{{For|the 1959 studio album|Space Songs}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = Space Song | cover = Space Song cover.jpg | alt = | type = promo | artist = Beach House | album = Depression Cherry | released = August 28, 2015 | recorded = | studio = Studio in the Country <br /> (Bogalusa, Louisiana) | genre = Dream pop | length = 5:20 | label = Sub Pop | writer = * Victoria Legrand * Alex Scally | producer = | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|jVG_Q5pyMaM|"Space Song"}}|header=Lyric video|type=song}} }} "'''Space Song'''" is a song by American dream pop duo Beach House from their fifth studio album, ''Depression Cherry'' (2015). It was released as the album's sole promotional single in 2015.
On April 12, 2023, the song was certified double-platinum by the RIAA, for sales of 2,000,000 certified units in the United States.<ref name="SS">{{cite web |last=Enis |first=Eli |date=December 18, 2023 |title=TikTok Has Made Shoegaze Bigger Than Ever |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2245469/tiktok-has-made-shoegaze-bigger-than-ever/columns/sounding-board/ |access-date=August 13, 2025 |website=Stereogum |archive-date=December 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218203837/https://www.stereogum.com/2245469/tiktok-has-made-shoegaze-bigger-than-ever/columns/sounding-board/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, the song was certified platinum in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
== Release == "Space Song" was released as the third track on Beach House's fifth studio album, ''Depression Cherry'' (2015).<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Space Song |type=CD liner notes |others=Beach House |author=Sub Pop |publisher=Sub Pop |year=2015 |id=PROCD233}}</ref> Afterwards, Sub Pop would release the song as the album's sole promotional single.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Donovan |first=Thom |date=2023-12-14 |title=A Support System for the Brokenhearted; The Meaning Behind Beach House's “Space Song" |url=https://americansongwriter.com/a-support-system-for-the-brokenhearted-the-meaning-behind-beach-houses-space-song/ |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Critical reception== "Space Song" received generally positive reviews from music critics. For ''Pitchfork'', Jayson Greene labeled the song a "sweeping mid-album highlight", writing that "it registers as exactly the sort of high-flown Romantic soliloquy [<nowiki/>Legrand's] always preferred."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Jayson |date=August 18, 2015 |title=Beach House: Depression Cherry |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20691-depression-cherry/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=August 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818200528/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20691-depression-cherry/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Heather Phares of AllMusic described it as a moment where Beach House "conjures a feeling of intimacy surrounded by vastness", with "arpeggiated keyboards suggesting stars shooting through an endless sky".<ref>{{Citation |last=Phares |first=Heather |title=Beach House - Depression Cherry Album Reviews, Songs & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/depression-cherry-mw0002860587 |access-date=2022-09-23 |publisher=AllMusic |language=en |archive-date=August 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831015938/http://www.allmusic.com/album/depression-cherry-mw0002860587 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a more mixed review, ''NME''{{'s}} John Calvert disregarded the song as "essentially the same old Beach House aesthetic disguised as a retro-futurist ballad (think OutKast’s 'Prototype' with less Prince and more Neutral Milk Hotel)."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Calvert |first=John |date=2015-08-19 |title=Beach House – 'Depression Cherry' |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-beach-house-16219-311376 |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=November 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130043545/https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-beach-house-16219-311376 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In a track review for ''The Atlantic'', Lenika Cruz praised "Space Song" as "a gorgeous example of Beach House's knack for reimagining familiar elements into something fresh", as she noted that the song's snare is reused from their 2010 album ''Teen Dream''. She concluded that while it "doesn't have the dirtier, shoegaze bent of ''Depression Cherry'''s standout track 'Sparks' [...] it, along with the rest of the album, makes for a terrific late-summer listen."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cruz |first=Lenika |title=Track of the Day: 'Space Song' |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2015/09/track-of-the-day-space-song-beach-house/626762/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816232407/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2015/09/track-of-the-day-space-song-beach-house/626762/ |archive-date=2022-08-16 |access-date=2025-08-13 |work=The Atlantic |language=en-US}}</ref>
==In popular culture== "Space Song" became a sleeper hit after going viral on TikTok in early 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=How Beach House Used a Viral Hit to Drive Momentum for Their New Release – Spotify for Artists |url=https://artists.spotify.com/blog/how-beach-house-used-a-viral-hit-to-drive-momentum-for-their-new-release |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=artists.spotify.com |language=en |archive-date=September 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916202918/https://artists.spotify.com/blog/how-beach-house-used-a-viral-hit-to-drive-momentum-for-their-new-release |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jackson |first=Adlan |date=2022-03-11 |title=Beach House on Making Music People Love to Cry To |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/11/magazine/beach-house.html |access-date=2022-09-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921193458/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/11/magazine/beach-house.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Spotify for Artists, it is used "as a way to show dramatic irony – emphasis on the dramatic."<ref name=":0" />
