Editing Dan Dare (section)

===Music===
[[Pink Floyd]] founder [[Syd Barrett]] wrote Dan Dare into his song "[[Astronomy Domine]]", from the band's debut album ''[[The Piper at the Gates of Dawn]]'', with the line "Stairway scare, Dan Dare, who's there?".

British electronic dance group [[Fluke (band)|Fluke]] mentioned Dan Dare in their song "Absurd", "Dan Dare's sitting there, scared by the killer teddy bears".

[[David Bowie]]'s song "D.J." contains the somewhat obscure lyric: "I feel like Dan Dare lies down".

[[Elton John]] recorded "Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future)" for his 1975 album ''[[Rock of the Westies]]''.

[[Les Barker]]'s album ''Dogologues'' includes a monologue "Dan Dare".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mrsackroyd.com/Dogologues.html|title = Ackroyd - Dogologues}}</ref>

British punk rock group [[The Mekons]] included their song "Dan Dare" on their 1979 album ''[[The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen]]'', and recorded it again for their 2004 album ''Punk Rock''.
 
The album ''[[Below the Waste]]'' by the [[Art of Noise]] opened with the song "Dan Dare".

The relaunch of the ''Eagle Magazine'' in 1982 saw a free single giveaway of a track called ''Dan Dare'' by the group Loose Talk.