
“Rocket to Uranus” was a comeback single released on June 18, 2010 by the Dutch Eurodance group Vengaboys, being featured some vocal deliveries by infamous celebrity internet blogger Perez Hilton (though there is a version of the track without him
). The song was about flying on a rocket to Uranus and having a party on it. Yeah, you already get it, don’t you?. A music video was published on the group’s YouTube channel on May 17, 2010, in both 2D
& “3DD”
.
The music video featured the Vengaboys in outer space, inside a interestingly-shaped spaceship, flying to Uranus (the planet, of course). The band are greeted by a silver-coloured alien civilisation on Uranus and then they teleport on Uranus and they all have a party. Then, they a fist-shaped rocket named “Fisto 3000” is seen flying towards Uranus. It is revealed to be controlled by the Big Bad named “Phalzistor” (portrayed by Dead or Alive’s frontman Pete Burns). He spots the Vengaboys on Uranus and declares that he wants them “dead or alive!” and he will destroy Uranus. Phalzistor teleports an army of women troopers clad in black bikinis to the planet and start attacking Uranus, causing the aliens to panic. The Vengaboys teleports back to their ship and press a red button, revealing two large sound speakers on each wing of their ship. The speakers start playing “hypnotising Venga sound”, causing the women troopers to stop fighting and start dancing. Phalzistor, back in his rocket, watches and grunts that his army has failed. Phalzistor teleports to the planet and orders his army to stop dancing and continue fighting. Phalzistor’s head begins to distort, as it turns out his weakness is “happy music”. The Vengaboys teleport behind him, as Phalzistor kneels down and his head then explodes. The aliens are happy, Uranus is safe and the women troopers thank them. They all continuing partying on Uranus. Throughout the music video, Perez Hilton plays three roles: a talking Moon, a floating astronaut & the Vengaboys’ spaceship’s Virtual Sidekick.
The song & video contains examples of:
- Actor Allusion: Phalzistor (played by Pete Burns) spots the Vengaboys on Uranus and demands that he wants them “dead or alive!”.
- Big Bad: Phalzistor
- Celebrity Cameo: Pete Burns, the frontman from Dead or Alive, plays Phalzistor.
- Something Else Also Rises: The Vengaboys’ spaceship.
- Uranus Is Showing: Need we say more?
- Virtual Sidekick: One of Perez Hilton’s three roles throughout the video.
- Your Head A-Splode: How Phalzistor is defeated, since he hates “happy music”.
