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Question

It's the song about Major Tom from David Bowie. It goes "4, 3, 2, 1, earth below us, falling falling, floating weightless, coming, coming, home". Thank you

Answer 1

Ashes to Ashes off the Lets Dance album.

Answer 2

fitandsolid is correct. It is Peter Schilling's Major Tom (Coming Home). Written in 1983 as kind of a sequel to Space Oddity, although David Bowie wrote his own sort of sequel to Space Oddity; Ashes to Ashes.

Answer 3

Space Oddity by David Bowie
In "Space Oddity" on the 1969 album of the same name, Major Tom's departure for deep space is more mournful and involuntary:

“ Ground control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....

Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do.

”


[edit] Major Tom (Coming Home) by Peter Schilling
Originally recorded in German, an international version of Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst) was recorded in English.

In "Major Tom (Coming Home)", he appears to lose control of his craft and die. Yet, his spirit lives on and welcomes his new condition:

“ far beneath the ship
the world is mourning
they don't realize
he's alive
no one understands
but Major Tom sees
now the Light commands
this is my home
I'm coming home


Earth below us
drifting, falling
floating, weightless
coming home




”

Answer 4

Peter Schilling "Major Tom (Coming Home)"

(a lot of people think it's David Bowie, but it's actually a tribute/sequel to Bowie's "Ashes To Ashes", which was a sequel to his previous "Space Oddity")

Answer 5

It's called "Space Oddity" by David Bowie.

Ground control to major tom
Ground control to major tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground control to major tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may gods love be with you

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,
Four, three, two, one, liftoff

This is ground control to major tom
Youve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now its time to leave the capsule if you dare

This is major tom to ground control
Im stepping through the door
And Im floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do

Though Im past one hundred thousand miles
Im feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell me wife I love her very much she knows

Ground control to major tom
Your circuits dead, theres something wrong
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you....

Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do.

Answer 6

The Trooper by Iron Maiden

Answer 7

Your #2 answer is perfectly correct... as below...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schilling

Good job...