We Are All Made of Stars

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"We Are All Made of Stars"
Single by Moby
from the album 18
Released April 29, 2002
Format CD single
Recorded 2001
Genre Alternative rock
Electronica
Length 4:32 (album version)
3:38 (single version)
Label Mute
Producer Moby
Moby singles chronology
"Find My Baby"
(2002)		 "We Are All Made of Stars"
(2002)		 "Extreme Ways"
(2002)
18 track listing
"We Are All Made of Stars"
(1)		 "In This World"
(2)
Audio sample
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"We Are All Made of Stars" is a song by electronic musician Moby released as the first single from his 2002 studio album 18. It was the most popular song on the album, reaching number eleven on the UK Singles Chart.

The song was also featured on the 2008 album Songs for Tibet an initiative to support Tibet, Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso and to underline the human rights situation in Tibet. The album was issued on August 5 via iTunes and on August 19 in music stores around the world.

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[edit] Inspiration

Moby has stated that the song was inspired by quantum physics in that "On a basic quantum level, all the matter in the universe is essentially made up of stardust."[1]

Some lyrics were taken from the trailer for The Royal Tenenbaums.

[edit] Music video

The song's music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, points out the excesses of the typical "Hollywood" lifestyle, showing celebrities in seedy environments, while Moby, an outsider to that world, is portrayed as a spaceman. Both Moby and any celebrity on the screen lip-sync to the song. The atmosphere of the video was inspired by photographs by Philip-Lorca diCorcia. The theme and some of the imagery also derives from the 1968 film and novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey, particularly the Star Child motif ("We are all stars") and the Moby's appearance throughout much of the film wearing a space suit.

Celebrities in the video include:

The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD: Mute / CDMUTE268 (UK)

  1. "We Are All Made of Stars" (Single version) – 3:38
  2. "Landing" – 3:35
  3. "Soul to Love" - 4:28

[edit] CD: Mute / LCDMUTE268 (UK)

  1. "We Are All Made of Stars" (Downtempo)
  2. "We Are All Made of Stars" (DJ Tiesto Full Vocal Mix)
  3. "We Are All Made of Stars" (Timo Maas Dub Mix)

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2002) Peak
position
French Singles Chart 40
German Singles Chart 60
UK Singles Chart 11
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 19
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 22

[edit] References

  1. ^ Moby Cavorts With Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges In New Video from MTV, accessed March 12, 2002.
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