Another Girl, Another Planet

"Another Girl, Another Planet" is a song by the English rock band the Only Ones. It is the second track on their debut studio album, the Only Ones, released in 1978. The song is the band's most successful and has since been covered by several other performers.

This article is about the song by the Only Ones. For the novel by Len Beech and Martin Day, see Another Girl, Another Planet (novel). For the film by Michael Almereyda, see Another Girl Another Planet (film).
"Another Girl, Another Planet"
Single by the Only Ones
from the album The Only Ones
B-side"Special View"
Released1978
RecordedApril 1978
Studio
Genre
Length3:02
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Peter Perrett
Producer(s)
  • The Only Ones
  • Robert Ash
The Only Ones singles chronology
"Lovers of Today"
(1977)		 "Another Girl, Another Planet"
(1978)		 "The Whole of the Law"
(1978)
Official audio
"Another Girl, Another Planet" on YouTube

Recording

It was recorded on a 16-track analogue Studer tape machine and an ex-Steve Marriott Helios mixing console at Escape Studios, a residential facility in Egerton, Kent, England, by engineer and producer John Burns, assisted by Jennifer Maidman, and later worked on and mixed at Basing Street Studios by Robert Ash.[3]

Chart performance

The track was not a chart hit upon its initial release in 1978. Its first chart appearance was 7 June 1981, at No. 44, for one week, on the New Zealand chart.[4] It was re-released in the UK in January 1992, backed with "Pretty in Pink" by the Psychedelic Furs to promote the compilation album, Sound of the Suburbs, and appeared in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, peaking at No. 57.[5][6]

Recognition

AllMusic describes it as "Arguably, the greatest rock single ever recorded".[7]

The song was placed at number 18 in John Peel's all-time Festive Fifty millennium edition. Playing it in 1980's Festive Fifty, he introduced it as an "artful little caprice".[8] In March 2005, Q magazine placed the song at number 83 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.[9]

The song is widely believed to be about heroin[10] "A fantastic song with an amazing guitar line," enthused Tim Wheeler of Northern Irish rock band Ash. "It took me a long time to figure out that it's about drugs – not a girl from another planet – and that space travel is a metaphor for being high. It was Peter Perrett's heroin-heavy drawl that eventually gave it away."[11] In an interview in 2015 Perrett declared that the song has been actually inspired by a girl and that it is not about heroin, nevertheless admitting that he always enjoyed "writing ambiguous lyrics that could be taken on two or three different levels".[12]

The song's title was used as the name of a 1992 American independent film directed by Michael Almereyda,[13] though the song does not appear in the film. It does appear, though, in six films and their soundtracks: That Summer! (1979), Different for Girls (1996),[14] Me Without You (2001), D.E.B.S. (2004), Paul (2011), and Her Smell (2018).

Cover versions
"Another Girl Another Planet"
Promotional single by Blink-182
from the album Greatest Hits
Released2005
RecordedLate 2004
Larrabee Sound Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
GenrePop punk
Length2:42
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Peter Perrett
Producer(s)

Blink-182 recorded a cover version of this song for the opening track of Travis Barker's MTV reality show Meet the Barkers. It was later released in 2005 as the closing track on their Greatest Hits album.

Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Pop 100 (Billboard)[15] 99

References
  1. Billboard. Vol. 91. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1979. p. 147. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. Ross, Graeme (7 June 2018). "Playlist: 10 best new wave singles of 1978". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07.
  3. Buskin, Richard (27 April 2007). "CLASSIC TRACKS: The Only Ones: 'Another Girl, Another Planet'". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. "CollectorsFrenzy - The Only Ones / Psychedelic Furs RARE vinyl 7" single". 18 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 407. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. Andy Claps. "Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones - Listen, Appearances, Song Review - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  8. "Rocklist.net...John Peel's Festive 50's - 1977 - 2003 ..." Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  9. "Rocklist.net...Q Magazine Lists". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  10. Andrew Stafford, Something to Believe In, University of Queensland Press, 2019
  11. Wheeler, Tim (August 2007). "Sci-fi rocks". Q. p. 117.
  12. Pinnock, Tom (13 April 2017). "Peter Perrett: "It wasn't about drugs ... at that time, I was more addicted to sex"". Uncut.
  13. "Another Girl Another Planet (1992)". IMDb.com. 1 October 1992. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  14. "Different for Girls (1996)". IMDb.com. 12 September 1997. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  15. "Pop – Pop 100". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 47. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 19 November 2005. p. 54. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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