She packed my bags last night, pre-flight Zero hour: 9:00 AM And I'm gonna be high As a kite by then I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids In fact, it's cold as hell And there's no one there to raise them If you did And all the science I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A rocket man Rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
She packed my bags last night, pre-flight Zero hour: 9:00 AM And I'm gonna be high As a kite by then I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids In fact, it's cold as hell And there's no one there to raise them If you did And all the science I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A rocket man Rocket man And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
“Rocket Man” foi lançada como single principal do álbum *Honky Château* em 31 março 1972 nos EUA, alcançando o nº 2 nas paradas britânicas e o nº 6 na Billboard Hot 100.
A canção recebeu certificação quadruple platinum pela BPI em 5 junho 2026, refletindo 2,4 milhões de downloads digitais e equivalentes de streaming no Reino Unido.
Nos Estados Unidos, as vendas totalizaram cinco milhões, resultando na certificação 5× platinum da RIAA.
Em 6 janeiro 2024, “Rocket Man” ultrapassou a marca de um bilhão de streams na plataforma Spotify.
A versão falada de William Shatner, lançada em 1978, tornou‑se amplamente parodiada e é um dos covers mais conhecidos da música.
O artista português David Fonseca gravou uma versão em português da canção em 2007, mostrando seu alcance internacional.
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