Covers
The British a cappella group The Flying Pickets recorded a cover of "Space Oddity" which appears on their 1985 album The Flying Pickets Live.
Tears for Fears recorded a cover of "Ashes to Ashes" for Ruby Trax, a 1992 collection of covers for NME Magazine.
The rock band Saigon Kick covered "Space Oddity" on their 1993 album Water.
Natalie Merchant covered "Space Oddity" during her 1995 Tigerlily concert tour.
Cold recorded a cover of "Space Oddity" in 1998 for their Oddity EP release.
In 1999 the band Helloween released a cover of "Space Oddity" on their album Metal Jukebox.
The blackened death metal band Behemoth covered "Hallo Spaceboy" in the Limited Edition Digipak release of Thelema.6 in 2000.
A cover of "Space Oddity" appears on the second disc of the special edition of Star One's 2002 album Space Metal, a collection of science-fiction and topically related songs.
Colin Forsythe sang a cross-over mix of "Space Oddity" with "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" on his debut album, 2007's He's Just Not That Into You.
In 2007 The Contact created well-received a cover of "Major Tom (Coming Home)" on the album Canvas Tears.
French singer Émilie Simon covered "Space Oddity" for the tribute compilation BowieMania (Une Collection Obsessionelle de Béatrice Ardisson) in 2007.
Also in 2007, Norwegian progressive metal band Pagan's Mind released a cover of "Hallo Spaceboy" on their fourth album God's Equation. This version is comparable to Bowie's solo recording, with no direct references to Major Tom.
The American alternative rock group I Hate Kate (now known as Darling Thieves) included a cover of "Major Tom (Coming Home)" on their 2008 album "Embrace The Curse." This song, however, does not include the third verse, the message from Major Tom.
Collide recorded a modern (but close to the original) version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" in 2009 on their album These Eyes Before.
Singer Cat Power recorded a cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" for use in a commercial for the 2009 Lincoln MKS. Later, The American band Shiny Toy Guns recorded a cover of Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)" in 2009 for use in a commercial for the 2010 Lincoln MKZ. It reached No. 36 on the iTunes Top 200 Songs chart, causing it to debut at No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100.
William Shatner released a space-travel themed album in 2011 entitled Seeking Major Tom, which included covers of "Space Oddity", Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)", K.I.A's "Mrs. Major Tom", and Elton John's "Rocket Man".
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