Chart entered : 6 September 1969
Chart peak : 5 ( 1 on reissue in 1975 )
Number of hits : 65
This one entered the charts the week I started school giving my early memories ( not yet of pop ) some structure from this point on. So this feels like a milestone even before we consider the vast impact of the artist. Although fairly sentient at the time I have no recollection of watching the moon landing at all ; perhaps we were away in Lytham St Annes or I was playing next door with my long lost first love Gillian.
There is absolutely no point in my running through Bowie's extensive list of failed singles when we have Chris O Leary's brilliant blog analysing all his songs.Pushing Ahead Of The Dame.
And then of course there's a long Popular entry Oddity on this particular song.
So all I can add is my own impressions. I agree with Marcello's suggestion , made just the other day in his review of the Ferry compilation, that this getting to number one in late 1975 showed just how torpid the music scene was at that point. I certainly thought this was the best record in the charts at the time ( Abba's S.O.S being the only real competition ) and it was one I loved to sing at the time ( I had a good voice before they dropped ). Also like MC, I'm not a great Bowie fan, preferring many of the acts he influenced to the man himself, but this one stands the test of time.
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