Space Oddity (song)

Space Oddity is the title of a song written and recorded by British artist David Bowie. It was released as his first single on 11 July 1969.

The single went to no.5 in the UK in October of the same year, and on its re-release in 1975 became Bowie's first no.1 single. It reached no.24 in the charts again in 2016 in the wake of Bowie's death.