List of songs about close encounters with aliens
This is a list of songs whose lyrics and themes are about close encounters with extraterrestrial aliens.1950s
- "The Flying Saucer Parts 1 & 2" by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman
- "My Flying Saucer" lyrics by Woodie Guthrie 1950; recorded later by Billy Bragg and Wilco†
- "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley
- "Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer" by Ella Fitzgerald
- "Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll" by Billy Lee Riley and Jerry Lee Lewis
1960s
- "Let There Be More Light" by Pink Floyd
- "Mr. Spaceman" by The Byrds
- "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" by Pink Floyd
- "Voices Green and Purple" by The Bees
- "It Came Out of the Sky" Creedence Clearwater Revival
1970s
- "After the Gold Rush" by Neil Young
- "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by Klaatu
- "Childhood's End" by Pink Floyd
- "Come Sail Away" by Styx†
- "Here Come the Martian Martians" by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
- "Horsell Commons and the Heat Ray" by Jeff Wayne
- "I've Seen the Saucers" by Elton John
- "Longer Boats" by Cat Stevens
- "Martian Boogie" by Brownsville Station
- "Mothership Connection" by Parliament
- "Starman" by David Bowie
- "Starship Trooper" by Yes
- "Arriving UFO" by Yes
- "Waiting for the UFOs" by Graham Parker
- "Silver Lights" Sammy Hagar
- "Children of the Sun" Billy Thorpe
1980s
- "Books about UFOs" by Hüsker Dü
- "Flying Saucers" by Nina Hagen
- "Loving the Alien" by David Bowie
- "No Doubt About It" by Hot Chocolate
- "Nobody Told Me" by John Lennon
- "Rapture" by Blondie
- "Zero Zero UFO" by The Ramones
- "I Ran " by A Flock of Seagulls
1990s
- "The Alien Song " by Mila Jovovich
- "El Aparato " by Café Tacvba
- "Alien " by Hawkwind
- "Aliens Exist" by Blink-182
- "Alien Visitors" by Man or Astro-man?
- "Another Sunday" by I Mother Earth
- "Fell in Love with an Alien" by the Kelly Family
- "Hangar 18" by Megadeth
- "Hat Too Flat" by Walter Becker
- "I Made Love to a Martian" by Mustard Plug
- "Martian Dance Invasion" by Brainiac
- "Men in Helicopters" by Adrian Belew
- "Motorway to Roswell" by Pixies
- "Scent of a Mule" by Phish
- "Shades of Grey" by Stuart Davis
- "Subterranean Homesick Alien" by Radiohead†
- "The Happening" by Pixies
- "Who's There?" by Smash Mouth
Later
- "Zopilotes" by Café Tacvba
- "Aliens" by Doctor Octagon
- "And You Thought the Doctor's Probe Hurt" by Belvedere
- "E.T." by Katy Perry, featuring Kanye West
- "Jaadoo, Jaadoo" by Rajesh Roshan
- "Spaceship" by Kesha
- "UFO"† by Sneaky Sound System
- "We're Not Alone" by Nas
- "Hey Aliens" on Simplicity by The Bouncing Souls
- "they're here" by iamjakehill
† Bumper music on StarTalk UFO episode