"Mr. Spaceman" | ||||
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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]