List of songs about close encounters with aliens

• "The Flying Saucer Parts 1 & 2" by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman[1]
• "My Flying Saucer" lyrics by Woodie Guthrie 1950; recorded later by Billy Bragg and Wilco†
• "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley[2][3][4]
• "Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer" by Ella Fitzgerald[2][5]
• "Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll" by Billy Lee Riley and Jerry Lee Lewis[1]

• "Let There Be More Light" by Pink Floyd[6]
• "Mr. Spaceman" by The Byrds[2][5]
• "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" by Pink Floyd[6]
• "Voices Green and Purple" by The Bees
• "It Came Out of the Sky" Creedence Clearwater Revival

• "After the Gold Rush" by Neil Young[5]
• "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by Klaatu (cover by The Carpenters†[5][2][4])
• "Childhood's End" by Pink Floyd[6]
• "Come Sail Away" by Styx[2]†
• "Here Come the Martian Martians" by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
• "Horsell Commons and the Heat Ray" by Jeff Wayne (Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds)[5]
• "I've Seen the Saucers" by Elton John[2]
• "Longer Boats" by Cat Stevens
• "Martian Boogie" by Brownsville Station
• "Mothership Connection" by Parliament[5]
• "Starman" by David Bowie[5]
• "Starship Trooper" by Yes[2]
• "Arriving UFO" by Yes[7]
• "Waiting for the UFOs" by Graham Parker[2]
• "Silver Lights" Sammy Hagar
• "Children of the Sun" Billy Thorpe

• "Fire Of Unknown Origin" by Blue Öyster Cult
• "Books about UFOs" by Hüsker Dü[2]
• "Flying Saucers" by Nina Hagen[4]
• "Love Walks In" by Van Halen[8][9]
• "Loving the Alien" by David Bowie[2]
• "No Doubt About It" by Hot Chocolate
• "Nobody Told Me" by John Lennon[7]
• "Rapture" by Blondie[5]
• "Zero Zero UFO" by The Ramones[7]
• "I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock of Seagulls[10]

• "The Alien Song (For Those Who Listen)" by Mila Jovovich
• "El Aparato ("The Apparatus")" by Café Tacvba
• "Alien (I Am)" by Hawkwind[3]
• "Aliens Exist" by Blink-182[2][4]
• "Alien Visitors" by Man or Astro-man?[5]
• "Another Sunday" by I Mother Earth
• "Fell in Love with an Alien" by the Kelly Family
• "Hangar 18" by Megadeth[2][4]
• "Hat Too Flat" by Walter Becker[5]
• "I Made Love to a Martian" by Mustard Plug[2]
• "Martian Dance Invasion" by Brainiac[5]
• "Motorway to Roswell" by Pixies[5]
• "Scent of a Mule" by Phish[7]
• "Shades of Grey" by Stuart Davis[3]
• "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo
• "Subterranean Homesick Alien" by Radiohead[11]†
• "The Happening" by Pixies[12]
• "Who's There?" by Smash Mouth

• "The Aliens Are Here" by The Hippos, 2000
• "And You Thought the Doctor's Probe Hurt" by Belvedere, 2002[5]
• "Jaadoo, Jaadoo" by Rajesh Roshan (on Koi... Mil Gaya soundtrack), 2003[5]
• "Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland, Illinois" by Sufjan Stevens on Illinois, 2005
• "Aliens" by Doctor Octagon, 2006[2]
• "UFO"† by Sneaky Sound System, 2006
• "We're Not Alone" by Nas on Untitled Nas album, 2008[2]
• "E.T." by Katy Perry, featuring Kanye West, 2010[2]
• "Zopilotes" ("Black Vultures") by Café Tacuba on El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco, 2012
• "Ancient Aliens" by Lemon Demon on Spirit Phone, 2016
• "Hey Aliens" by The Bouncing Souls on Simplicity, 2016
• "Spaceship" by Kesha, 2017[13]

† Bumper music on StarTalk UFO episode[14]

• Luckman, M. (2010). Alien Rock: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection. Gallery Books. ISBN 978-1-4516-0432-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)