Humans From Earthby T Bone Burnett

T-Bone Burnett is well-known and widely respected as a producer, but before he embarked on that career he was a guitarist – he played in Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue in the ’70s – and started a solo career that saw him release albums in musical styles ranging from New Wave to country. This song appeared on his 1992 LP “The Criminal Under My Own Hat,” which won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk album, but it was first released the year before on the soundtrack to Wim Wenders’ film “Until the End of the World,” which Burnett also produced.

We come from a blue planet light years away Where everything multiplies at an amazing rate We're out here in the universe buying real estate Hope we haven't gotten here too late

This song was featured on the "Until the End of the World" soundtrack, another movie by film director Wim Wenders who was born on this day in 1945!

There's a new biography of T-Bone Burnett, subtitled "A Life in Pursuit," just out. Learn more about it and the artist: www.popmatters.com

T-Bone Burnett worked with actors Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon for their singing roles as Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash in the film Walk the Line. Witherspoon won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film, giving special thanks to Burnett in her speech for "helping her realize her lifelong dream of being a country music singer". He also produced that film's soundtrack album and wrote its score.