I'm the Urban Spaceman

I'm the Urban Spaceman

Infobox Single
Name =I'm the Urban Spaceman


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Artist =The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
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B-side ="The Canyons of Your Mind" (Stanshall)
Released =11 October 1968
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Label =Liberty Records
Writer =Neil Innes
Producer =Apollo C. Vermouth
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Last single ="Equestrian Statue"
(1967)
This single ="I'm the Urban Spaceman"
Next single ="Mr. Apollo"
(1969)
Misc =

"I'm the Urban Spaceman" was the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's most successful single, released in 1968. It reached #5 in the UK charts.

The song was written by Neil Innes and produced by Paul McCartney under the pseudonym "Apollo C. Vermouth". [http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_lbf15144.html release information] The B-side was written by Viv Stanshall.

Innes won an Ivor Novello Award in 1968 for writing "I'm the Urban Spaceman".

Neil Innes performs the song as Carol Cleveland tap dances and constantly loses timing of the song in Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl.

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External links

*http://www.discogs.com/release/808311 basic release information


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