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"Space Oddity" has been covered by numerous artists. Performers on the original recording Rick Wakeman and Terry Cox, specifically the latter's band [[Pentangle (band)|Pentangle]], have covered the song.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=259}} One of Bowie's favourite versions was a recording by [[the Langley Schools Music Project]], a 60-voice choir of Canadian children who were recorded in the late 1970s and reissued on CD in 2002. Bowie said: "The backing arrangement is astounding. Coupled with the earnest if lugubrious vocal performance, you have a piece of art that I couldn't have conceived of, even with half of Colombia's finest export products in me."{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=259}} Many artists have written songs that reference or develop the story of "Space Oddity";{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=259}} these include German singer [[Peter Schilling]]'s 1983 song "[[Major Tom (Coming Home)]]",<ref name="Thompson AllMusic" /><ref name="Yahoo! Parker" /> Panic on the Titanic's "Major Tom",{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=259}} and [[Def Leppard]]'s 1987 single "[[Rocket (Def Leppard song)|Rocket]]".{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=259}} English singer-songwriter [[Jonathan King]] released a mashup of "Space Oddity" together with Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)" titled "Space Oddity / Major Tom (Coming Home)". This release reached No. 77 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in May 1984.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/space-oddity_slash_major-tom-(coming-home)/ | title=Space oddity/Major tom (Coming home) | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref>
"Space Oddity" has been heard and referenced in numerous films and television series, including the American sitcom ''[[Friends]]'', the British series ''[[EastEnders]]'' and ''[[Shooting Stars (British TV series)|Shooting Stars]]'', and the films ''[[Mr. Deeds]]'' (2002), ''[[The Mother (2003 film)|The Mother]]'' (2003) and ''[[C.R.A.Z.Y.]]'' (2005).{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=259}} The original single version is heard on the soundtrack of the 2004 film ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]'' and a 2015 episode of the American drama series ''[[Mad Men]]''. The song plays during the [[end credits]] of the 2010 [[psychological thriller]] video game ''[[Alan Wake]]''. It was also featured in a 2011 [[Renault Clio]] commercial and played on the radio of [[Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster]] during its launch aboard the [[Falcon Heavy test flight|Falcon Heavy's maiden flight]] in February 2018.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=259}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/42337-spacex-tesla-roadster-starman-beyond-mars.html|title=SpaceX's 'Starman' and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars|last=Wall|first=Mike|website=Space.com|date=3 November 2018 |language=en|access-date=7 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701180936/https://www.space.com/42337-spacex-tesla-roadster-starman-beyond-mars.html|archive-date=1 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Ben Stiller May 2019.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|alt=A headshot of a man with gray hair and glasses|"Space Oddity" appears in the film ''[[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film)|The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]]'', directed by [[Ben Stiller]] (pictured in 2019).]]
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<blockquote>I felt like the way it fits into the story, we got to this point and this scene which was sort of how the fantasy and reality come together for Walter, and that was what that came out of. That song, and what he mentioned in his head, and what he imagines and what he does, it all just seemed to come together over that song.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weintraub |first1=Steven |title=Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig Talk 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' |url=https://collider.com/secret-life-of-walter-mitty-ben-stiller-kristen-wiig-interview/ |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |access-date=19 September 2021 |date=21 April 2013 |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212331/https://collider.com/secret-life-of-walter-mitty-ben-stiller-kristen-wiig-interview/ |url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>
"Space Oddity" was played throughout the entire opening montage for the 2017 film ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]'', which showed humans making contact with extraterrestrial life. Director [[Luc Besson]] timed the sequences of the scene to the guitar chords of "Space Oddity", and it took many hours for the shots from the film to be synched with the song, and the bass riff was used to signify humanity's first contact with aliens. The opening sequence had originally been storyboarded with the intention of 'Space Oddity' being played in the background, with Besson saying "It's almost a music video; I matched the song to the image." Besson previously worked with Bowie on ''[[Arthur and the Invisibles]]'' (2006), and the singer agreed to allow Besson to use "Space Oddity" in ''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'', although Bowie died before the film was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Alter|first=Ethan|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/valerian-luc-besson-secured-david-bowies-space-oddity-big-sequence-205339309.html|title='Valerian': How Luc Besson Secured David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' for a Big Sequence|publisher=[[Yahoo.com]]|date=20 July 2017|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref> The song was played throughout the trailer of the 2024 [[Sony's Spider-Man Universe]] (SSU) film ''[[Venom: The Last Dance]]''.
===Chris Hadfield version===
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