The 50th anniversary of the first moon landing has triggered a wave of nostalgia for the space race of the ’60s. This song was written and recorded in 1965 by British hitmaker Jonathan King, who was still a student at Cambridge at the time. He said later that the lyrics were his attempt to satirize Bob Dylan’s “meaningful” lyrics. He failed at that, but the song reached No. 17 in the U.S. and made the top 10 in Britain.
The song quickly was covered by damn near everyone who had a recording contract that year, but the best version I could find is by Bobby Womack.
