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In 1994, Schilling released a remixed version along with Boom-Bastic, titled "Major Tom 94". Other remixes were released in 2000, titled "Major Tom 2000", and in 2003, titled "Major Tom 2003". On 24 March 2024, a petition was initiated to make "Major Tom" the new goal song for the Germany national football team for the 2024 UEFA European ...
Peter Schilling (born Pierre Michael Schilling; 28 January 1956) is a German synthpop musician whose songs often feature science-fiction themes like aliens, astronauts and catastrophes. He is best-known for his 1983 hit single " Major Tom (Coming Home) " which was an international success.
In "Space Oddity", from the album David Bowie (1969, later retitled Space Oddity), Major Tom's departure from Earth is successful and everything goes according to plan.At a certain point during the travel ('past one hundred thousand miles'), he claims that "he feels very still" and thinks that "my spaceship knows which way to go" and proceeds to say: "Tell my wife I love her very much."
"Space Oddity" tells the story of an astronaut named Major Tom, the first of Bowie's famous characters. [17] Major Tom is informed by Ground Control that a malfunction has occurred in his spacecraft; but the astronaut does not get the message. [17] He remains in space "sitting in a tin can, far above the world", [18] preparing for his lonely ...
Major Tom is a persona of David Bowie referenced in his songs. "Major Tom" or "Major Thomas" may also refer to: Major Tom (Coming Home), a song by Peter Schilling; Major Tom, a horse that appeared in the show Bluey; Major Tom Mitford (1909–1945), a British officer killed in action in Burma during World War II; Major Zero, a character from the ...
The titular Major Tom was created by David Bowie. In July 2020, Steve Howe told Rolling Stone magazine when asked about performing on "Planet Earth": "Get lost! Absolutely get lost! And you can print that! I played some really good things on that and they aren’t on the recording. There is none of me there at all.
The English version contains the song "Major Tom (Coming Home)", which reached the top 15 in New Zealand [5] and the US, [6] and the top 50 in the UK. [7]The German version includes the songs "Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst)", which reached number one in Germany, Austria and Switzerland [8] [9] [10] and number two on the Dutch Top 40, [11] [12] as well as "Die Wüste lebt". [13]
In 2016, he released the Spanish language "Vuela (Major Tom)" featuring original vocalist Peter Schilling. It is a remake of " Major Tom (Coming Home) " by the latter based on David Bowie . [ 2 ]