This top 20 hit was released in 1983 by German artist Peter Schilling. The titular Major Tom is, at least officially, not the same Major Tom who happens to be an astronaut in the David Bowie classic "Space Oddity:.
But c'mon.
Yes it is.
The synth-heavy song is right in place in 1983 - and it remains a really cool song to this day. It was Schilling's first English language single, and it ended up being a worldwide hit.
Ready for the other shoe? Well, the title of this post should have given it away.
This was a rerecorded version of a German song - and a hit song at that - by Schilling in 1982. Titled "Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst)", it was hit in Europe and the German-speaking world. Specifically, it was a #1 hit in Germany.
The video is not NEARLY as good.
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