![Listen to Major Tom (Coming Home) [Director's Cut] by Peter Schilling, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music125/v4/12/a8/b2/12a8b2d8-504d-7c49-1e62-eba2811c3a0f/cover.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Major Tom (Coming Home) [Director's Cut] by Peter Schilling, see lyrics, music video & more!")
![Listen to The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime) [Single Version] by Peter Schilling, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music116/v4/99/77/26/997726fa-e7b4-bc38-7164-9aed7f64ffe0/5059460204102.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime) [Single Version] by Peter Schilling, see lyrics, music video & more!")
![Listen to Major Tom '94[English Version] [Radio Version] by Boom-Bastic & Peter Schilling, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music114/v4/4c/f9/84/4cf984ee-751e-dada-b641-40d09581342a/cover.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Major Tom '94[English Version] [Radio Version] by Boom-Bastic & Peter Schilling, see lyrics, music video & more!")
![Listen to Major Tom (Coming Home) [Tiesto Remix] - Single by Peter Schilling](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/c9/b1/3e/c9b13e2a-3599-c390-6797-e40b66902da0/5021732459893.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Major Tom (Coming Home) [Tiesto Remix] - Single by Peter Schilling")
More albums from Peter Schilling
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Peter Schilling's Popular Music Videos
![Watch Vuela (Major Tom) [feat. Peter Schilling] music video by Jay del Alma](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video/v4/5a/82/66/5a8266e0-156e-a255-88ea-dd283bf75492/4013809520767_1200.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Vuela (Major Tom) [feat. Peter Schilling] music video by Jay del Alma")
![Watch Terra Titanic (feat. Peter Schilling) [Anstandslos & Durchgeknallt Remix] music video by Stereoact & Jaques Raupé](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video118/v4/2e/bc/c3/2ebcc3a8-baef-e424-279c-2865860960df/cover.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Terra Titanic (feat. Peter Schilling) [Anstandslos & Durchgeknallt Remix] music video by Stereoact & Jaques Raupé")
About Peter Schilling
Hometown
Stuttgart, West Germany
Born
January 28, 1956
Genre
Pop
While numerous new wave artists in the early '80s tried to imitate David Bowie, Peter Schilling went a step further. In 1983, Schilling released "Major Tom (Coming Home)," a synth pop retelling of Bowie's 1969 classic "Space Oddity." It became Schilling's first and only entry in the U.S. charts, a song that eventually stigmatized him as a one-hit wonder in America. Schilling was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on January 28, 1956. As a teen, Schilling couldn't decide on whether to be a soccer player or a singer. He chose music and his debut album, Error in the System, appeared in 1983. The single "Major Tom (Coming Home)" wasn't just popular in the U.S., it was a worldwide smash. The video was played often on MTV, as well, but Schilling was not able to equal its success. In 1989, Schilling collaborated with Enigma's Michael Crétu on the track "Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)," an admirable attempt at updating his sound and trying to return to the American charts. "Major Tom" was given a techno sheen in 1994, and the reworked song was welcomed in the clubs. A year later, Schilling formed the Space Pilots with Catyana Schilling, J. Feifel, and P. Magnet, recording Trip to Orion. ~ Michael Sutton
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