Moonage Daydream

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

Bowie mapped Mick Ronson's guitar solo by drawing its shape with a crayon or felt-tip pen, a method he said he'd read Frank Zappa also used to guide musicians. [1] The song directly introduces the bisexual alien rock messiah Ziggy Stardust as the third track on the concept album, following the disaster narrative set up in 'Five Years' and 'Soul Love'. [2] It appears in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy and on its soundtrack, and was the only song on that soundtrack added in post-production, chosen by director James Gunn over Glen Campbell's 'Wichita Lineman' and Three Dog Night's 'Mama Told Me (Not to Come)'. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Written by David Bowiesource
• Covered The Arnold Cornssource
• Covered Cybernautssource
• Covered Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey’s Holy Holy with Glenn Gregory & Steve Normansource
• Covered Ron Popesource
• Covered Phishsource
• Covered Racer Xsource
• Covered Zen Guerrillasource
• Covered J. Hellsource
• Covered Terrorvisionsource
• Covered L.A. Gunssource
• Covered Warrior Soulsource
• Covered Wendy Ipsource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Micronesiafm · applemusic2026-08-142026-08-14#631#63
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3. United Arab Emiratesae · deezer2026-09-302026-10-03#462#15
   #46
4. South Koreakr · deezer2026-10-232026-10-23#551#55
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Editions

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