Space_Invaders_(Player_One_song)
Space Invaders (Player One song)
1979 single by Player One
"Space Invaders" is a song by Australian songwriters Russell Dunlop and Bruce Brown, recording under the band name Player One (commonly stylised as Player [1]) in 1979. The song is based on the hugely successful 1978 video game Space Invaders. It was a novelty hit in Australia,[1] peaking at No. 3 on the Kent Music Report charts, and ending up as the seventh best selling single in Australia for 1980. It spent 28 weeks on the Australian charts.[2] The song approached Platinum status in Australia as of October 1980.[3] The single was very popular in South Africa and received much airplay. It also reached No. 20 in the New Zealand charts.