Cover Versions
- A cover version was also done by prog metal supergroup OSI and is on the bonus disc of their debut album OSI.
- Another version of the song was done by Israeli doom/death band Salem.
- On Erasure's 1994 release of their single "Run to the Sun", a remix by Chris and Cosey is titled the "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun Mix".
- Smashing Pumpkins played a twenty-minute live version of the song in the final leg of their 2008 tour and released a cover of the song in their Live Smashing Pumpkins album series.
- Sludge metal band Nightstick covered the song on their 1995 album Blotter.
- Black metal band 1349 recorded a cover version which appears on their album, Revelations of the Black Flame.
- German band The House of Usher recorded a cover version which appears on their 2007 compilation album, When Our Idols Fall.
- Experimental group Psychic TV recorded a cover of the song for their 1996 album Trip Reset.
- Sludge metal/hardcore punk band Kylesa have performed a version of the song in their live set.
- Finnish experimental electronic artist Mika Vainio made a cover version titled "Set the Controls to the Heart of the Sun" on his 2008 album Oleva.
- Los Angeles surf rock space jazz band The Force also covered the song on their 2012 album "The Rebound."
- Red Temple Spirits covered the song on their 1989 album If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More....
- German psychedelic rock band Vibravoid covered the song on their 2011 album Minddrugs.
- The song is also referenced in the LCD Soundsystem song "All My Friends."
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