Song · Hefner
“Alan Bean” by Hefner
From the album Dead Media (2001)
“Alan Bean” by Hefner appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 2001 on the album Dead Media. Its best result is #31 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #405 alternative song of 2001.
Hefner built "Alan Bean" around the astronaut of the title, the fourth person ever to walk on the Moon, and the British indie band even got to speak with the man himself when he turned up as a surprise guest on Dutch broadcaster VPRO. Too Pure issued it from Dead Media in 2001 across three formats, and it made No. 58 on the UK singles chart and No. 4 on the independent chart.
Darren Hayman, the songwriter behind it, never quite let it go: he recut it with The Wave Pictures for 2009's for Madrid and again on his own for 2019's 12 Astronauts. When Dead Media was reissued in 2011, every track from all three formats came along for the ride.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 31 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001 | 50 |
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