"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.