Life on Mars/Music

This article is on the original BBC version of Life on Mars. For the music used in the US/ABC remake see Life on Mars (USA)/Music.

This page is a list of all the non-original music that was used during the original airing of Life on Mars in each episode.

Season 1

Episode 1.1

• David Bowie, "Life on Mars"
• Blue Öyster Cult, "Stairway to the Stars"
• Lou Reed, "I'm so Free"
• The Who, "Baba O'Riley"
• Deep Purple, "Rat Bat Blue"
• Deep Purple, "Fireball"
• Cream, "White Room"

Episode 1.2

• Wings, "Live And Let Die"
• Deep Purple, "No One Came"
• Willie Lindo & The Charmers Band, "Drum Song"
• Thin Lizzy, "Saga of the Aging Orphan"
• Deep Purple, "Lazy"
• Pink Floyd, "One of These Days"
• The Upsetters, "Dream Land"

Episode 1.3

• The Sweet, "Ballroom Blitz"
• Uriah Heep, "Gypsy"
• Free, "Wishing Well"
• Atomic Rooster, "Head in the Sky"

Episode 1.4

• Hawkwind, "Brainstorm"
• David Bowie, "Jean Genie"
• Jethro Tull, "Cross-Eyed Mary"
• Hawkwind, "Silver Machine"
• Slade, "Gudbuy T'Jane"
• The Rolling Stones, "Wild Horses"
• The Sweet, "Blockbuster"
• Roger Whitaker, "I Don't Believe In If Anymore"

Episode 1.5

• Thin Lizzy, "Call the Police"
• Status Quo, "Good Thinking"
• Thin Lizzy, "The Rocker"
• Cream, "White Room"
• T. Rex, "Jeepster"
• Roxy Music, "Would You Believe"
• Hawkwind, "Urban Guerilla"
• Hawkwind, "Ejection"
• Coloseum, "I Can't Live Without You"
• Roxy Music, "Street Life"
• Nina Simone, "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"

Episode 1.6

• Louis Armstrong, "What a Wonderful World"

Episode 1.7

• The Hollies, "I Can't Tell the Bottom From the Top"
• Britney Spears, "Toxic"
• Peters and Lee, "Welcome Home"
• Pulp, "Disco 2000"
• Nina Simone, "Sinnerman"

Episode 1.8

• Atomic Rooster, "Friday 13th"
• Atomic Rooster, "The Rock"
• John Kongos, "Tokolshe Man"
• Atomic Rooster, "In the Snow"
• Atomic Rooster, "Devil's Answer"
• Wizzard, "See My Baby Jive"
• David Bowie, "Life on Mars"
• Lindisfarne, "Meet Me on the Corner"
• Free, "Little Bit of Love"

Season 2

Episode 2.1

• Atomic Rooster, "Head in the Sky"
• Roxy Music, "Street Life"
• Atomic Rooster, "Break Through"
• Chicory Tip, "Son of My Father"
• Three Degrees, "Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon"
• Dusty Springfield, "Spooky"
• Three Degrees, "Year of Decision"
• David Bowie, "Star Man"

Episode 2.2

• Mott the Hoople, "Sweet Jane"
• Mungo Jerry, "In the Summertime"
• Derek Wadsworth, "Ain't Got No"
• Uriah Heep, "Love Machine"
• Uriah Heep, "Bird of Prey"
• The Hollies, "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"
• Elton John, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

Episode 2.3

• David Cassidy, "How Can I Be Sure"
• Audience, "The Big Spell"
• The Sweet, "Hellraiser"
• Lindisfarne, "Poor Old Ireland"
• Barclay James Harvest, "When the City Sleeps"

Episode 2.4

• Strawbs, "Lay Down"
• Frankie Miller, "I’m Ready"
• Lindisfarne, "Court in the Act"
• Santana, "Samba Pa Ti"
• Slade, "Coz I Love You"
• David Bowie, "Aladin Sane"
• T Rex, "Rock On"
• Barclay James Harvest, "When the City Sleeps"
• Gilbert O’Sullivan, "Alone Again Naturally"

Episode 2.5

• Hawkwind, "You Shouldn't Do That"
• Roxy Music, "Just Like You"
• ELO, "10538 Overture"

Episode 2.6

• Cozy Powell, "Dance with the Devil"
• Atomic Rooster, "Breathless"
• Ananda Shankar, "Snow Flower"
• Elton John, "Rocket Man"
• The Audience, "I Had a Dream"
• Shocking Blue, "Hot Sand"
• Uriah Heep, "Traveller in Time"
• Thin Lizzy, "Whiskey in the Jar"

Episode 2.7

• Traffic, "Many a Mile to Freedom"
• Traffic, "Evening Blue"
• Roxy Music, "Virginia Plain"
• The Faces, "Cindy Incidentally"
• The Sweet, "Done Me Wrong Alright"
• Cream, "Crossroads"
• The Sweet, "Rock 'n' Roll Disgrace"
• Mott the Hoople, "One of the Boys"

Episode 2.8

• Alvin Stardust, "My Coo Ca Choo"
• Elton John, "Funeral for a Friend"
• Atomic Rooster, "Decision/Indecision"
• Tom Waits, "I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You"
• Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, "Over the Rainbow"
• David Bowie, "Life on Mars"
• Mott the Hoople, "One of the Boys"
• David Bowie, "Changes"