"I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship" is a song written by Norman Carl Odam, aka the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, who inspired the surname of David Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

's character "Ziggy Stardust".

Bowie recorded this song for his album Heathen in 2002

2002 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...

. Odam returned the compliment by recording a version of "Space Oddity".

The word "spaceship" does not appear in the lyrics; the word "spacecraft" is used instead.

Other releases

• A remix called "Deepsky's Space Cowboy Remix" was released on the 12" vinyl promo version of the single "Everyone Says 'Hi'
  Everyone Says 'Hi'
  "Everyone Says 'Hi" is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen , the only single from the album that was available to purchase in the United Kingdom. The single reached #20 in the UK singles chart. It was produced by British duo Brian Rawling and Gary Miller, with vocals produced by...
  
  " in 2002.

Influences

• This song is a rewrite of the Johnny Mercer
  Johnny Mercer
  John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
  
   song "I Thought About You
  I Thought About You
  "I Thought About You" is a 1939 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was one of three collaborations Van Heusen and Mercer wrote for the then recently established Mercer-Morris publishing company, started by Mercer and former Warner Bros. publisher Buddy...
  
  " which is about a train trip.