Songs About Planets

[acousticlady]

I'm putting together a not-so-little party with a planets theme. I'm looking for music suggestions. I was thinking of a bunch of songs about planets. Genre doesn't matter - though heavy metal or rap wouldn't work for this crowd. I heard Sting's "Walking on the Moon" the other day and got the idea. Of course, now I can't think of any other songs with that theme. Space travel might work too - like Bowie's Major Tom. Any suggestions?

[DannyWilliams]

(looks at my iTunes Playlist and a few that comes to mind)

Ace of Base - Beautiful Life
Air - Space Maker
Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
Banarama - Venus or if ya want the original by Shocking Blue
Bedrock - Heaven Scent
Breathe - Hands To Heaven
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Dubstar - Stars (Motiv 8 Mix) * the original cut sounds toooo slooow IMO = zzzz
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Madonna - Ray of Light
Maxi - Priest - Wide WIde World
Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
Opus III - It's A Fine Day
P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
Eivis Presley - Such A Night
Pretty Poison - Night Time
Pretenders or Donna Summer - State of Independance (but I like Chrissie Hynde's haunting version better)
Pure Sugar - Hands To HEaven
Peter Schilling - Major Tom
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
Tears For Fears - Mad World and/or Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
Vengaboys - Vengababes From Outer Space
John Paul Young - Love Is The Air - Ballroom Mix

[mel]

Planet Claire - The B-52s
Venus & Mars / Rock Show - Paul McCartney & Wings
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Moonshadow - Cat Stevens
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Venus - Shocking Blue / Bananarama
Venus as a Boy - Bjork
Back O'The Moon - 10,000 Maniacs
Across the Universe - The Beatles
Across the Universe - Fiona Apple
Mr. Moonlight - The Beatles
Goddess of the Moon - Cusco
Desert Moon - Dennis DeYoung
The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen
Bad Side of the Moon - Elton John
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Blue Moon - The Marcels
Shepherd Moon - Enya
Sisters of the Moon - Fleetwood Mac
Moon & Stars - Kalapana
Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest
Moondance - Kitaro
Eclipse - Pink Floyd
Blue Moon With a Heartache - Rosanne Cash
To the Moon & Back - Savage Garden
Moondance - Van Morrison
Man on the Moon - R.E.M.
Man on the Moon - Voice of the Beehive
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Mercury Blues - Steve Miller Band
I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King
Golden Earth Girl - Paul McCartney
Heaven is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carilisle
Messages from Earth - Christopher Franke
Planet Earth - Duran Duran
Z'ha'dum - Christopher Franke
Edge of the Universe - Bee Gees
A Spaceman Came Traveling - Chris de Burgh
Mr. Spaceman - The Byrds
Outa-space - Billy Preston
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Another Girl Another Planet - Mighty Lemon Drops
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - The Carpenters
Planet of Sound - The Pixies
Jack Names the Planets - Ash
My World - Bee Gees
Rockin' in a free World - Neil Young
Secret World - Tears for Fears
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Brother IZ
Until the End of the World - U2
World on Fire - Sarah McLachlan
World Turning - Fleetwood Mac
Twilight World - Swing Out Sister
All Around the World - Lisa Stansfield
Worlds Away - Pablo Cruise
Blue World - Moody Blues
A Thousand Stars - Kathy Young & the Innocents
Star Wars - John Williams & the London Symphony Orchestra
Star Wars /Cantina Band - Meco
Everybody is a Star - Sly & the Family Stone
Goodmorning Starshine - Oliver
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck
Paint the Sky With Stars - Enya
Shooting Star - Bad Company
Star - Stealer's Wheel
Star Trekkin' - The Firm (from Dr. DeMento compilation)
Stardust - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Staring at the Sun - U2
Stars are Blind - Paris Hilton
Starship Trooper - Yes
Telstar - The Tornadoes
When the Stars Go Blue - The Corrs featuring Bono
All Star - Smash Mouth
Major Tom - Pete Shelley (?)
Galaxy - War

[DannyWilliams]

Major Tom - Pete Shelley (?)



AHEM! :D

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[Pomai]

I like these kind of jukebox threads. Food. Planes, trains 'n automobiles. Now this. Nice!!! No metal or rap, huh? Phooey! That's OK. That genre only writes about sex, money and death anyways. lol

Once again, Mel comes up with "Da' Mastah List"!

Not yet mentioned...

Invisible Sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hFydh-QhPA) - The Police
One World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpPua4Xjoo4) - The Police
When the World is Running Down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyOghZum-Io) - The Police
Rocket (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o1G0GSiNQM) - Def Leppard (pushing your metal threshold here, but it's pretty friendly)

Mel mentioned the Star Wars theme, Meco disco version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWUp2MhVvwQ). I always loved that one! I used to have the LP. It's like Chewbacca in Bell-bottomed pants. lol


*Links go to YouTube videos of the songs.

