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"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" is a power ballad by Canadian rock band Klaatu, originally released in 1976 on their first album 3:47 EST. The song opened night transmission of the pirate radio station Radio Caroline. The year following its release, American soft rock duo the Carpenters covered the song, using a crew of 160[4] musicians. The Carpenters' version reached the top 10 in the UK and Canada, and charted at number 1 in Ireland.

"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
Single by Klaatu
from the album 3:47 EST
A-side	"Sub-Rosa Subway"
Released	1976
Recorded	March 13 - August 1975[1]
Studio	Toronto Sound Studios[1]
Genre	Progressive rock[2] space pop[3]
Length	3:23 (single edit) 7:14 (album version)
Label	Daffodil (Canada) Capitol (rest of the world)
Songwriter(s)	Terry Draper, John Woloschuk
Producer(s)	Terry Brown[1]
Klaatu singles chronology
"True Life Hero" (1975) "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" (1976) "We're Off You Know" (1977)
Music video
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" on YouTube

Origin

John Woloschuk, a member of Klaatu and one of the song's composers, said:

The idea for this track was suggested by an actual event that is described in The Flying Saucer Reader, a book by Jay David published in 1967. In March 1953 an organization known as the "International Flying Saucer Bureau" sent a bulletin to all its members urging them to participate in an experiment termed "World Contact Day" whereby, at a predetermined date and time, they would attempt to collectively send out a telepathic message to visitors from outer space. The message began with the words..."Calling occupants of interplanetary craft!"[5]

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6]	45
US Billboard Hot 100[7]	62
US Cash Box Top 100[7]	91
US Record World Singles Chart[7]	100

Personnel

• John Woloschuk - lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer, bass guitar
• Dee Long - backing vocals, mellotron, synthesizer, electric guitar
• Terry Draper - lead vocals, backing vocals, drums, tympani, percussion
• Terry Brown - backing vocals

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Carpenters version

"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
Single artwork painted by designer Andrew Probert.
Single by Carpenters
from the album Passage
B-side	"Can't Smile Without You"
Released	September 20, 1977 (US)
Recorded	1977
Genre	Space pop[8]
Length	7:06 (album version) 3:59 (single edit)
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Klaatu
Producer(s)	Richard Carpenter
Carpenters singles chronology
"Can't Smile Without You" (1977) "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" (1977) "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (1977)

The Carpenters' version from their Passage album charted worldwide and appeared on several of their hits compilations. The song title appears on the Carpenters' version above the tagline "(The Recognized Anthem Of World Contact Day)". The success of their version led to the duo receiving many letters from people asking when World Contact Day would be held. The song ultimately led to a successful Carpenters television special, The Carpenters...Space Encounters.

While Klaatu's original opens with various sounds of living species, the Carpenters' version opens with a radio DJ on a request show. The DJ identifies a phone caller as "Mike Ledgerwood". When the DJ asks Mike for his song request, an alien-sounding voice responds. The DJ is voiced by longstanding Carpenters' guitarist Tony Peluso, who can be seen in that role at the start of the video for the track.[9]

The vocal melody ranges from B♭3 to G♭5.[10][lower-alpha 1]

The Carpenters' arrangement of the song was later copied on a sound-alike cover released on the 1977 album Top of the Pops, Volume 62.

The cover art was painted by designer Andrew Probert.

Reaching number nine in the UK Singles Chart in 1977, in a UK television special on ITV in 2016 it was voted fifth in The Nation's Favourite Carpenters Song.[11]

Chart

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	32
US Cash Box Top 100	23
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	18
Canadian RPM Top Singles	9
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[12]	10
UK Singles Chart	9
Irish Singles Chart	1

Music videos

The Carpenters had two music videos for "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft":

• Starparade – German TV, 1977; available on their DVD Gold: Greatest Hits
• Space Encounters – Carpenters' TV special, 1978; available on their DVD Interpretations

Personnel

• Karen Carpenter - lead and backing vocals
• Richard Carpenter - lead and backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes electric piano, ARP Odyssey, orchestration
• Joe Osborn - bass
• Tony Peluso - electric guitar, DJ
• Ron Tutt - drums
• Earle Dumler - oboe
• Gregg Smith Singers - backing vocals
• Peter Knight - orchestral arrangement
• Uncredited - percussion

References

Notes

References

На других языках

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[de] Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft ([Ich/Wir] Rufe(n) die Besatzung des interplanetarischen Raumschiffs oder [Ich/Wir] Rufen die Besatzungen interplanetarischer Raumschiffe) ist ein Lied der kanadischen Progressive-Rock-Gruppe Klaatu, das diese 1976 auf ihrem Debüt-Album 3:47 EST veröffentlichte.

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- [en] Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

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