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→Related releases: the demo referred to in the "Early demos and first studio version" section of this article, with different lyrics, dated by Pegg to Jan. 69 (see Pegg pg. 256 first column), is not the same as the demo with close-to-finished lyrics that was released on the albums mentioned in this sentence (see Pegg pg. 256, second column)
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===Related releases===
Several demo versions of "Space Oddity" have been commercially released.<ref name="Yahoo! Parker" /> Two early demos, including a fragment that may be the first-recorded demo of the song, were released for the first time in April 2019 on the box set ''[[Spying Through a Keyhole]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/out-now-david-bowie-spying-through-a-keyhole |title=Out Now: David Bowie, Spying Through a Keyhole |website=Rhino Entertainment |date=5 April 2019 | access-date=5 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905121653/https://www.rhino.com/article/out-now-david-bowie-spying-through-a-keyhole | archive-date=5 September 2019 | url-status=live}}</ref> TheAnother January 1969early demo remained officially unreleased for more than 40 years until it appeared on the 2009 two-CD special edition of ''David Bowie'',{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=256, 333}} and was debuted on vinyl in May 2019 in the box set ''[[Clareville Grove Demos]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2019/2/12/clareville-grove-demos-box-due |title=Clareville Grove Demos box due |website=David Bowie Official Website | access-date=5 September 2019 |date=12 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915041114/https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2019/2/12/clareville-grove-demos-box-due | archive-date=15 September 2019 | url-status=live}}</ref> An edited version of the April 1969 demo originally appeared as the opening track on the 1989 box set ''[[Sound + Vision (box set)|Sound + Vision]]''.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=256, 502–503}} The unedited recording was released in June 2019 on the album ''[[The 'Mercury' Demos]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2019/4/25/the-mercury-demos-lp-box-due-in-june |title=The 'Mercury' Demos LP box due in June |website=David Bowie Official Website | access-date=5 September 2019 |date=25 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905122105/https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2019/4/25/the-mercury-demos-lp-box-due-in-june | archive-date=5 September 2019 | url-status=live}}</ref> All the abovementioned demos and another previously unreleased one were compiled for the 5-CD box set ''[[Conversation Piece (box set)|Conversation Piece]]'', which was released in November 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2019/9/4/david-bowie-conversation-piece-5cd-box-due-november |title=David Bowie Conversation Piece 5CD box due November |website=David Bowie Official Website | access-date=3 January 2020 |date=4 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103121536/https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2019/9/4/david-bowie-conversation-piece-5cd-box-due-november | archive-date=3 January 2020 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RS Conversation Piece">{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=David Bowie Box Set Collects Early Home Demos, 'Space Oddity' 2019 Mix |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-bowie-conversation-piece-space-oddity-2019-box-set-880355/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=19 September 2021 |date=5 September 2019 |archive-date=5 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905171440/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-bowie-conversation-piece-space-oddity-2019-box-set-880355/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The February 1969 studio recording became commercially available in 1984 on a [[VHS]] release of the film ''Love You till Tuesday'' and its accompanying [[Love You till Tuesday (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]].<ref name="Thompson AllMusic">{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title="Space Oddity" – David Bowie |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/space-oddity-mt0002625521 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=17 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108042713/https://www.allmusic.com/song/space-oddity-mt0002625521 |archive-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> A shorter edit appeared on the 1997 compilation album ''[[The Deram Anthology 1966–1968]]''{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=256, 505}} and an alternative take was released for the first time on ''Conversation Piece''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2019/9/4/david-bowie-conversation-piece-5cd-box-due-november |title=David Bowie Conversation Piece 5CD box due November |website=David Bowie Official Website | access-date=14 January 2023 |date=4 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103121536/https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2019/9/4/david-bowie-conversation-piece-5cd-box-due-november | archive-date=3 January 2020 | url-status=live}}</ref>
 
==Live versions==
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