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David Bowie

Space Oddity

1969 · via William Shatner

David Bowie wrote “Space Oddity” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1969. Also recorded by Top of the Poppers (released 1975), Fritz von Runte (released 2011) and The Smashing Pumpkins (released 2012).

David Bowie – Space Oddity
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Shatner has spent this whole stretch borrowing other people's songs, and this is the one where the source is a writer singing his own work, the 1969 original. Go hear Bowie play it straight, then decide whose spaceman you trust more.

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Liner notes

Credited writer: David Bowie.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1969.

Other recordings on file · first release year

First pulled by @ga-2095 · No. 0004, Oct 26, 2026.

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William Shatner took on Space Oddity. Who wrote it and put out the original recording he was reaching back to?David Bowie
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