FMM: Out of this world

When you say "The Carpenters," you think of songs that are soft and romantic. No surprise, because that's the vibe of most of their songs.

But they have one song that veered away from their usual. It veered so far away, that it went to outer space!

"Calling occupants of interplanetary craft," is out of this world in so many ways. From the intro alone, you know that it's not going to be the usual song. 

Then, you have the lyrics like: "O please, Mr. Interstellar Policeman, can you give us a sign, give us a sign, that we've reached you." If that's not far off, I'm not sure what is. 

Another amazing thing about this song is the fact that it's celebrating it's 50th year this 2026! Yup, it was first aired in 1976, and was way ahead of its time.

As one of the popular sayings in the 70s best capture my feelings about this song:

It's far out!