Astronaut (song)

"Astronaut" is the third single from Simple Plan's fourth studio album, Get Your Heart On!. In December 2012, the song was played in Earth orbit by astronaut Chris Hadfield.[1]

For the song by Amanda Palmer, see Who Killed Amanda Palmer.
"Astronaut"
Single by Simple Plan
from the album Get Your Heart On!
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2011
Recorded2011
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:41
LabelLava, Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Simple Plan
Simple Plan singles chronology
"Jet Lag"
(2011)		 "Astronaut"
(2011)		 "Summer Paradise"
(2012)

Music video

The music video was directed by Mark Staubach and premiered on 19 September 2011. It was filmed in the desert of California. The clip opens with a message that read, "Being human is the most terrible loneliness in the universe" and continues to show a lone man exploring an empty space. He keeps looking around and around for something, or rather someone, to fill a void in his heart. The female lead for the clip is Caitlin O'Connor, a model/actress, who has previously played in music videos for Michael Bublé and New Found Glory.

The song was nominated in the category Best International Video by a Canadian band to 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards.[2]

In the video, the man, played by Nick Gamez, is seen with a name tag that says P. Cunningham.[3] The same name was used for the drunk driver in the music video for "Untitled".

Track listing
  1. "Astronaut" – 3:41

Charts
Chart (2011—12) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[4] 68
Brazil (Brasil Hot 100 Airplay)[5] 95
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gollark: Palaiologos is cited on the Mersenne Twister page, I think.
gollark: Why?
gollark: I'm giving people permission to try and gather data on me if they want, on the condition that they tell me while doing so, give me the results of this, and delete any copies they might retain of it without giving them to anyone else. Unfortunately this is pretty unenforceable. I can pay in melons, though.
gollark: <https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/us/oliver-marks/> ← me

References
  1. Simple Plan Help Launch An Astronaut Into Space Archived 2012-09-01 at the Wayback Machine. Simpleplan official. Retrieved August 30, 2012
  2. MMVA 2012 Nominees. MuchMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  3. Caitlin O'Connor [@Caitlin_OConnor] (September 25, 2011). "@SimplePlanID My love interest in #Astronaut is a model/actor named Nick Gamez" (Tweet). Retrieved August 1, 2020 – via Twitter.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Simple Plan – Astronaut" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  5. "Chart Search". Billboard Brasil Hot 100 Airplay for Simple Plan. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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