christine Lavin 13 Planet - The Sugarcubes 14 Planet In My Kitchen - Siouxsie & The Banshees 15 Pluto Drive - The Creatures 16 UFO - Nina Hagen 17 Starbound She Said/The Stars - Deux Filles 18 Little Spacey - The Cocteau Twins 19 Across The Universe - Laibach w/Germania on vocals 20 Alaap/My Shooting Star - West India Company 21 Bengalis From Outer Space - West India Company 22 Hello Earth - Kate Bush I don’t have the show digitized but I did make a YouTube playlist for most of the songs. Not all of them were on YouTube. [Suspended In Gaffa 117](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyqqqa4YwGp6ASADilLOzpKPhxwonrTGE) ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/22 "2019-08-16T07:39:51Z")
The must famous track that mentions Uranus avoids the usual pun so it won’t show up in word searches: Well there’s a moon, it’s in the sky It’s called the moon, and everybody is there 'cluding 'Ranus (Neptune) 'Ranus (Pluto) Destination moon ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/23 "2019-08-16T08:32:44Z")
if kids shows count there’s an oft-repeated tune on “ready jet go!” a kids astronomy/science show on PBS that if you watch it long enough you’ll hear a rundown in song of one thing about each planet in fact its so popular it has Craig bartlett a famous animator and creator of the show)doing a speed run of him singing the song in character for the commericals … ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/24 "2019-08-16T11:13:01Z")
And the B-52s have a song about Planet Claire. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eOjAzI5zALo/maxresdefault.jpg "B52s Planet Claire FULL HQ Restored best version!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOjAzI5zALo) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/25 "2019-08-16T11:37:32Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Venus entry: TMBG - [“For Science”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeydjADyM7U), though it references the (supposed) population more than the planet itself > > _I will date the girl from Venus > Flowers die and so will I > Yes, I will kiss the girl from Venus for science_ TMBG also have a song called “[How Many Planets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5nBUidKqo)” which includes the names of the planets and a couple of the larger dwarf planets. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/26 "2019-08-16T13:04:04Z")
If you’re going to count Pluto, then you really need to count at least Eris, also (and probably a number of other iceballs). Are there any songs about Eris (specifically the Solar System body, not the goddess)? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/27 "2019-08-16T13:47:01Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > If you’re going to count Pluto, then you really need to count at least Eris, also (and probably a number of other iceballs). Are there any songs about Eris (specifically the Solar System body, not the goddess)? The TMBG song I linked to just before your post mentions Eris. ---
**Author:** ![lelkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@lelkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lelkins)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/28 "2019-08-16T14:37:33Z")
JoCo’s “I’m Your Moon” (I heard this originally and thought, hey, nice song about a love between two outsiders. And a couple of years later I heard a discussion between a couple of astronomers where one talked about that "Jonathon Coulton song about Pluto...." and I had to think for a bit, then went "Whoah.") ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/29 "2019-08-16T14:45:40Z")
For completion, They Might Be Giants’ “The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/30 "2019-08-16T14:58:32Z")
> [@lelkins](#): > > JoCo’s “I’m Your Moon” > > (I heard this originally and thought, hey, nice song about a love between two outsiders. And a couple of years later I heard a discussion between a couple of astronomers where one talked about that "Jonathon Coulton song about Pluto...." and I had to think for a bit, then went "Whoah.") Ooh, good one. I’d forgotten about that but it is clearly about Pluto and Charon. > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > For completion, They Might Be Giants’ “The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas” Get with the program, man - they’ve updated it now: [The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLkGSV9WDMA) ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/31 "2019-08-16T16:36:41Z")
On my cell or I would provide links. My friend owns a company called “Rock and Learn.” They have albums about all sorts of things, even about the planets and the solar system. The lead singer in my band did the Jupiter song. The production values are amazing and I can’t recommend them enough. Rock and learn. You might even jam the albums as an adult. I really liked the planets album. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/32 "2019-08-16T16:38:59Z")
I figured out how to link on my iPhone! Sorta. > **[Solar System (audio & printable book)](https://www.rocknlearn.com/collections/science-social-studies/products/solar-system-audio-printable-book)** > > Fun songs help you learn the presidents along with important facts about the United States government. Covers the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/33 "2019-08-16T16:40:30Z")
For what it’s worth, plasma is a subset of gas, and so it’s not incorrect to call the Sun a ball of gas. TMBG never said it was a neutral gas. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/34 "2019-08-16T16:42:42Z")
**Rocket Man** , Elton John: “Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kid.” **Major Tom** , Peter Schilling: “Earth below us, drifting falling. . .” ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/35 "2019-08-18T18:12:15Z")
Aw, thanks! I’d forgotten about the existence of “Fred Vom Jupiter.” ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/36 "2019-08-20T03:08:57Z")
You might enjoy the episode of the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast about what other planets might sound like to human ears: > **[Space — Twenty Thousand Hertz - The stories behind the world's most...](https://www.20k.org/episodes/space)** > > When we think about sound, our only reference is what it’s like here on Earth. What happens when we leave this thin blanket of atmosphere, and what do other planets sound like? Featuring Dr. Lori Glaze, Dr. Keith Noll, Dr. Scott Guzewich from NASA’s... ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707/37 "2019-08-20T11:33:43Z")
Well, this my favourite Jupiter song… Grant Lee Phillips - [The Sun Shines on Jupiter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVY54o-OaJw) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707.md?page=1)