Oops! Wrong Planet
title: "Oops! Wrong Planet" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1977-albums", "todd-rundgren-albums", "albums-produced-by-todd-rundgren", "utopia-(band)-albums", "bearsville-records-albums", "rhino-entertainment-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oops!_Wrong_Planet" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Oops! Wrong Planet |
| type | studio |
| artist | Utopia |
| cover | Oops_Wrong_Planet.jpg |
| released | September 1977 |
| studio | Utopia Sound (Lake Hill) |
| genre | |
| length | 45:22 |
| label | Bearsville |
| producer | Todd Rundgren |
| prev_title | Ra |
| prev_year | 1977 |
| next_title | Adventures in Utopia |
| next_year | 1979 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Oops! Wrong Planet |
| type | studio |
| single1 | Love Is the Answer |
| single1date | October 14, 1977 |
| :: |
| name = Oops! Wrong Planet | type = studio | artist = Utopia | cover = Oops_Wrong_Planet.jpg | alt = | released = September 1977 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Utopia Sound (Lake Hill) | genre = | length = 45:22 | label = Bearsville | producer = Todd Rundgren | prev_title = Ra | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Adventures in Utopia | next_year = 1979 | misc = {{Singles | name = Oops! Wrong Planet | type = studio | single1 = Love Is the Answer | single1date = October 14, 1977 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide |rev2score = Oops! Wrong Planet is the third studio album by American rock band Utopia, released in September 1977 by Bearsville Records. It delivers a markedly trimmed-down, pop-oriented direction for the band following the progressively influenced previous album, Ra.
Oops! peaked at No. 77 on the Billboard album chart in 1977.
"Love is the Answer" later became a hit for England Dan & John Ford Coley, charting #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary list in 1979.
Track listing
| headline = Side one | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Trapped | writer1 = Todd Rundgren | extra1 = Sulton, Rundgren | length1 = 3:06 | title2 = Windows | writer2 = Roger Powell | extra2 = Powell | length2 = 4:17 | title3 = Love in Action | writer3 = Rundgren | extra3 = Rundgren | length3 = 3:26 | title4 = Crazy Lady Blue | writer4 = Rundgren, John Wilcox | extra4 = Wilcox | length4 = 3:37 | title5 = Back on the Street | writer5 = Rundgren | extra5 = Sulton | length5 = 4:09 | title6 = The Marriage of Heaven and Hell | writer6 = Powell, Rundgren, Kasim Sulton | extra6 = Rundgren, Sulton | length6 = 4:33
| headline = Side two | extra_column = Lead vocals | title7 = The Martyr | writer7 = Rundgren, Sulton | extra7 = Sulton | length7 = 3:48 | title8 = Abandon City | writer8 = Powell, Rundgren | extra8 = Powell | length8 = 3:49 | title9 = Gangrene | writer9 = Rundgren, Wilcox | extra9 = Wilcox | length9 = 3:36 | title10 = My Angel | writer10 = Powell, Rundgren | extra10 = Sulton, Rundgren | length10 = 3:40 | title11 = Rape of the Young | writer11 = Rundgren | extra11 = Rundgren | length11 = 3:11 | title12 = Love Is the Answer | writer12 = Rundgren | extra12 = Rundgren | length12 = 4:10
Personnel
- Todd Rundgren - guitars, lead (1, 3, 6, 10–12) and backing vocals, saxophone (10)
- Roger Powell - keyboards, lead (2, 8) and backing vocals, trumpet (8), Powell probe
- Kasim Sulton - bass, lead (1, 5–7, 10) and backing vocals
- John "Willie" Wilcox - drums, lead (4, 9) and backing vocals
Engineered and produced by Rundgren
Charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1977) | Peak position | US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) | |---|---|---| | 73 | | | ::
References
References
- "allmusic ((( Oops! Wrong Planet > Overview )))". allmusic.com.
- (1992). "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". Random House.
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