Editing Space Invaders (section)

=== Music ===

Musicians have drawn inspiration for their music from ''Space Invaders''. The pioneering [[J-pop|Japanese]] [[synthpop]] group [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] reproduced ''Space Invaders'' sounds in its 1978 [[Yellow Magic Orchestra (album)|self-titled album]] and hit single "Computer Game",<ref name="wire_2002">{{citation |title=The Wire, Issues 221–226 |work=[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]] |year=2002 |page=44 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qyFMAAAAYAAJ |access-date=May 25, 2011}}</ref> the latter selling over 400,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=Computer rock music gaining fans |work=[[Sarasota Journal]] |date=August 18, 1980 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7s4mAAAAIBAJ&pg=4481,2128223 |access-date=May 25, 2011 |page=8 |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409150919/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7s4mAAAAIBAJ&pg=4481,2128223 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other pop songs based on ''Space Invaders'' soon followed, including [[disco]] records such as "Disco Space Invaders" (1979) by Funny Stuff,<ref name="wire_2002" /> and the hit songs "[[Pretenders (album)|Space Invader]]" (1980) by [[The Pretenders]],<ref name="wire_2002" /> "Space Invaders" (1980) by Uncle Vic,<ref>{{cite web |last=Lovelace |first=Craven |title=Take a waka-waka-waka on the wild side |url=http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20100827/COMMUNITY_NEWS/100829973 |work=Grand Junction Free Press |access-date=July 15, 2011 |date=August 27, 2010 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927233952/http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20100827/COMMUNITY_NEWS/100829973 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Australian hit "[[Space Invaders (Player One song)|Space Invaders]]" (1979) by [[Player One (band)|Player One]] (known in the US as "Playback"),<ref>{{Discogs release|807452|Playback – Space Invaders}}</ref> which in turn provided the [[bassline]] for [[Jesse Saunders]]' "On and On" (1984),<ref>{{cite web |title=Jesse Saunders – On And On |date=January 20, 1984 |url=http://www.discogs.com/Jesse-Saunders-On-And-On/release/176575 |publisher=[[Discogs]] |access-date=May 23, 2012 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805023428/https://www.discogs.com/Jesse-Saunders-On-And-On/release/176575 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/black-history-jesse-saunders-and-house-music/ |title=Black History Month: Jesse Saunders and house music |last=Church |first=Terry |publisher=BeatPortal |date=February 9, 2010 |access-date=April 10, 2010 |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212230432/https://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/black-history-jesse-saunders-and-house-music/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the first [[Chicago house|Chicago]] [[house music]] track.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bracelin |first=Jason |title=House music finds a home |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LVRB&p_theme=lvrb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11950293F0B8B3B8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=May 23, 2012 |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |date=May 22, 2007 |page=1E |quote=A native of Chicago, where house was first popularized, Saunders is credited for producing and releasing the first house single, "On and On," on his own Jes Say Records label. |archive-date=April 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429154231/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LVRB&p_theme=lvrb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11950293F0B8B3B8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=live }}</ref> [[The Clash]] sampled ''Space Invaders'' sound effects on the song "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" from its 4th studio album, ''[[Sandinista!]]''

[[Video Games Live]] performed audio from ''Space Invaders'' as part of a special [[Retrogaming|retro]] "Classic Arcade Medley" in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://games.ign.com/articles/816/816582p1.html |title=Microsoft Brings Video Games Live to London |website=[[GameSpot]] |author=Microsoft |date=August 28, 2007 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301003229/http://games.ign.com/articles/816/816582p1.html |archive-date=March 1, 2012|author-link=Microsoft }}</ref> In honor of the game's 30th anniversary, [[Taito]] produced an album, ''Space Invaders 2008''. It was released by [[Avex Trax]] and features music inspired by the game. Six songs were originally used in the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] version of ''[[Space Invaders Extreme]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spaceinvaders.jp/news/detail/1188686_1819.html| script-title = ja:30周年記念 スペシャルコンピレーションアルバム発売！ |publisher=Taito |year=2008 |language=ja |access-date=April 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127063447/http://spaceinvaders.jp/news/detail/1188686_1819.html |archive-date=January 27, 2012}}</ref> Taito's store, Taito Station, also unveiled a ''Space Invaders''-themed [[music video]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spaceinvaders.jp/blog/blog_detail/1186880_2321.html |language=ja |title=ź 舗限定で配信中のアニメーションPVを大公開しちゃいます！ |author=弓削 |date=October 21, 2008 |access-date=April 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403071159/http://spaceinvaders.jp/blog/blog_detail/1186880_2321.html |archive-date=April 3, 2009}}</ref>