"Loving the Alien" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie. It was the opening track of his 1984 album Tonight. One of two tracks on the album written solely by Bowie, an edited version of the song was released as a single in May 1985, nine months after the release of lead single "Blue Jean" and eight months after the release of the album. "Loving the Alien" reached No. 19 in the UK Singles Chart. The song explored Bowie’s "intense dislike" of organised religion. "Loving the Alien" inspired the title of Christopher Sandford's 1997 biography of Bowie.