30 years ago: DAVID BOWIE feat. PET SHOP BOYS

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Hello Spaceboy” – a song by David Bowie feat. Pet Shop Boys– was released on February 19, 1996. Did you already know these 5 facts?

★ “Hallo Spaceboy” appeared on David Bowie’s20th studio album “Outside” and was released as the third single.

★ The song was originally created as an instrumental piece by Reeves Gabrels entitled “Moondust”, which Bowie and Brian Eno modified and changed to “Hello Spaceboy”.

★ Pet Shop Boysremixed thesong with a disco sound for this single release. The lyrics refer to the character Maor Tom from “Space Oddity”.

★ The single reached number 12 in the UK charts.

★ The accompanying music video, directed by David Mallet, mixes footage of Bowie and the Pet Shop Boys with excerpts from science fiction films, footage of nuclear weapons tests and television commercials.

Watch the clip for “Hello Spaceboy”: