Looking for Space

"Looking for Space"
Single by John Denver
from the album Windsong
B-side	"Windsong"
Released	February 1976
Format	7" (45 rpm)
Genre	Folk, country pop
Length	3:56
Label	RCA Records
Writer(s)	John Denver
Producer(s)	Milton Okun
John Denver singles chronology
"Christmas for Cowboys" (1975) "Looking for Space" (1976) "It Makes Me Giggle" (1976)

"Looking for Space" is a popular song written and performed by the American singer-songwriter John Denver. Released as a single from his album Windsong, "Looking for Space" peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1976. On the easy listening chart, the song reached #1 to become his seventh to top that chart.

Denver described the themes of the song to Billboard magazine: "It's about looking for the definition of who you are, by finding out where you are, not only physically, but mentally and emotionally."

The song experienced a brief resurgence in popularity in 1987 when it featured prominently in Limbo, the last episode of season seven of the television series Magnum, P.I., playing in its entirety over the last four minutes of an episode that had originally been intended to serve as a series finale.

Chart performance

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Singles	63
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary	4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	23
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	29
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	30

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.)

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics