if anyone has seen mr deeds you could help me here. what is the name of the song they sing on the helicopter? it starts "ground control this is major tom....." or something like that. someone told me it might be an elton john song but im not sure. thanks in advance.

I haven't seen that film but the song sounds like David Bowie's Space Oddity: http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Albums/SO/SO.html

You can hear a snippet at CDNow.

thank you very much that is the song