Girl from Mars

{{Short description|1995 single by Ash}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Girl from Mars

| cover = Girl From Mars.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Ash

| album = 1977

| B-side = {{ubl|"Astral Conversations with Toulouse-Lautrec"|"Cantina Band"}}

| released = {{start date|1995|7|31|df=y}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-07-29.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=43|date=29 July 1995|access-date=5 July 2021}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Britpop{{cite web|last=Stiernberg|first=Bonnie|date=11 June 2014|title=The 50 Best Britpop Songs|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-50-best-britpop-songs/|access-date=12 July 2021|website=Paste}}|pop-punk{{cite web|last=Roy|first=David|date=11 November 2016|title=Ash's Tim Wheeler on 20 years of 1977 and becoming a Legend|url=http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2016/11/11/news/twenty-s-plenty-ash-s-tim-wheeler-on-20-years-of-1977-becoming-a-legend-775499/|access-date=12 July 2021|website=The Irish News}}|pop rock{{cite web|last=Travers|first=Paul|date=4 May 2021|title=14 rock and metal songs influenced by Star Wars|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/14-songs-influenced-by-star-wars/|access-date=12 July 2021|website=Kerrang!}}|bubblegum rock{{cite web|last=Begrand|first=Adrien|date=9 March 2005|title=Ash: Meltdown|url=https://www.popmatters.com/ash-meltdown-2495831481.html|access-date=20 June 2022|website=PopMatters}}}}

| length = 3:30

| label = Infectious

| writer = Tim Wheeler

| producer = Owen Morris

| prev_title = Kung Fu

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Angel Interceptor

| next_year = 1995

}}

"Girl from Mars" is a song by Northern Irish band Ash, the second to be released from their debut studio album, 1977 (1996). The song was written by Tim Wheeler when he was sixteen and was played by the band on their first Top of the Pops appearance two weeks after their A-level exams.{{cite news|title=A burning desire to rise from the ashes|first=Mick|last=Heaney|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=2 May 2004|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article846389.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615180346/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article846389.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2011|access-date= 23 October 2010}} It was released on 31 July 1995 on CD, 7-inch vinyl, and cassette formats.{{cite web|title=Releases >> Girl from Mars|website=Ash Official|url=http://www.ash-official.com/details.aspx?categoryid=5d&id=0a79154f-aaa6-45c7-aec7-56f1683bd464|access-date=23 October 2010}} "Girl from Mars" was Ash's first top-forty single, reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, number five on the Icelandic Singles Chart and number 16 on the Irish Singles Chart. It also peaked at number 86 in Australia in March 1997.

The song is featured on the greatest hits collection "Intergalactic Sonic 7″s", the soundtrack to the television program Gilmore Girls "Our Little Corner of the World", and live versions can be found on their Live at the Wireless album, the Tokyo Blitz DVD and the Numbskull EP. The track has also been used by NASA as the hold music on their telephone lines.{{cite news|title=Ash head to Zennor for final stop on A-Z tour|newspaper=Western Morning News|date=27 August 2009|url=http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Ash-head-Zennor-final-stop-Z-tour/story-11511208-detail/story.html|access-date=15 February 2016}}