"A Little Bit of Luck" | ||||
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Single by DJ Luck & MC Neat | ||||
from the album A Little Bit of Luck | ||||
Released | 13 December 1999 [1] | |||
Genre | UK garage | |||
Length | 5:51 | |||
Label | Red Rose | |||
Songwriter(s) | DJ Luck & MC Neat | |||
Producer(s) | DJ Luck & MC Neat | |||
DJ Luck & MC Neat singles chronology | ||||
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"A Little Bit of Luck" is a song by English UK garage duo DJ Luck & MC Neat. The song contains samples of "Unity", a 1991 breakbeat hardcore track by Timebase featuring Kromozone, interpolated vocals from Yami Bolo's "When a Man in Love", and uses the drums from an earlier garage track, "Hyperfunk" by Antonio.[ citation needed ] The song reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number nine. It was the first of three consecutive top-10 hit singles for the duo.
In 2017, DJ Luck & MC Neat featured on the track "Through the Night" by rapper Bugzy Malone from his EP King of the North , using resung vocals from "A Little Bit of Luck". It reached No. 92 in the UK. [2]
In September 2019, NME included the song in their "25 essential UK garage anthems" list. [3] Capital Xtra included the song in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time". [4] In 2018, the House & Garage Orchestra together with MC Neat recorded an orchestral version for the UK garage covers album Garage Classics .
UK CD, 12-inch, and CD single [5] [6] [7]
Australian and New Zealand CD single [8]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [14] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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