David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' Took 6 Years to Reach No. 1 After Initial Poor Sales

Fifty-seven years ago today, on July 11, 1969, a struggling English singer named David Bowie released a strange little single ...

57 years ago: David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' flopped before hitting No. 1 in 1975

On this day 57 years ago a legendary musician released an iconic song that flopped, but later hit No. 1.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1969, David Bowie Released the Breakout Hit That Soundtracked the Moon Landing and Was Later Covered by an Astronaut

Fifty-seven years ago today, David Bowie released a song that would mark multiple major career milestones for the future star ...
Yahoo

How David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' Became a No. 1 Hit Six Years After the Moon Landing

David Bowie is an artist with an expansive legacy that includes plenty of hit songs, but one specific tune has an impressive history related to the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969. Bowie's popular song ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2013, a David Bowie Classic Got an Out-of-This-World Cover (Literally)

On this day (May 12) in 2013, astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield released the music video of his version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” He recorded the song while aboard the International Space ...
Play Station Universe

“Space Oddity” Being Removed From Alan Wake Over “Changes In Licensing”

Remedy will be removing David Bowie’s iconic track Space Oddity from Alan Wake, with the song removed from the credits and original soundtrack to be replaced with a brand new original song, due to ...
The Washington Post

Solution to Evan Birnholz’s Aug. 11 crossword, ‘Space Oddity’

As I mentioned last week, today’s puzzle is a rerun from the archives. We’re going back to July 30, 2017, when “Space Oddity” was first published. Five thematic Across answers (SATELLITE at 24A, ...