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Posted on 2014 by MG
Space Oddity is from 1969. Who knows if Bowie, at the time, would have ever imagined that one day it would be sung in space, really (maybe yes, since we were in the space age).
This video was recorded on the International Space Station (ISS) by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who is also quite a good singer, and in just one year it garnered around 23 million views. Then, however, it disappeared due to the usual, and in this case, in my opinion, very stupid, copyright issues: the publisher, who owned the rights to the song, had granted its use for a year, and Hadfield, faithful to the contract, had removed it.
However, given its success, Bowie and his publisher rushed to extend the license for another two years, and the video was made available again.
Some considerations on this copyright issue:
Okay. Here's the video.