Major Tom (Coming Home)

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“Major Tom (Coming Home)”
Single by Peter Schilling
from the album Error in the System
Released 1983
Genre Synth Pop
Length 4:33 (German edit)
Label Elektra Records
Writer(s) Peter Schilling
Producer Armin Sabol, Peter Schilling

From Peter Schilling's first English album comes "Major Tom (Coming Home)" also known as "Major Tom" (Völlig losgelöst) in Germany. With character relation of David Bowie's "Major Tom", this song is about Major Tom faking his death so that he can stay in space where he truly belongs. David Bowie first released Space Oddity in 1969 telling about the liftoff to space and the communication malfunction that Major Tom witnessed first-hand. In 1980, Bowie released "Ashes to Ashes" which returned to the theme of Major Tom and his life in space. The events in "Major Tom (Coming Home)" happen after "Ashes to Ashes".