"Satellite of Love" is a song written by Lou Reed which was sung by Joel Robinson, the bots, the Mads and Jack Perkins during a trip the SOL crew made to Earth. A few years later, Mike Nelson and the Bots would perform a more accurate rendition of the song while they were briefly on Earth.
Lyrics
JOEL
Satellite's gone up to the stars
Things like that drive me out of my mind
We're only here a little while
Do you like to watch things on TV?
TOM
Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.
Bop
CROW
Bop
GYPSY
Bop
JOEL & TOM
Satellite of Love
TOM
Bop
CROW
Bop
GYPSY
Bop
JOEL & TOM
Satellite of Love
TOM
Bop
CROW
Bop
GYPSY
Bop
JOEL & TOM
Satellite of Love
Satellite of
TOM
Love
JOEL
Satellite's gone way up to Mars
Joel: Hey, Frank, take this one.
TV'S FRANK
Uh, it seem like we're all gonna be parking cars
TV'S Frank: Jack?
JACK PERKINS
I watched it for a little while
And for me - that's good TV!
JOEL & TOM
Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.
TOM
Bop
CROW
Bop
GYPSY
Bop
JOEL & TOM
Satellite of Love
TOM
Bop
CROW
Bop
GYPSY
Bop
JOEL & TOM
Satellite of Love
TOM
Bop
CROW
Bop
GYPSY
Bop
JOEL & TOM
Satellite of Love
Satellite of
JOEL
I've been told that you've been bold
About Gypsy, (Gypsy: Yeah!) Crow and Tom
Monday, Tuesday
JOEL & TOM
Wednesday, Thursday
JOEL
Gypsy, (Gypsy: Yeah!) Crow and Tom
DR. F
Finally, satellite's gone up to the sky
This time it'll blow your mind
I watched you for a little while
And then I changed to Charles in Charge
TV's Frank: Hey! That doesn't rhyme!
JOEL & TOM
Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.
TOM
Bop
CROW
Bop
GYPSY
Bop
JOEL, TOM & TV'S FRANK
Satellite of Love
TOM
Bop
CROW
Bop
GYPSY
Bop
JOEL, TOM & TV'S FRANK
Satellite of Love
TOM
Bop
CROW
Bop
GYPSY
Bop
JOEL, TOM & TV'S FRANK
Satellite of Love
Satellite of
Tom Servo: Okay, people, I want you to twink your fingers for those of us who can't! Twink! Come on now! I want you to sing with us, now. Sing with feeling; sing with heart; sing "Satellite of Love". Here we go.
JOEL, TOM & TV'S FRANK
Satellite of Love
GYPSY
Love!
JOEL, TOM & TV'S FRANK
Satellite
GYPSY
Satellite
JOEL, TOM & TV'S FRANK
Of Love
(repeats until end)
Credits
- Original Lyrics by Lou Reed
- Music by Lou Reed
- Performed by Joel Hodgson, Kevin Murphy, Trace Beaulieu, Jim Mallon, Frank Conniff & Michael J. Nelson
Behind the Scenes
- The Satellite of Love, the orbiting structure that houses the Mystery Science Theater 3000 experiment, was named after this song.
