Happy Black Friday – great news, they found that X-Files Song! ‘Staring at the Stars’ has been one of those ‘obscure media mysteries’ that Internet sleuths love to solve. It’s been located and is now on Youtube for you to enjoy. Take a listen:
I can hear a little ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ in there – it’s not the BEST SONG YOU’VE EVER HEARD, but it’s interesting. Here’s more info on ‘Staring at the Stars’ from Wikipedia:
“Staring at the Stars” is a country song written and recorded by Dan Marfisi and Glenn Jordan that was used in “Dreamland II“, which was the fifth episode of the sixth season of the science fiction TV show The X-Files. The episode first aired on December 6, 1998. The song was featured as background music during a scene set in a local bar. “Staring at the Stars” became the subject of a years-long search by fans of the TV show as it was not mentioned in the end credits or in other sources such as the episode’s IMDb page and had not been commercially released. The name of the song and the identities of its composers were finally discovered following a thread on X, formerly Twitter, from Lauren Ancona which went viral on December 5, 2023 (over 21 million views as of 1 January 2024).
Hope this little moment sparks joy for you. I needed the distraction, My dreams are bad enough – last night Stephen Colbert yelled at me because, as a famous author, I wasn’t doing enough to ‘have something to talk about when I come on his show.’ Never mind that I’d never be on his show.
So that’s the news for this Sci-Friday: they found that X-Files Song. Makes me feel better as I stay indoors and stand well clear of the checkout line at Wal-Mart – no need to let myself in for that violent madness.
