"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" | ||||
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Single by Klaatu | ||||
from the album 3:47 EST | ||||
A-side | "Sub-Rosa Subway" | |||
Released | 1976 | |||
Recorded | March 13 – August 1975[1] | |||
Studio | Toronto Sound Studios[1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:23 (single edit) 7:14 (album version) | |||
Label | Daffodil (Canada) Capitol (rest of the world) | |||
Songwriter(s) | John Woloschuk, Terry Draper | |||
Producer(s) | Terry Brown[1] | |||
Klaatu singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" on YouTube |
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" is a song by Canadian rock band Klaatu, originally released in 1976 on their first album 3:47 EST. The song was played to open night-time transmission of the pirate radio station Radio Caroline. The year following its release, American soft rock duo the Carpenters covered the song, using a crew of 160 musicians.[5] The Carpenters' version reached the top 10 in the UK and Canada, and charted at number 1 in Ireland.
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Aside from an unfortunate rendition of the space pop tune, Calling Occupants, Klaatu was surprisingly upbeat and lively