TL; DR: Eu posso pensar em duas primeiras músicas da Science Fiction - uma fez as paradas da Hot 100; o outro antecede as paradas Hot 100, mas foi gravado por um dos músicos mais bem sucedidos do início do século 20. Purple People Eater por Sheb Wooley e Two Little Men em um disco voador por Ella Fitzgerald.
Este definitivamente satisfaz todos os seus critérios.
No. 1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958 from June 9 to July 14, and reached no. 12 overall.
Você não encontrará uma música sci-fi anterior que tenha feito as paradas da Billboard Hot 100, porque essa música foi lançada no mesmo ano em que as paradas da Billboard Hot 100 começaram . 1
A música é sobre um alienígena que come homens que vem à terra para se juntar a uma banda de rock.
Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee"
It looks like a purple eater to me
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (One eye?)
Well he came down to earth and he lit in a tree
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me
I heard him say in a voice so gruff
"I wouldn't eat you cuz you're so tough"
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (One horn?)
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line
He said "It's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine
But that's not the reason that I came to land
I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band"
Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater
(We wear short shorts)
Flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me
And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground
He started to rock, really rockin' around
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune
Sing "a boop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom"
Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater
(I like short shorts)
Flyin' little people eater
Sure looks strange to me (Purple People?)
And then he went on his way, and then what do ya know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was blowing it out, a'really knockin' em dead
Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head
Dois pequenos homens em um disco voador de Ella Fitzgerald
Lançado em 1951, este single não chegou às paradas da Billboard Hot 100, porque as paradas da Billboard Hot 100 não foram inventadas até 1958. No entanto, Fitzgerald foi um dos músicos mais populares em o mundo por décadas no momento em que ela lançou essa música, então vale a pena mencionar.
A música é sobre dois alienígenas que visitam a Terra, decidem que os humanos são psicóticos idiotas e saem rapidamente.
Two little men in a flying saucer
flew down to Earth one day
Looked to left and right of it,
couldn’t stand the sight of it
and said let’s fly away
They took a look at a Western movie,
somebody heard them say
If a horse can be a star,
think how dumb the people are
We’d better fly away
Then they shook their little green antennas,
scratched their purple hair
Said this planet is an awful menace,
let’s go back to where
we came from
Two little men in a flying saucer
just didn’t care to stay
Said it’s too peculiar here,
headed for the stratosphere
and quickly flew away
Now they took a left in Ebbet's Field in Brooklyn
when the Dodgers played a baseball game
Heard all the screaming,
said we must be dreaming
‘cause this planet is insane
During intermission,
heard a politician
making speeches as they traveled by
But they departed
faster than they started
‘cause the holler blew them sky high
Two little men in a flying saucer
flew down to Earth one day
Listened to a radio,
saw a television show
and said let’s fly away
They got their fill of commercial jingles
and they were heard to say
All the people seem to be living in a nursery
we’d better fly away
Traveled all around and once they’d seen us
said let’s head for space
We were better off on Mars and Venus,
goodness what a place to live in
Two little men in a flying saucer
just didn’t care to stay
Crossed a crowded thoroughfare,
saw the hats the women wear
and quickly flew away
And quickly flew away
Menção honrosa:
Treze mulheres (e apenas um homem na cidade) , Bill Haley e seus cometas - 1952/1955 2
Sr. Spaceman , The Byrds - 1966
No ano 2525 , Zager e Evans - 1969
Uma Oddity no Espaço , David Bowie - 1969
A ascensão e queda de Ziggy Stardust e as aranhas de Marte (álbum ), David Bowie - 1972
Saiu do Céu , Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1969
2000 anos-luz de casa , The Rolling Stones - 1967
Táxi Amarelo Grande , Joni Mitchell - 1970
Uma chuva difícil vai cair , Bob Dylan - 1963
1 Antes de 1958, a Billboard tinha gráficos de canções populares (começando em 1941), mas eles estavam limitados à música mais vendida de cada semana; porque as músicas tendiam a ser best-sellers por muitas semanas, os gráficos de um ano podem incluir apenas 3 músicas .
Eu olhei através das listas de best-sellers de 1941 a 1957, e não há músicas que se encaixem claramente nos critérios de ficção científica. Os que mais se aproximam são os seguintes:
O cigano , The Ink Spots - 1946
(Fantasma) Cavaleiros no Céu: Uma Lenda do Vaqueiro , Vaughn Monroe e seus Orquestra - 1949
Balançando em uma estrela , Perry Como - 1944
Sr. Sandman , The Chordettes - 1954
Rudolph, a rena do nariz vermelho , Gene Autry - 1950
2 B-Side ao acerto Rock Around the Clock; crédito para user14111 pela sugestão. O single Rock Around the Clock / Treze Mulheres foi lançado em 1952 com a última faixa como A-Side; não foi muito bem. Quando a música Rock Around the Clock foi usada no filme de 1955 Blackboard Jungle, o single foi relançado com Treze Mulheres como o B- Lado e encabeçou os gráficos.