[mel]

AHEM! :D

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That's why I had a question mark next to the guy's name. 20 years later I can never remember the name!!! Certainly the guy is a one hit wonder in my book. Thanx. :)

[DannyWilliams]

That's why I had a question mark next to the guy's name. 20 years later I can never remember the name!!! Certainly the guy is a one hit wonder in my book. Thanx. :)


yeah definately his ONLY hit song.
Had sho da pitcha of him. Pete/Peter is nothing but "Shelly" awwwww dats goin way off cuz. It's all good.;)

[GeckoGeek]

Walking on the Sun - Smash Mouth
Space Truck'n - Deep Purple (that too heavy metal?)

[acousticlady]

Excellent! Thank you. For some reason I always have it in my head that David Bowie did Major Tom - am I thinking of the same song? Or does Bowie talk about a Major Tom in Space Oddity??? I would have listened to Bowie but I never heard of the other guy(see-just had to scroll down to check his name agin) Peter Shilling. It's been a long time since I've heard either one. Suggestions are great so far. I'm basically putting together a CD that'll be primarily background music. I'm dealing with acrowd that ranges in age from 18 to 100. The younger set probably wouldn't mind rap or metal. I know a few coming would prefer that. But they'll have to deal and they're not really a position to barter :D.

[mel]

"Ground control to Major Tom..." yep, that is mentioned in David Bowie's "Space Oddity"...

More lyrics: (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/david+bowie/space+oddity_20036711.html)

(partial)

Ground control to major tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may gods love be with you

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,
Four, three, two, one, liftoff

This is ground control to major tom
Youve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now its time to leave the capsule if you dare


From a Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schilling)on Pete Schilling:

His 1983 album, Error in the System, generated his only international hit single, "Major Tom (Coming Home)", a retelling of David Bowie's classic 1969 song "Space Oddity". Although the song was originally recorded in German, the international hit version was sung in English.

[oceanpacific]

VENUS IN BLUE JEANS - Jimmy Clanton
MY WORLD - Rascals
BIG WIDE WORLD - Teddy Randazzo
STARLIGHT, STAR BRIGHT - Linda Scott
COUNT EVERY STAR - Linda Scott
BIG STAR - Shelley Fabares
MOONLIGHT IS RIGHT - Starbuck
HEY LITTLE STAR - Ann Margret
BLUE STAR - by many
LITTLE STAR - Elegants

[Pomai]

Ooh, stars. Also add...

LADY STARLIGHT - Scorpions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r8RwRmL4Z8)


STARLIGHT, STAR BRIGHT - Linda Scott
COUNT EVERY STAR - Linda Scott
BIG STAR - Shelley Fabares
MOONLIGHT IS RIGHT - Starbuck
HEY LITTLE STAR - Ann Margret
BLUE STAR - by many
LITTLE STAR - Elegants

[shaveice]

for the old geezers like me, you might wanna include some stuff that's been collecting some dust! not an exhaustive list by any means, but here are some ideas:

Blue Moon The Marcels

Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares

96 Tears - ? & the Mysterians

Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) The 5th Dimension

In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) Zager & Evans

Teen Angel - Mark Dinning

Little Star - Elegants

Earth Angel - The Penguins

Blue Moon - Marcels

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry and the Pacemakers

A World Without Love - Peter & Gordon

Mr. Spaceman - The Byrds

Third Stone from the Sun - Jimi Hendrix

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(i included ? and the mysterians only cuz the lead singer, if you don't know, totally believes he's from another planet!)

[Frankie's Market]

Space Age Love Song - Flock of Seagulls
Flat Earth - Thomas Dolby
He's Got The Whole World - Laurie London
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
We Are The World - U.S.A. for Africa
2000 Light Years From Home - Rolling Stones
Star Star - Rolling Stones
Rockit - Herbie Hancock
Welcome To My World - Elvis Presley
1000 Stars - Big Country
I'm Your Captain - Grand Funk Railroad
All Over The World - Electric Light Orchestra
Tequila Sunrise - Eagles
Interplanet Janet - Schoolhouse Rock :D
Shining Star - Earth Wind and Fire
Wild World - Cat Stevens
5D (Fifth Dimension) - Byrds
C.T.A. 102 - Byrds
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Rockin' All Over The World - Status Quo
Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - Don McLean
I'll Follow The Sun - Beatles
Good Day Sunshine - Beatles
Heaven On The 7th Floor - Paul Nicholas
Cheek To Cheek - Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire
Rocket Man - Elton John
It's A Small World - Sherman Brothers
It Came Out Of The Sky - Creedence Clearwater Revival
When You Wish Upon A Star - various
Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
You Don't Have To Be A Star - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
Illegal Alien - Genesis (opps, wrong kind of alien!) :D

[mel]

Might as well add the following:

