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Life on Mars?

original song written, composed, and performed by David Bowie
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Life on Mars?

Summary

Life on Mars? is a musical work/composition[1]. Life on Mars? ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,489 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Life on Mars?'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Life on Mars?'s composer is recorded as David Bowie[4].
  • Life on Mars?'s genre is glam rock[5].
  • Life on Mars? was performed by David Bowie[6].
  • Among the performers on Life on Mars? was David Bowie[7].
  • Life on Mars? is part of Hunky Dory[8].
  • Life on Mars?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Life on Mars? was released on 1971[10].
  • Life on Mars?'s lyricist is recorded as David Bowie[11].
  • Life on Mars?'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Life on Mars?'}[12].
  • Life on Mars?'s different from is recorded as Life on Mars[13].
  • Life on Mars?'s form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • Genre(s): jazz, pop[16]

  • Community tags: jazz, pop[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: adfd557c-6d90-3ccb-9c6d-b89033afaee6[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include David Bowie[6].

Publication

Life on Mars? was released on 1971[10]. Life on Mars?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is glam rock[5]. Life on Mars? is part of Hunky Dory[8].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Life on Mars? include Life on Mars[19], a television series[20].

Why It Matters

Life on Mars? ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,489 views/month).[2] Life on Mars? has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Life on Mars? is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for Life on Mars? include Life on Mars[19], a television series[20].

Related Entities

David Bowie

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Life on Mars?. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/life-on-mars-q2077201
MLA “Life on Mars?.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/life-on-mars-q2077201.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_life-on-mars-q2077201_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Life on Mars?}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/life-on-mars-q2077201}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → David Bowie, David Bowie
    Form of creative work → song
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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