Ash - Girl From Mars (UK version) (Official HD Video)

After leaving school in summer 1995 and embarking on a sold out riot around the UK, Ash crashed into the UK charts at number 11 with their breakthrough single ‘Girl from Mars’, establishing themselves as writers of truly great pop tunes. At home their parents watched in disbelief as their sons appeared on BBC institution, Top Of The Pops.

Inspired by Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, Pixie’s Trompe le Monde and David Bowie, ‘Girl from Mars’ was the band’s first NME single of the week and was used by NASA as hold music on their phone systems.

‘Girl from Mars’ was the second single to be produced by Owen Morris and to feature on the band’s debut number 1 album ‘1977’, released in May 1996.

Directed by Peter Christopherson, the ‘Girl from Mars’ video was filmed on a beach at Weston-super-Mare beach. Ash would later perform on the same beach for Channel 4’s programme T4’s Pop On The Beach to promote 2004 album ‘Meltdown’.

‘Girl from Mars’ featured on the soundtrack to the television program Gilmore Girls "Our Little Corner of the World".

Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years of Ash: https://ashband.lnk.to/TeenageWildLifeID

Ash have announced the release of Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years of Ash released on 14th February through BMG and available in limited quantities with a special lenticular sleeve both on vinyl and CD. Teenage Wildlife traces the band’s recording career from exuberant debut Jack Names The Planets through to the likes of Buzzkill from 2018’s top twenty album Islands whilst also including a brand new offering Darkest Hour Of The Night alongside thirteen Top 40 singles such as Girl From Mars, Goldfinger, Oh Yeah amid an array of the band’s recorded history.

The release of Teenage Wildlife will be accompanied by extensive live itinerary throughout Europe and Scandinavia, re-visiting many of the towns, cities and venues they have previously played over the years. Tickets available here: https://ashband.lnk.to/TicketsID

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