Written and sung by bassist Alex James, it was inspired by James’s passion for astronomy.
If you read all the annotations to this song, I guarantee you’ll know at least double what you already knew about our solar system.
Unless you’re, like, Carl Sagan or something.
[Verse 1]
I spy in the night sky, don't I?
Phoebe, Io, Elara, Leda, Callisto, Sinope
Janus, Dione, Portia, so many moons
Quiet in the sky at night, hot in the milky way
[Verse 2]
Outside in
Vega, Capella, Hadar, Rigel, Barnard's Star
Antares, Aldebaran, Altair, Wolf 359
Betelgeuse, sun, sun, sun, sun
[Outro]
Sun, sun, sun, sun
Sun, sun, sun, sun
Sun, sun, sun, sun
Sun, sun, sun, sun
Sun, sun, sun, sun
Far Out was written by Alex James.
Far Out was produced by Stephen Street.