I Should Be So Lucky

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"I Should Be So Lucky"
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Kylie
Released December 29, 1987
Format CD single, Vinyl single, Cassette single
Recorded 1987
Genre Pop, dance, Freestyle
Length 3:24
Label PWL, Mushroom
Writer(s) Stock Aitken Waterman
Producer Stock Aitken Waterman
Certification Platinum (ARIA)
Platinum (UK)
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Locomotion"
(1987)		 "I Should Be So Lucky"
(1987)		 "Got to Be Certain"
(1988)
Kylie Minogue American singles chronology
"I Should Be So Lucky"
(1987)		 "Got to Be Certain"
(1988)
Alternate Cover
Australian cover of "I Should Be So Lucky".
Australian cover of "I Should Be So Lucky".
Music video
"I Should Be So Lucky" at YouTube

"I Should Be So Lucky" is a pop–dance song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman for Minogue's debut album Kylie (1988).

The song was released as the album's second single in December 1987. It was a commercial success, reaching the top ten on the majority of the charts it entered, and number one in the United Kingdom and Australia. The song became the highest selling single in Australia in 1988 and was named "Record of the Year" by the Japanese Phonographic Record Association.[1]

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[edit] Background and recording

After the success of her debut single "Locomotion" in Australia, Minogue traveled to London to work with Stock, Aitken and Waterman, a successful British writing and production team. They knew little of Minogue and had forgotten that she was arriving; as a result, they wrote "I Should Be So Lucky" in forty minutes while she waited outside the recording studio.[2] Mike Stock wrote the lyrics for the song in response to what he had learned about Minogue prior to her arrival. He believed that although she was a successful soap star in Australia and very talented, there must be something wrong with her and figured that she must be unlucky in love.[2] Minogue recorded the song in less than an hour, which Stock attributes to her good ear for music and her quick memorization skills. After Minogue finished the recording session she returned home to Australia to continue work on the soap opera, Neighbours.[2]

"I Should Be So Lucky" is a dance-pop song with instrumentation from keyboards and guitars.[3] It is set in common time, and moves at a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute.[4] The song is written in the key of C major, an usual choice for a pop song. Minogue's vocal range spans from D4 to C5,[4]

[edit] Music video

Minogue in front of a colourful chalkboard background.

The music video for "I Should Be So Lucky" was directed by Chris Langman and filmed in November 1987 at Channel 7 Studios in Melbourne, Australia.[5] The video features Minogue walking through her home, with scenes of her dancing in front of a colourful chalkboard background intercut throughout. It presented a cute, wholesome, young "girl-next-door" image of Minogue to the public, with scenes of her giggling and making funny faces to the camera.

The video premiered in the UK in January 1988.[6] The complete version of "I Should Be So Lucky" featured in the music video has been released commercially through multiple VHS and DVD collections. Its most recent inclusion is on the companion DVD to her second greatest hits album Ultimate Kylie in 2004.

[edit] As satire

The British satirical programme Spitting Image made a send-up of I Should Be So Lucky in which Minogue is depicted as being brought to life in a way similar to Frankenstein's monster in an old 1930s movie. The action shifts between the laboratory to an apartment similar to that of the original video. The implication is that she is a "creation" of the producers.

The song also pokes fun at her performance in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, in which as Charlene Mitchell, later Robinson she was best known at the time, and implies that she was lucky to have been chosen over other soap stars, namely Paul Henry who was Benny Hawkins in the British drama Crossroads.

It begins with Minogue being brought to life by a mad scientist and singing:

I'm the girl from Neighbours,
I'm a bit part in the soap.
But now I'm really famous
So if you're useless don't lose hope.
...
My voice is just as subtle
As my playing of Charlene.
But there's no disadvantage
'Cause it's all done by machine.

Stock, Aitken and Waterman are combined together as a large tape player providing creature-Minogue's voice which at one point is distorted to sound like Rick Astley[7]

[edit] Chart performance

"I Should Be So Lucky" entered the UK Singles Chart on 9 January 1988 at number ninety, before rising to number one. It maintained the number one position for five weeks. It became the third biggest selling single of the year with sales of 672,568.[8] In Australia, the song reached number one on the singles chart and became the country's highest selling single of 1988.[1] The song also reached number one in Finland, Germany, Israel and Japan.[9] In 1989, the track was awarded "Record of the Year" by the Japanese Phonographic Record Association.[1]

"I Should Be So Lucky" performed moderately well in North America. In the United States, the song peaked at number twenty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minogue's first US top forty release.[10] The track reached number ten on the Hot Dance Club Play chart and number thirty-two on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart.[11] In Canada, "I Should Be So Lucky" reached number twenty-five on the singles chart.[9] In Sweden,the single sold 20,781 copies.

