1st Man in Space

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Name = 1st Man in Space


Landscape = yes
Artist = All Seeing I and Philip Oakey
from Album = Pickled Eggs and Sherbet
Released = September 1999
Format = Single
Recorded = 1999
Writer = Jarvis Cocker
Genre = Electronica
Length = 3:46
Label = FFRR
Producer =
Last single = "Walk Like A Panther"
(1999)
This single = "1st Man In Space"
(1999)
Next single =

"1st Man in Space" is a song by the short lived Sheffield dance collective All Seeing I. It was the third single to be released from the album "Pickled Eggs and Sherbet" (1999).

It features vocals by Philip Oakey of The Human League on what is essentially an update of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Elton John's "Rocket Man" The song was written by another Sheffield musician Jarvis Cocker of Pulp.

The single reached Number 28 in the UK singles charts when released in September 1999. [ [http://www.discogs.com/artist/All+Seeing+I,+The Discogs] ]

Track listing

# 1st Man In Space (Radio Edit) (3:46)
# Sweet Music (7:21)

External links

*http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/be_my_lover.htm
*http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/first_man_in_space_review.htm

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