<P> In 2011, Jimmy Fallon appeared on the Piers Morgan Tonight television program, playing the guitar and singing a broad parody of "Space Oddity" along the lines of: "This is Tim Tebow to Jesus Christ", using a Bowie-esque vocal style . He also performed the song on his late night talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in the character of an amalgamation of Tim Tebow and David Bowie called "Tebowie". </P> <P> Major Tom also has had and continues to have passing references in other popular songs, such as: Five Star's "Rain or Shine" (1986), Def Leppard's "Rocket" (1987), Marilyn Manson's "Apple of Sodom" (1997), Lorraine Bowen's "Space" (2002), The Mars Volta's live rendition of the song "Cicatriz" (2005) featuring a lengthy jam which would evolve into the song "Cassandra Gemini", Cold's "Happens All The Time" (2005), Alphabeat's "Fantastic 6" (2007), Shiny Toy Guns' cover of Schilling's "Major Tom" (2009), The Cab's "Angel with a Shotgun" (2011), Lana Del Rey's "Terrence Loves You" (2015) which is interpreted by many fans to be a homage to Bowie and his brother Terrence, and Stephen Pearcy's "Ten Miles Wide" (2017). </P> <P> During his tour of duty on board the International Space Station, British astronaut Timothy Peake was regularly referred to by the media as "Major Tim", in a direct reference to Bowie's fictional astronaut . Peake was on the ISS at the time of Bowie's death and tweeted a tribute to him from there . In 2017, author Clive Gifford wrote a book aimed at children about Peake's time on board the ISS, titled "Ground Control to Major Tim: The Space Adventures of Major Tim Peake". Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield had previously performed a version of "Space Oddity" on board the ISS in 2013, creating one of the first music videos to be made in space . </P> <P> In the first mission of Metal Gear Solid 3 Major Zero codenames himself Major Tom . This is in reference to series creator Hideo Kojima's love for David Bowie . </P>

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