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Interplanet Janet - Schoolhouse Rock
Interplanet Janet is a song from Science Rock first aired on November 18, 1978. This song teaches about our solar system, as explored by the titular character, an extraterrestrial character with a rocket tail, wings and a humanoid head who explores the solar system, meant to represent a comet.
Lyrics[]
They say our solar system is centered 'round the sun,
Nine planets, large and small, parading by.
But somewhere out in space,
There's another shining face
That you might see some night up in the sky.
Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl,
A solar system Ms. from a future world,
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen,
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
She's been to the Sun, it's a lot of fun,
It's a hot-spot, it's a gas!
Hydrogen and helium in a big, bright, glowing mass.
It's a star, it's a star! So Janet got an autograph!
Mercury was near the Sun, so Janet stopped by,
But the mercury on Mercury was much too high,
So Janet split for Venus, but on Venus she found
She couldn't see a thing for all the clouds around.
Earth looked exciting, kind of green and inviting,
So Janet thought she'd give it a go.
But the creatures on that planet looked so very weird to Janet,
She didn't even dare to say hello.
It's a bird!
It's a plane!
Why, it must be a UFO!
But it was:
Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl,
A solar system Ms. from a future world,
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen,
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
Mars is red and Jupiter's big
And Saturn shows off its rings.
Uranus is built on a funny tilt
And Neptune is its twin,
And Pluto, little Pluto,
Is the farthest planet from our Sun.
They say our solar system is not alone in space.
The Universe has endless mystery.
Some future astronaut
May find out that what he'd thought
Was a shooting star
Instead turned out to be...
Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl,
A solar system Ms. from a future world,
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen,
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks Cover[]
It is on track 12 of Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks. It is sung by Man or Astroman, and is one side of a single, shared with Pavement's cover of "No More Kings." It is made to include spacy sound effects and astronaut chattering at certain points.
Schoolhouse Rock: Math Rock (Constellation cameo appearance)[]
Trivia[]
- This song became outdated in 2006, when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet.