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 so I can add them.

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	Breathless - Atomic Rooster
Dreamland - The Upsetters	Changes - David Bowie
Drum Song - Willie Lindo & the Charmers	Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Ear in the Snow - Atomic Rooster	Court in the Act - Lindisfarne*
Easy Living - Uriah Heep	Coz I Love You - Slade
Ejection - Hawkwind	Cross Roads - Cream
Fireball - Deep Purple	Dance With the Devil - Cozy Powell
Friday 13th - Atomic Rooster	Decision-Indecision - Atomic Rooster**
Good Thinking - Status Quo	Done Me Wrong All Right - The Sweet
Goodbuy T'Jane - Slade	Evening Blue - Traffic
Gypsy - Uriah Heep	Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon - The Three Degrees
Head in the Sky - Atomic Rooster	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
I Can't Change It - Frankie Miller	Hellraiser - The Sweet
I Can't Live Without You - Colloseum	Hot Sand - Shocking Blue
I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top - The Hollies	How Can I Be Sure - David Cassidy
I Don't Believe in If Any More - Roger Whittaker	I Had a Dream - Audience
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free - Nina Simone	I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You - Tom Waits
If There is Something - Roxy Music	In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
I'm So Free - Lou Reed	Just Like You - Roxy Music
Jean Genie - David Bowie	Lay Down - The Strawbs
Jeepster - T-Rex	Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies
Jungle Lion - The Upsetters	Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John
Juniors Wailing - Status Quo	Love Machine - Uriah Heep
Lazy - Deep Purple	Many a Mile to Freedom - Traffic
Life on Mars - David Bowie	My Coo Ca Choo - Alvin Stardust
Little Bit of Love - Free	One of the Boys - Mott the Hoople
Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings	Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakavivo'ole
Look at Yourself - Uriah Heep	Poor Old Ireland - Lindisfarne
Meet Me on the Corner - Lindisfarne	Rock 'n' Roll Disgrace - The Sweet
Mother of Pearl - Roxy Music	Rock On - T-Rex
No One Came - Deep Purple	Rocket Man - Elton John
One of These Days - Pink Floyd	Samba Pa Ti - Santana
Rat Bat Blue - Deep Purple	Snow Flower - Ananda Shankar
Saga of the Ageing Orphan - Thin Lizzy	Son of My Father - Chicory Tip
See My Baby Jive - Wizzard	Spooky - Dusty Springfield
Silver Machine - Hawkwind	Starman - David Bowie
Sinnerman - Nina Simone	Street Life - Roxy Music
Stairway to the Stars - Blue Oyster Cult	The Big Spell - Audience
The Rock - Atomic Rooster	The Story in Your Eyes - The Moody Blues
The Rocker - Thin Lizzy	Traveller in Time - Uriah Heep
Tokoloshe Man - John Kongos*	Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
Urban Guerilla - Hawkwind	When the City Sleeps - Barclay James Harvest
Welcome Home - Peters & Lee	Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong	Year of Decision - The Three Degrees
White Room - Cream	You Shouldn't Do That - Hawkwind
Wishing Well - Free
Would You Believe - Roxy Music

* Cover only   ** Acoustic cover only

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