Talk:Major Tom (Coming Home)

IS this really a "re-telling"? I remember reading an interview w/ Mr. Schilling in which he claimed he had never even heard the Bowie song, and that it (the subject matter) was a coincidence. I am not going to change the article b/c I can't cite my info, but I will look and see what I can come up with. Sorry I'm not signed in, I am @ a different computer @ work and don't have my login info.

Thanks, Peace, Mike 69.205.4.115 (talk) 13:35, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, and it could also be something a bored Schilling told an interviewer just to have a bit of fun with them. Very unlikely to be a coincidence. MaxVolume (talk) 19:48, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

I can't believe that neither this article about the song, nor the Peter Schilling article, address any of the criticism received or any of Bowie's reaction / acceptance / distain for this singer cashing in on Bowie's popular trademarked character (who Bowie had just a few years before Schilling already made a sequel song called Ashes to Ashes). 50.34.193.129 (talk) 06:06, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Release Dates Inconsistent Between Related Articles

I'd like to thank User 107.107.59.228 for applying Release Date details to the Infobox. However, this part of the Infobox is still in direct contradiction to the Error in the System album article, which states that the German and American singles were released in 1992 and 1993 respectively. This Talk section will be duplicated to the album's Talk page so that editors of both articles will have the opportunity to agree on the release date.

To summarize...
"Major Tom (Völig losgelöst)" and "Major Tom (Coming Home)" are the German and American releases of the same song. Two articles which make note of this song are providing different dates for each release. Article Major Tom (Coming Home) says both songs were released in 1993 (on different dates of the same year), while the article Error in the System says the German version was released in 1992.
So which year was the German version released, 1992 or 1993?
Christopher, Salem, OR (talk) 00:42, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

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Should David Harland Lodge have a writing credit on this song?

The original single release credits only Schilling. Click through the pictures here until you see the one of the CD itself and you'll see what I mean: https://www.discogs.com/Peter-Schilling-Major-Tom-V%C3%B6llig-Losgel%C3%B6st/master/539655 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.15.227.61 (talk) 10:56, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

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Cover versions?

Should a section on cover versions be added? The best known one is the 2009 cover by the band Shiny Toy Guns, used in a TV commercial for the 2010 Lincoln MKZ automobile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jas4funn (talk • contribs) 15:58, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Please see WP:COVERSONG. In general cover versions are not included, unless the cover version would pass WP:NSONG independent of the original. - SummerPhD^v2.0 23:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)