Released January 12, 2010 Genre Electronic
chill-out Label N.E.E.T.
XL
Interscope | Recorded January 11–12, 2010 Length 3:08 Writer(s) M.I.A.
Rusko | |
"Space" is a song by British recording artist M.I.A. from her third studio album, Maya (2010). The track was written and produced by Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam and Christopher "Rusko" Mercer. The song was released on January 12, 2010 as a music video only, and has been known under alternative titles "There's Space for Ol Dat I See" and "Space Odyssey". The track was a protest to an article by The New York Times calling Sri Lanka the #1 vacation destination of 2010, which M.I.A. found questionable and inaccurate towards the country's Civil War. According to former Los Angeles Times writer Ann Powers, "Space" is a "chill-out room seduction". Although "Space" was the first song that M.I.A. teased from the forthcoming album, it was never released as an official single. The track did, however, chart upon the release of Maya in July 2010 on individual downloads.
Music video
The video for the song was uploaded only on Twitter's Twitvid on January 12, 2010, and filmed the night before for $100. It pictures green-lit M.I.A. against a black background, moving in a series of astral projections.