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Twilight Time - The Platters
That's the Way of the World - Earth, Wind & Fire
Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
Space Cowboy - Steve Miller Band
Spaceman - Nilsson
We're On Our Way - Chris Hodge
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
Twilight Zone / Twilight Zone - Manhattan Transfer
Jupiter - Jewel
Gemini Dream - The Moody Blues
Floating - The Moody Blues
Lost in a Lost World - The Moody Blues
Sun King - The Beatles
Moonlight Swim - Elvis Presley
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Full Moon Fire - Walter Egan
Star in the Dust - Walter Egan
Count Every Star - Linda Scott
Journey of the Sorcerer - The Eagles (used in radio version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; also made brief appearance in movie)
So Long & Thanks for All the Fish - Joby Talbot (from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" soundtrack; many other goofy themed songs)
I Wish I Was a Spaceman - (closing theme to TV series "Fireball XL5")
Theme From "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - John Williams
Theme From "Babylon 5" - Christopher Franke
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From "2001: A Space Odyssey") - Movie Soundtrack or Deodato
Star Wars Main Title (remake) - Isao Tomita
Theme from "Star Trek" - Jerry Goldsmith
Jupiter & Beyond - (2001 A Space Odyssey soundtrack album)

[cezanne]

Jupiter by Earth Wind and Fire

[oceanpacific]

Ah, the possibilities for another compilation "theme" CD. Along with my HILO KINE WEATHER (rain songs), COMMERCIALIZATION (songs in TV commercials), EH ... NO MATCH (songs titles are not in the lyrics), WET DREAMS (surf music), etc.

[acousticlady]

Very cool. I'll have to let you know which ones I choose. Probably the more mellower ones. Though I'm definitely pulling out the Space Oddity and Ziggy Stardust. Used to love Bowie back when he was freaky - lost interest when he put on a suit and tie.......

[LovinLK]

Most of these are country artists, some aussie country. Nobody had any country songs, so here's a big bunch:

Goondiwindi Moon - Lee Kernaghan (my all time favorite artist - Aussie country)
Ring Around the Moon - James Blundell
Kona Moon - Makaha Sons
Ke Alaula - Makaha Sons
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold - Jim & Jesse
Star - Sara Storer
The Planets - Gustav Holst (they're all there)
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Bill Monroe
Earth Children - Walela
Western World - Lee Kernaghan
Stairway to Heaven - Fargone Beauties
Heaven's Just a Sin Away - Kendalls
Hillbilly Heaven - Tex Ritter
Western Stars - Lee Kernaghan
You Rock my World - Lee Kernaghan
Big World, Small World - Melinda Schneider
Real World - Big & Rich
Different World - Bucky Covington
Walk Through This World with Me - George Jones
Ready for the End of the World - George Strait
Heaven's Right Here - John Williamson
Poster Girl (Wrong Side Of The World) - Beccy Cole
If If Could See The World - Patsy Cline
The End of the World - Skeeter Davis
Armstrong - Reg Lindsey
Letter to Heaven - Dolly Parton
Riders in the Sky - Johnny Cash
New World in the Morning - Roger Whittaker
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Top of the World - Dixie Chicks
Sittin' on Top of the World - Bill Monroe
A Place in this World - Taylor Swift
You Shook me All Night Long - Steve Forde & the Flange
Emptiest Arms in the World - Merle Haggard
It's Such a Pretty World - Wynn Stewart
There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder - Tex Ritter
Trim Yourself To Fit The World - Aaron Tippin
Chasin' that Neon Rainbow - Alan Jackson
Hello Blue Sky - The Flood

[Pomai]

• Children of the Sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhNrZ5-chSw) - Billy Thorpe

Bands with planetary or celestial names...
• Aldo Nova (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAKWI5Q6p5M)
• Earth, Wind & Fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYQrLAkDLR4)
• Atlantic Starr (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oac1WAJ1S8)

[TATTRAT]

The whole album "Of the spheres". Blind mans sun

[zztype]

Moon and Stars - Kalapana
Moon of Manakura - ?
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence
Blue Hawaiian Moonlight -
Here Comes The Moon - George Harrison
There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) - B-52's
Planet Claire - B-52's
Moon, Turn The Tides Gently - Hendrix
Hello Moonglow - Heart
How High The Moon - Les Paul
Spanish Moon - Little Feat
Magic Planet - Brother Noland
Wild Planet - B52's
53 Miles West of Venus - B-52's
Planet Earth - Prince
Somewhere Here On Earth - Prince
Planet of Women - ZZ Top
Venus and Mars - McCartney
Halllucinating Pluto - B-52's
Might As Well Be On Mars - Alice Cooper
Marching To Mars - Sammy Hagar

[oceanpacific]

LOVE GODDESS OF VENUS - Ventures;
MOON OF MANAKOORA - Ventures;
FLY ME TO THE MOON - many;
CATCH A FALLING STAR - Perry Como

[Kittrick]

Why Does the Sun Shine? by They Might Be Giants.

Sorry if someone already mentioned this one, but it's like the coolest song ever about a planet!

[Bob P]

If you're willing to go classical - you can't beat Holst's The Planets. If you don't want to do all 4 movements, at least check out the 1st movement - Mars, the Bringer of War - I'm sure you'll recognize it from dozens of movie soundtracks although that might be a bit intense for a party. The Jupiter movement is just as recognizable and less intense.