The B-52's

There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)

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There's a moon in the sky
It's called the moon
And everybody is there, including,
Saturn, Mercury
Saturn, Venus
Saturn, Mars
Saturn, Jupiter
The Van Allen Belt

Roll-roll-roll-roll-rollin' in Andromeda
Won-ton-ton-ton rama-in-Andromeda

There's too many rings---This is the Space Age
There's too many things---This is the Space Age
Just ain't no atmosphere tonight

If you're lucky you get to ride in a gold meteorite
If you're not, you get a mouth, a mouthful of red Kryptonite
You better move over
Here comes a Super-nova
Kryptonite- - -
Destination moon

If you're in outer space
Don't feel out of place
'cause there are thousands of others like you
Others like you
Others like you

Well there's a moon, it's in the sky
It's called the moon
And everybody is there 'cluding
'ranus
Neptune
'ranus
Pluto
Destination moon

Many gamma rays around it
Van Allen Belt surrounds it
This is the Space Age
Please don't worry
This is the Space Age
Just don't worry
This is the Space Age
Others like you
Ahhh ahhh..........

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ice On Jul 04, 2002

There's a moon in the sky
It's called the moon
And everybody is there, including,
Saturn, Mercury
Saturn, Venus
Saturn, Mars
Saturn, Jupiter
The Van Allen Belt

Roll-roll-roll-roll-rollin' in Andromeda
Won-ton-ton-ton rama-in-Andromeda

There's too many rings---This is the Space Age
There's too many things---This is the Space Age
Just ain't no atmosphere tonight

If you're lucky you get to ride in a gold meteorite
If you're not, you get a mouth, a mouthful of red Kryptonite
You better move over
Here comes a Super-nova
Kryptonite- - -
Destination moon

If you're in outer space
Don't feel out of place
'cause there are thousands of others like you
Others like you
Others like you

Well there's a moon, it's in the sky
It's called the moon
And everybody is there 'cluding
'ranus
Neptune
'ranus
Pluto
Destination moon

Many gamma rays around it
Van Allen Belt surrounds it
This is the Space Age
Please don't worry
This is the Space Age
Just don't worry
This is the Space Age
Others like you
Ahhh ahhh..........

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by Loraqs

3y ago

The B52s are having an interplanetary party, and looking for others to join.

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by rikdad101@yahoo.com

2y ago

This is just a lot of fun with absurd and silly lyrics working the space theme into camp.

This song, from 1979, and 1983's "Moon 83" are a pair, and do funny things with the line "Others like you." In this song, it is introduced with "There are others like you," but then the end of it is repeated (more or less manically yelled) as "Others like you" and it feels as though "like" has become a verb.

There are many little jokes here. "Destination Moon" is a 1950 sci fi movie. The Van Allen Belt is a real zone of radiation surrounding the Earth, but here it sounds like it might be a fashion accessory. Red kryptonite is a feature of 1950s Superman comic books which has implausibly random effects on the hero whenever he encounters it. And the interspersed names of planets and the Moon make it sound like somehow we've got a vehicle that can take us around the solar system like we're cruising in a convertible.

But the "others like you" line that anchors it has a sort of fourth wall mood; nobody listening to the song is actually going into space, but as fans of this band and the retro hipster culture they helped create, one might enjoy hearing from the band that you are not alone… there are others like you… And as a consequence of that: Others (so happen to) like you.

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