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Should Be So Lucky".

7" Vinyl Single

  1. "I Should Be So Lucky" – 3:24
  2. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Instrumental) – 3:24

12" Vinyl Single

  1. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Extended mix) – 6:08
  2. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Instrumental) – 3:24

12" Remix

  1. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Bicentennial remix) – 6:12
  2. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Instrumental) – 3:24

North American 12" Vinyl Single

  1. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Extended mix) – 6:08 *
  2. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Bicentennial remix) – 6:12 **
  3. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Instrumental) – 3:24

iTunes Digital EP - Remixes

  1. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Extended Version)
  2. "I Should Be So Lucky" (The Bicentennial Remix)
  3. "I Should Be So Lucky" (7' Instrumental)
  4. "I Should Be So Lucky" (7' Backing Track)
  5. "I Should Be So Lucky" (12' Remix)
  6. "I Should Be So Lucky" (12' Remix Instrumental)
  7. "I Should Be So Lucky" (12' Remix Backing Track)

[edit] Notes

  • * - Known as "Original Dance Mix" in the USA.
  • ** - Known as "Dance Mix" in the USA.

[edit] Live Performances

Kylie performed the song on the following concert tours:

The song was also performed on:

[edit] Credits and personnel

The following people contributed to "I Should Be So Lucky":[3]

[edit] Charts

Chart (1987/88) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 1
Austrian Singles Chart[12] 4
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[13] 4
Irish Singles Chart[14] 1
German Singles Chart[15] 1
Japanese Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[16] 5
Swedish Singles Chart[17] 13
South Africa Singles Chart[18] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[19] 1
UK Singles Chart[20] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[21] 28

[edit] Cover versions

In 1992, the Egyptian pop singer Simon recorded a cover of the song with new lyrics in Arabic titled "Bahibak Aawy". In September 2007, a cover version of "I Should Be So Lucky" appeared on the album Dolce Vita by Spanish singer Soraya Arnelas.[22] Also that year, Japanese duo mihimaru GT released a hip pop cover version of the song. It was released as a double A-side single, along with the song "Ai Kotoba", in Japan in November 2007.[23]

[edit] In Popular Culture

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Awards and Nominations. kylie.co.uk (LiMBO: Kylie Minogue Online). Retrieved 7 June 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Transcript of television documentary Love is in the Air, episode title "I Should Be So Lucky". ABC Television. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
  3. ^ a b Greatest Hits (CD liner notes). Mushroom Records. September 1992.
  4. ^ a b "Digital Sheet Music: I Should Be So Lucky". Universal Music Publishing Group. http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0055222. Retrieved on 2009-07-12. 
  5. ^ "I Should Be So Lucky" Music Video. kylie.com.br. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  6. ^ "I Should Be So Lucky" Music Video Information. mvdbase.com. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  7. ^ The video was available on youtube before being removed
  8. ^ Kylie - The Biography, Sean Smith
  9. ^ a b "I Should Be So Lucky" Charts. slokylie.com (The Slovenian Kylie Page). Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  10. ^ Music: "I Should Be So Lucky". kylie.com. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  11. ^ Charts & Awards. Allmusic. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  12. ^ "Discographie Kylie Minogue". AustrianCharts.at. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  13. ^ "Discographie Kylie Minogue". LesCharts.com. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  14. ^ "Irish Singles Chart, database". Irishcharts. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved on 2009-06-29. 
  15. ^ "World Chart Positions". Charts-Surfer.de. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  16. ^ "Discography Kylie Minogue". NorwegianCharts.com. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  17. ^ "Discography Kylie Minogue". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  18. ^ South Africa Singles Chart
  19. ^ "Discography Kylie Minogue". SwissCharts.com. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  20. ^ ".
  21. ^ "Kylie Minogue > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  22. ^ "Soraya Arnelas confirma el track list de "Dolce Vita"". Official Soraya Arnelas Spanish Blog. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  23. ^ "Discography". mihimaru-GT.com. Retrieved 19 December 2007.

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Preceded by
"I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany		 UK number one single
February 14, 1988 - March 13, 1988		 Succeeded by
"Don't Turn Around" by Aswad
Preceded by
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" by Billy Ocean		 Irish number-one single
February 27, 1988 - March 5, 1988		 Succeeded by
"Together Forever" by Rick Astley
Preceded by
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes		 Australian number-one single
March 14, 1988 - April 18, 1988		 Succeeded by
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean
Preceded by
"Tell It to My Heart" by Taylor Dayne		 German number-one single
April 8, 1988 - April 15, 1988		 Succeeded by
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