2000 Light Years from Home
The Rolling Stones
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Sun turnin' 'round with graceful motion We're setting off with soft explosion Bound for a star with fiery oceans It's so very lonely, you're a hundred light years from home Freezing red deserts turn to dark Energy here in every part It's so very lonely, you're six hundred light years from home It's so very lonely, you're a thousand light years from home It's so very lonely, you're a thousand light years from home Bell flight fourteen you now can land Seen you on Aldebaran, safe on the green desert sand It's so very lonely, you're two thousand light years from home It's so very lonely, you're two thousand light years from home
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Written by: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
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10 facts about this song
Track Origin"2000 Light Years from Home" is a song from The Rolling Stones' 1967 psychedelic rock album, "Their Satanic Majesties Request."
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Song InspirationThe song was reportedly inspired by Mick Jagger's interest in space travel, interspersed with images from science fiction.
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Song WritingMick Jagger and Keith Richards co-wrote the song while Jagger was filming the movie "Performance" and Richards was in jail for drug charges.
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Recording ProcessThe recording of the song was reportedly complex, taking place during the summer of 1967 in London at the Olympic Sound Studios.
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Cinematic Connection"2000 Light Years from Home" has been used in several films, including "Moon Zero Two" in 1969 and "Men in Black 3" in 2012.
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Live PerformancesNotably performed during a part of the band's A Bigger Bang Tour in 2006, the song wasn't frequently included in their live set lists, making it a rare treat for fans.
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Satellite UseIn 2013, to commemorate the song's lyrics about space, "2000 Light Years from Home" was reportedly used as wake-up music for a Mars rover.
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Release and ReceptionDespite being one of the key tracks on their psychedelic album, it was not released as a single. The album received mixed reviews at the time.
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Psychedelic InfluenceThis song represents one of the band's forays into the genre of psychedelic rock, a departure from their traditional rock and roll roots.
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Song ThemeThe song's lyrics present a journey through space, exploring loneliness and alienation — themes representative of the mood in 1967.
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