| "Mr. Spaceman" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 West German picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by the Byrds | ||||
| from the album Fifth Dimension | ||||
| B-side | "What's Happening?!?!" | |||
| Released | September 6, 1966 | |||
| Recorded | April 28–29 and May 3–6, 1966 | |||
| Studio | Columbia, Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, country rock | |||
| Length | 2:09 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim McGuinn | |||
| Producer(s) | Allen Stanton | |||
| The Byrds singles chronology | ||||
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"Mr. Spaceman" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds and was the third track on their 1966 album, Fifth Dimension.[1] It was released as the third single from the album in September 1966,[2] reaching number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, but failing to chart in the United Kingdom.[3][4] Upon its release as a single, the music press coined the term "space-rock" to describe it, although since then, this term has come to refer to a genre of rock music originating from 1970s progressive and psychedelic music.[5][6]
- ^ "Fifth Dimension review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
- ^ Rogan, Johnny. (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (2nd ed.). Rogan House. p. 544. ISBN 0-9529540-1-X.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel. (2008). Top Pop Singles 1955–2006. Record Research Inc. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7.
- ^ Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8.
- ^ Rogan, Johnny. (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (2nd ed.). Rogan House. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-9529540-1-X.
- ^ "Space Rock". Allmusic. Retrieved July 28, 2009.