Written by | Billy Preston and Joe Greene |
Date | 1971 |
Source | I Wrote a Simple Song (album) |
"Outa-Space" is a funk/R&B instrumental by Billy Preston that appeared on his 1971 album, I Wrote a Simple Song. While released as a B-side, the song managed to climb to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance of 1972.
The song plays in the 1999 film Muppets from Space as Gonzo gets out of the bus at Cape Doom, prepared to meet his alien relatives.
Album releases[]
- Muppets from Space (1999)