Plot Summary:"Life on Mars?", also known as "(Is There) Life on Mars?", is a song by David Bowie , first released in 1971 on the album Hunky Dory and also released as a single. Mick Rock filmed and directed a promotional video backstage at Earls Court on 12 May 1973 to accompany the release of the song as a single. It features a heavily made-up Bowie performing the song solo against a white backdrop, in a turquoise "ice-blue" suit designed by Freddi Buretti. It was Bowie's fourth music video.