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Life on Mars (song)
"Life on Mars", also known as "(Is There) Life on Mars?", is a song by David Bowie first released in 1971 on the album ''Hunky Dory'' and also released as a single. The song, which featured guest piano work by keyboardist Rick Wakeman, was called "a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dalí painting" by BBC Radio 2.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=BBC )〕 When released as a single in 1973, it reached number 3 in the UK and stayed on the chart for thirteen weeks. Neil McCormick of ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked it as number 1 in his 100 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
==Origins==
In 1968 Bowie wrote the lyrics "Even a Fool Learns to Love", set to the music of a 1967 French song "Comme d'habitude", composed by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. Bowie's version was never released, but Paul Anka bought the rights to the original French version, and rewrote it into "My Way", the song made famous by Frank Sinatra in a 1969 recording on his album of the same name. The success of the Anka version prompted Bowie to write "Life on Mars?" as a parody of Sinatra's recording.〔 In notes for a Bowie compilation CD that accompanied a June 2008 issue of ''The Mail on Sunday'',〔(DAVID BOWIE: I went to buy some shoes - and I came back with "Life On Mars" ) from ''The Mail on Sunday''〕 Bowie described how he wrote the song:
Bowie noted that Wakeman "embellished the piano part" of his original melody and guitarist Mick Ronson "created one of his first and best string parts" for the song.〔 The liner notes for ''Hunky Dory'' indicate that the song was 'inspired by Frankie'.〔
One reviewer suggested the song was written after "a brief and painful affair" with actress Hermione Farthingale. While on tour in 1990, Bowie introduced the song by saying "You fall in love, you write a love song. This is a love song."〔"Bowie: Boys Keep Swinging", Melody Maker magazine, 24 March 1990, pp 24-26〕
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