# Astronomy songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326 "2019-10-05T20:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/21 "2019-10-06T06:13:39Z")
Muppets, [I don’t want to live on the moon.](https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/I_Don%27t_Want_to_Live_on_the_Moon) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/22 "2019-10-06T06:40:19Z")
Two from The Tornados: “All the Stars in the Sky” and “Telstar” (the first “active” instead of “passive” communications satellite): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6NEqCbnBeI ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/23 "2019-10-06T06:47:22Z")
Two more from The Tornados: “Red Rocket” and “Life on Venus”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAY6wLaS1Z8 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/24 "2019-10-06T06:57:48Z")
“Blue Star” by The Shadows "Lullaby of the Stars" by The Tornados [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GQQCEQrNhso/hqdefault.jpg "Lullaby Of The Stars The Tornados (Joe Meek)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQQCEQrNhso) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/25 "2019-10-06T07:25:27Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > It’s astronomy from the right perspective… > > [Third Stone From the Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA3aBf5oEh0) - Jimi Hendrix Experience Which brings to mind “Third Rock from the Sun” by Joe Diffie. “California Stars” by Wilco “Recovering the Satellites” by Counting Crows “Bad Moon Rising” by CCR “Landed” by Ben Folds includes the line “If you wrote me off/I’d understand it/'Cause I’ve been on some other planet” but that may not qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/26 "2019-10-06T09:51:51Z")
“Venus and Mars” by Paul McCartney and Wings “Space Oddity” by David Bowie “Fly Me to the Moon” by Sinatra “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love” by Conway Twitty “Mustang Sally” by Wilson Pickett (Kind of prescient about Sally Ride, if you ask me…) “Starship Troopers” by Yes “Sirens of Titan” by Al Stewart “Faith of the Heart” by Rod Stewart (just because of what it was used for) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/27 "2019-10-06T10:28:12Z")
_Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons_ - Pixies \*Andromeda \*- Paul Weller _Supermassive Black Hole_ - Muse ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/28 "2019-10-06T10:31:25Z")
“What a Swell Party It Was,” from _ **High Society** _: _Have you heard? It’s in the stars, next July we collide with Mars!_ ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/29 "2019-10-06T10:46:20Z")
Drops of Jupiter - Train [Drops of Jupiter [Drops of Jupiter - Google Search](https://www.google.com.au/search?kgmid=/g/1q5jb81p3&hl=en-AU&kgs=b396295e8e45a336&q=train+drops+of+jupiter&shndl=0&source=sh/x/kp/osrp&entrypoint=sh/x/kp/osrp)](Drops of Jupiter [Drops of Jupiter - Google Search](https://www.google.com.au/search?kgmid=/g/1q5jb81p3&hl=en-AU&kgs=b396295e8e45a336&q=train+drops+of+jupiter&shndl=0&source=sh/x/kp/osrp&entrypoint=sh/x/kp/osrp)) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/30 "2019-10-06T11:18:30Z")
Linda Goes To Mars - John Prine Space Truckin’ - Deep Purple ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/31 "2019-10-06T14:47:54Z")
“Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by Klaatu (covered by the Carpenters). “Major Tom (Coming Home)” by Peter Schilling. “Saucerful of Secrets”, “Interstellar Overdrive”, “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun”, by Pink Floyd. “Spaceman” by Harry Nilsson. “Rocket to Uranus” by the Vengaboys. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/32 "2019-10-06T15:04:08Z")
[Good Morning, Starshine.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whmzEXywq40)-Oliver ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/33 "2019-10-06T15:38:45Z")
[The B-52’s - There’s A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTnKOLUGAtc) [Augury - Cosmic Migration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C217EVuqJE8) For a full album of technical death metal about stuff in space, there’s [**Obscura** ’s _Cosmogenesis_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIGaKPNkbok) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/34 "2019-10-06T15:57:33Z")
They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas): There’s also the excellent Sleeping Satellite by Tasmin Archer: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yGL2lcaRYqk/hqdefault.jpg "Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGL2lcaRYqk) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/35 "2019-10-06T21:05:03Z")
“Rocket Man,” “interpreted” by William Shatner: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8wI4jMxveyI/maxresdefault.jpg "(AUDIO RESTORED) William Shatner "Sings" 'Rocket Man' 1978") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wI4jMxveyI) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/36 "2019-10-06T22:13:08Z")
Cygnus X-1 by Rush. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/37 "2019-10-07T05:10:52Z")
Black Hole Sun “So, like, a black hole is, like, this giant bunghole in outer space. It’s like, it sucks up the whole universe, and then it’s like, it grinds it up and sends it all to Hell or something.” ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/38 "2019-10-07T05:38:18Z")
Several astronomy songs are in the playlist of “Space Songs” sung by Tom Glazer (where TMBG got their song from). Note: all are from “Ballads for the Age of Science” by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1zjN1VN8pqo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLDoT8PyhUy3KmkzDdGHBAp5S1A6VhMj-g ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/39 "2019-10-07T06:13:38Z")
[Stardust](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjU6ZjrQulc), recorded by many, this one by Nat King Cole ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326/40 "2019-10-07T06:38:26Z")
“[Red Planet](https://youtu.be/-_v96qs-wYU)” by Alvvays “[Emily](https://youtu.be/vRnikXRJ6hY)” by Joanna Newsom: > [@](#): > > That the meteorite is the source of the light > And the meteor’s just what we see > And the meteoroid is a stone that’s devoid of the fire that propelled it to thee > And the meteorite’s just what causes the light > And the meteor’s how it’s perceived > And the meteoroid’s a bone thrown from the void that lies quiet in offering to thee That’s wrong. Probably intentionally so as a symptom of the growing distance between the singer and Emily, her real-life astrophysicist sister. Possibly just to troll Emily, who sang backup on the album. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-songs/841326.md?page=3)