
In retrospect, he likes this single as his first. It represents his gravitation towards songs based on their merit, rather than their chart status. A fluke hit (kissing cousin to Nena's '99 luftballons') that retells Bowie's 'Space oddity' with more synth parts to beef up the futurism, 'Major Tom' also boasts a killer chorus with an irresistible outro. The b-side, sung in German, didn't do as much for him, because the plot is so good, like a Ray Bradbury short story.
Decades later he danced to the song (the original, not the diluted 1994 remix) for the first time in a nightclub setting, and it was strangely emotional and rapturous. A homecoming, of sorts.