And the stars look very different today…
In the official UK singles chart published forty years ago this week for the week ending September 27th, Space Oddity is listed at #25.
Released almost three months earlier (07.11.2009 NEWS: SPACE ODDITY LAUNCHED FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY) the single first showed up in the chart (week ending September 6th) at #48 and promptly dropped out again the following week.
However, following this false start, Space Oddity was back in the Top Fifty at #39 week ending September 20th and thus began it’s slow ascent to the Top Five.
Stay tuned for the continuing story of Major Tom.