"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.
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 first, the UK promo video, was directed by Peter Christopherson and is described [citation needed] by the band as a "cross between 'Give It Away' by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the 'Natrel Plus' TV ad".
The band (especially drummer Rick McMurray) hated the video so much that when the time came to release the song in America, they re-filmed it.