THE ONLY ONES~~ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET

"Another Girl, Another Planet" is a song by English power pop/new wave group The Only Ones, the second track on their 1978 eponymous debut.


It is by far their best remembered song and has become something of a standard, covered by several notable artists. Though the band is often considered a one-hit wonder for the song, but even that label eludes them since "Another Girl, Another Planet" only charted in the UK and has only gained its current recognition in the intervening decades. It is distinguished by soaring guitars, wounded vocals, and Peter Perrett's elliptical lyrics framing a blasé, weary take on love and romance. Allmusic calls it "Arguably, the greatest rock single ever recorded".
A common interpretation is that that the lyrics are about Perrett's problems with drugs ("space travel's in my blood", "long journeys wear me out but I know I can't live without it", "I always flirt with death; I look ill but I don't care about it"). Perrett's diction is not completely clear and "I look ill..." is usually cited as "I could kill". Similarly ambiguous, "space travel's" has been rendered as "space shuttles". In any event, there appears to be some connection with drugs.
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