In early 2021, the song began to be paired with an internet meme of Pedro Pascal laughing then crying. As of September 2022, the song has been used in over 200,000 videos on the platform.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pedro Pascal Crying Meme |url=https://www.tiktok.com/channel/pedro-pascal-crying-meme?lang=en |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=TikTok |language=en |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326231754/https://www.tiktok.com/channel/pedro-pascal-crying-meme?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=Why the Internet is Still Obsessed With Pedro Pascal Memes |url=https://whatstrending.com/why-the-internet-is-still-obsessed-with-pedro-pascal-memes/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=What's Trending |language=en-US |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326231755/https://whatstrending.com/why-the-internet-is-still-obsessed-with-pedro-pascal-memes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with ''Pitchfork'', Beach House member Victoria Legrand said of the success of "Space Song" on TikTok:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mapes |first=Jill |date=2022-02-16 |title=Beach House Are Still Surprising Each Other |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/beach-house-once-twice-melody/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042202/https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/beach-house-once-twice-melody/ |url-status=live }}</ref><blockquote>I don't need to analyze it because I'm grateful for it. I don’t think it's just that song, but if that is the gateway, then I'm happy about it. We both feel lucky that younger people keep discovering us and we're able to keep making records.</blockquote> In December 2022, the song saw a 41% increase in streams after being featured in the third episode of the Netflix original series ''Wednesday''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rutherford |first=Kevin |last2= |first2= |date=2022-12-07 |title=‘Wednesday’ Synchs Drive Streams & Sales for The Cramps, Beach House & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/wednesday-synchs-drive-streams-sales-cramps-beach-house-more/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214031504/https://www.billboard.com/pro/wednesday-synchs-drive-streams-sales-cramps-beach-house-more/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The song is featured in the movie ''Nadia, Butterfly'' as part of its soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Béliveau |first=Jason |date=September 17, 2020 |title=Nadia, Butterfly |url=https://www.revuesequences.org/2020/09/nadia-butterfly/ |access-date=July 27, 2024 |website=Séquences – La revue de cinéma |archive-date=July 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727075526/https://www.revuesequences.org/2020/09/nadia-butterfly/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for "Space Song" ! scope="col" | Chart (2022–2023) ! scope="col" | Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Canada|81|artist=Beach House|rowheader=true|access-date=January 18, 2023}} |- {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|184|artist=Beach House|rowheader=true|access-date=January 18, 2023}} |- ! scope="row"| Lithuania (AGATA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s3/|title=2023 3-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=AGATA|language=lt|date=January 20, 2023|access-date=January 20, 2023|archive-date=January 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120083715/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s3/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 72 |- ! scope="row"| UK Indie (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20221209/130/|title=Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50|publisher=Official Charts|access-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref> | 32 |- {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|13|artist=Beach House|rowheader=true|access-date=December 13, 2022}} |}
== Certifications == {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Space Song"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Beach House|title=Space Song|award=Gold|id=13654|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|access-date=September 8, 2024|refname=IFPID}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Beach House|title=Space Song|award=Gold|id=11821|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2023|access-date=January 2, 2024|refname=FIMI}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Beach House|title=Space Song|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=June 8, 2025|refname=RMNZ}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Beach House|title=Space Song|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|access-date=September 8, 2024|refname=PROMUSICAE}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Beach House|title=Space Song|award=Platinum|id=17981-5907-1|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|access-date=August 16, 2024|refname=BPI}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Beach House|title=Space Song|award=Platinum|number=4|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2025|access-date=June 11, 2025|refname=RIAA}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:2015 songs Category:Beach House songs Category:Songs written by Victoria Legrand