Spaceman (4 Non Blondes song)

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"Spaceman"
Spaceman 4 Non Blondes cover.jpg
Single by 4 Non Blondes
from the album Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
B-side "Pleasantly Blue"
ReleasedSeptember 1993
Studio Groove Masters (Santa Monica, California)
Genre Rock
Length3:40
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) David Tickle
4 Non Blondes singles chronology
"What's Up?"
(1993)		"Spaceman"
(1993)		"Mary's House"
(1993)
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! (1992), [1] and was released as the album's third single in September 1993 by Interscope and Atlantic Records. The song is written by lead singer Linda Perry with guitarist Shaunna Hall, and was produced by David Tickle. While the album's lead single, "What's Up?", became a worldwide hit, "Spaceman" reached the top 20 only in Austria, Iceland, Italy and Switzerland and missed the US Billboard Hot 100. The music video for the song was directed by Scott Kalvert.

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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. [2] The song is three minutes and forty seconds long. [3]

Critical reception

Tom Demalon from AllMusic stated that the song's "yearning lyrics are delivered over a quiet, martial drum rhythm." [4] 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." [5] Dave Jennings from Melody Maker said, "More histrionics, this time at a slower pace and with tacky "military" drumming." [6] Alan Jones from Music Week gave "Spaceman" 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." [7]

Music video

The song's accompanying music video was directed by American film director Scott Kalvert and filmed in Los Angeles. [8] It 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. The video was added to the playlists of MTV and The Box on the week ending September 26, 1993. [9]

Track listings

All songs were written by Linda Perry, with co-writing from Shaunna Hall on "Spaceman" and Roger Rocha on "Strange".

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Bigger, Better, Faster, More! album booklet. [16]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesSeptember 1993Cassette Interscope
United KingdomOctober 4, 1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [33]

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