Mr. Spaceman

"Mr. Spaceman"
West German picture sleeve
Single by the Byrds
from the album Fifth Dimension
B-side"What's Happening?!?!"
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1966
RecordedApril 28–29 and May 3–6, 1966
StudioColumbia, Hollywood, CA
GenrePsychedelic rock, country rock
Length2:09
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jim McGuinn
Producer(s)Allen Stanton
The Byrds singles chronology
"5D (Fifth Dimension)"
(1966)
"Mr. Spaceman"
(1966)
"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"
(1967)

"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]

  1. ^ "Fifth Dimension review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
  2. ^ Rogan, Johnny. (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (2nd ed.). Rogan House. p. 544. ISBN 0-9529540-1-X.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel. (2008). Top Pop Singles 1955–2006. Record Research Inc. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7.
  4. ^ Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8.
  5. ^ Rogan, Johnny. (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (2nd ed.). Rogan House. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-9529540-1-X.
  6. ^ "Space Rock". Allmusic. Retrieved July 28, 2009.