Music Sounds Better with You

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"Music Sounds Better with You"
Single by Stardust
Released 27 July 1998
Format CD, 12"
Recorded 1998
Genre French House, Disco House
Length 4:24
Label Roulé
Writer(s) Thomas Bangalter, Benjamin Cohen, and Alain Quême
Producer Thomas Bangalter

"Music Sounds Better with You" is the title of a song by French house music band Stardust. The vocal performance of the song was provided by Benjamin Diamond of the band. The song uses a sample of the song "Fate" by Chaka Khan,[1] which appeared on her 1981 album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me. It was also one of the highest-selling singles of the year in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number 2 in August 1998 and maintained the position for two weeks.[2] That same month, the song also spent two weeks atop the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.[1] This is the only single released by the Stardust project.

This song was later used by Daft Punk for their live album Alive 2007, which features "Music Sounds Better with You" in the encore along with elements of "One More Time", "Aerodynamic", "Prime Time Of Your Life (Para One Remix)", "Human After All", "Revolution 909" and "Together".

"Music Sounds Better with You" was included on Pitchfork Media's Top 200 songs of the 90's at #46[3] In 2001 the U.K. magazine Mixmag listed the 100 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time with "Music Sounds Better with You" listed at #11[4] [5]

Contents

[edit] Music video

Directed by Michel Gondry, set in Texas, United States, the song's music video depicts the story of a boy building a model airplane over several days (it's implied that his parents are arguing, and this is his distraction from this). As he works, he watches a "Top 5" video countdown on TV, on which Stardust move up one spot a day past other, fictional artists. Braxe, Diamond, and Bangalter appear wearing metallic costumes in the video—a trend Bangalter would follow as a member of Daft Punk. When the boy has completed the plane, he takes it to a field and throws it in the air, only to watch it become stranded on top of a cloud. It is the same cloud Stardust were performing on in their Top 5 video. They throw it back to the boy with a wave; he recovers it, waves at them, and runs off.

[edit] Track listing

12" vinyl
  1. "Music Sounds Better with You"  – 6:50
Compact Disc
  1. "Music Sounds Better with You" (Radio Edit) – 4:21
  2. "Music Sounds Better with You" (12" Club Mix) – 6:48
  3. "Music Sounds Better with You" (Bob Sinclar Remix) – 6:46
Compact Disc (2nd Release)
  1. "Music Sounds Better with You" (Radio Edit) – 4:23
  2. "Music Sounds Better with You" (12" Club Mix) – 6:50
  3. "Music Sounds Better with You" (Bibi & Dim's Anthem From Paris Mix) – 10:30
  4. "Music Sounds Better with You" (Chateau Flight Remix) – 7:17
Music Sounds Better With You Remixé EP
  1. "Music Sounds Better With You" (Bibi & Dim's Anthem From Paris Mix) – 10:30
  2. "Music Sounds Better With You" (DJ Sneak 32 On Red Dub Mix) – 5:41
  3. "Music Sounds Better With You" (Chateau Flight Remix) – 7:17
  4. "Music Sounds Better With You" (DJ Sneak's 32 On Red Mix) – 8:16

[edit] Charts and sales

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 24
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 18
Belgian (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[6] 12
Canada Dance (RPM)[7] 5
France (SNEP)[6] 10
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 5
Italy (FIMI)[9] 7
New Zealand (RIANZ)[6] 8
Norway (VG-lista)[6] 14
Spain (AFYVE)[10] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 27
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 7
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[11] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 62
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[12] 1


[edit] Certifications (Stardust version)

Country Certification Date
Australia[13] Platinum 1998
France[14] Silver 1998
UK[15] Platinum November 6, 1998

[edit] Chart successions

Preceded by
"God Is a DJ" by Faithless		 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
3 October 1998 - 10 October 1998		 Succeeded by
"Let Me Go...Release Me" by Veronica

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 244.
  2. ^ UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  3. ^ [1] pitchfork.com Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  4. ^ [2] nwoutpost.com Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  5. ^ [3] clubxtrem.net Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Music Sounds Better with You", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  7. ^ Canadian dance peak
  8. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  9. ^ Hit parade Italia (Retrieved May 30, 2008)
  10. ^ Billboard: Hits of the World, September 19, 1998
  11. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  12. ^ a b Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
  13. ^ Australian certifications, database Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved August 31, 2008)
  14. ^ French certifications, database Infodisc.fr (Retrieved April 15, 2010)
  15. ^ UK certifications, database Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved August 31, 2008)

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