"
Girl from Mars" is a single by
Northern Irish band
Ash, the second to be released from the album
1977. It was released on 31 July 1995 on CD, a 7" vinyl, and as a cassette. "Girl from Mars" was Ash's first Top 40 single, reaching number 11 on the
UK Singles Chart, number 16 on the
Irish Singles Chart, and the first single to bring the band to mainstream prominence. 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.