The Music of Life on Mars

Updated 14 March 2010

One of the things I've really enjoyed about Life on Mars is the music, and I don't just mean the music on the soundtrack but all the other tracks used in the series which were not included on it and should have been.  Finding all this old music from the early 70s has been great fun.  What's even better is that tracks I looked for which were unavailable even a few months ago are now available, which is fabulous.

So here's a list of the tracks I've been able to find.  In all cases I've linked not necessarily to the best clip I could find but to an early 70s performance/recording where possible.

Rather than divide them up episode by episode I'm simply going to put them in two lists in alphabetical order, one for Series One and one for Series Two.

Links are all working as of 14 March 2010.  If you find any that no longer work, or somewhere I've goofed, please
let me know and I'll fix it.  Also, if you have links to any of the ones I can't find I'd be very grateful if you could let me know.

Series 1	Series 2
Baba O'Riley - The Who	10538 Overture - ELO
Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet	Aint Got No - Hair cast
Blockbuster - The Sweet	Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
Brainstorm - Hawkwind	Alone Again Naturally - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Call the Police - Thin Lizzy	Bird of Prey - Uriah Heep
Cross-Eyed Mary - Jethro Tull	Breakthrough - Atomic Rooster
Devil's Answer - Atomic Rooster	Changes - David Bowie
Drum Song - Willie Lindo & the Charmers	Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Easy Living - Uriah Heep	Court in the Act - Lindisfarne*
Ejection - Hawkwind	Coz I Love You - Slade
Fireball - Deep Purple	Cross Roads - Cream
Friday 13th - Atomic Rooster	Dance With the Devil - Cozy Powell
Good Thinking - Status Quo	Decision-Indecision - Atomic Rooster**
Goodbuy T'Jane - Slade	Done Me Wrong All Right - The Sweet
Gypsy - Uriah Heep	Evening Blue - Traffic
I Can't Change It - Frankie Miller	Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon - The Three Degrees
I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top - The Hollies	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
I Don't Believe in If Any More - Roger Whittaker	Hellraiser - The Sweet
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free - Nina Simone	Hot Sand - Shocking Blue
If There is Something - Roxy Music	How Can I Be Sure - David Cassidy
I'm So Free - Lou Reed	I Had a Dream - Audience
Jean Genie - David Bowie	I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You - Tom Waits
Jeepster - T-Rex	In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Jungle Lion - The Upsetters	Just Like You - Roxy Music
Juniors Wailing - Status Quo	Lay Down - The Strawbs
Lazy - Deep Purple	Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies
Life on Mars - David Bowie	Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John
Little Bit of Love - Free	Love Machine - Uriah Heep
Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings	Many a Mile to Freedom - Traffic
Look at Yourself - Uriah Heep	My Coo Ca Choo - Alvin Stardust
Meet Me on the Corner - Lindisfarne	One of the Boys - Mott the Hoople
Mother of Pearl - Roxy Music	Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakavivo'ole
No One Came - Deep Purple	Rock 'n' Roll Disgrace - The Sweet
One of These Days - Pink Floyd	Rock On - T-Rex
Rat Bat Blue - Deep Purple	Rocket Man - Elton John
Saga of the Ageing Orphan - Thin Lizzy	Samba Pa Ti - Santana
See My Baby Jive - Wizzard	Snow Flower - Ananda Shankar
Silver Machine - Hawkwind	Son of My Father - Chicory Tip
Sinnerman - Nina Simone	Spooky - Dusty Springfield
Stairway to the Stars - Blue Oyster Cult	Starman - David Bowie
The Rock - Atomic Rooster	Street Life - Roxy Music
The Rocker - Thin Lizzy	Sweet Jane - Mott the Hoople
Tokoloshe Man - John Kongos*	The Story in Your Eyes - The Moody Blues
Urban Guerilla - Hawkwind	Traveller in Time - Uriah Heep
Welcome Home - Peters & Lee	Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong	Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy
White Room - Cream	Year of Decision - The Three Degrees
Wishing Well - Free	You Shouldn't Do That - Hawkwind

* Cover only   ** Acoustic cover only

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