Spaceman (4 Non Blondes song)
"Spaceman" | ||||
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Single by 4 Non Blondes | ||||
from the album Bigger, Better, Faster, More! | ||||
B-side |
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Released | September 1993 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:40 | |||
Label | Interscope | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | David Tickle | |||
4 Non Blondes singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Spaceman" on YouTube |
"Spaceman" is a song by American alternative rock band 4 Non Blondes. It is the sixth track on their only studio album, Bigger, Better, Faster, More!, and was released as the album's third single in September 1993. While the album's lead single, "What's Up?", became a worldwide hit, "Spaceman" reached the top 20 only in Austria, Iceland, and Switzerland and missed the US Billboard Hot 100. The music video features the band performing the song in several locations, including inside a house with colorful lights, in a sunny park, and under a full moon.
Composition
"Spaceman" is composed in the key of G major and is set in common time with a slow tempo of 69 beats per minute. The song is three minutes and forty seconds long.
Critical reception
Tom Demalon from AllMusic stated that the song's "yearning lyrics are delivered over a quiet, martial drum rhythm." Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Follow-up to the gold-selling "What's Up?" is fueled by a similar wall-shattering vocal performance. The tune itself is a strumming, guitar-anchored rock ballad, deriving much of its motion from a rolling, militaristic beat. While it is not immediately catchy, slowly ingratiating track will likely meet with warm approval at top 40 and album-rock levels." Alan Jones from Music Week gave it three out of five, adding that the song "offers pretty much the same mix [as its predecessor], with the same unrestrained vocals and loosely fitting instrumentation. But it's a less heady brew that won't fare quite so well."
Track listings
All songs were written by Linda Perry, with co-writing from Shaunna Hall on "Spaceman" and Roger Rocha on "Strange".
US cassette single
UK 12-inch single
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European CD and vinyl single
European 7-inch single
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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