I'm the Urban Spaceman
1968 single by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
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"I'm the Urban Spaceman" is a song released as a single in October 1968 by British band the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. It was their most successful single, reaching number 5 in the UK singles charts. It was written by Neil Innes, who won an Ivor Novello Award for it in 1968, and produced by Paul McCartney under the pseudonym "Apollo C. Vermouth".[1][2][3]
18 December 1968 (US)
| "I'm the Urban Spaceman" | ||||
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| Single by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band | ||||
| from the album Tadpoles | ||||
| B-side | "The Canyons of Your Mind" (Stanshall) | |||
| Released | 11 October 1968 (UK) 18 December 1968 (US) | |||
| Recorded | March 1968 | |||
| Studio | Trident, London | |||
| Genre | Comedy rock, psychedelic pop | |||
| Length | 2:23 | |||
| Label | Liberty Records (UK) Imperial Records (US) | |||
| Songwriter | Neil Innes | |||
| Producer | Apollo C. Vermouth (alias of Paul McCartney) | |||
| Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "I'm the Urban Spaceman" at Beat-Club on YouTube | ||||
A well-known staging of the song involves Innes performing solo while a female tap dancer performs an enthusiastic but apparently under-rehearsed routine around him. This skit originally appeared in a 1975 edition of Rutland Weekend Television, with Lyn Ashley as the dancer, and was revived in the 1982 film Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl with Carol Cleveland taking over the role.
The B-side, "The Canyons of Your Mind", was written by the Bonzo's frontman Vivian Stanshall.