"Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" | ||||
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Single by LCD Soundsystem | ||||
from the album LCD Soundsystem | ||||
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Released | February 21, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2003–04 | |||
Genre | Dance-punk [1] [2] | |||
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Songwriter(s) | James Murphy | |||
Producer(s) | The DFA | |||
LCD Soundsystem singles chronology | ||||
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"Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" is the fifth single from LCD Soundsystem, released on February 21, 2005. The accompanying music video paid tongue-in-cheek homage to Spike Jonze's and Michel Gondry's music videos for Daft Punk's "Da Funk" and "Around the World", respectively. [3] The track reached number one on the UK Dance Chart and number 29 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. [4] The song featured in the video games FIFA 06 , SSX On Tour , Burnout: Revenge , Forza Motorsport 2 and the Dance Dance Revolution games Hottest Party 3 and X2 . The song was also featured in the 2009 film The Limits of Control , the 2012 comedy film Project X , the 2013 comedy-action film The Heat , and the 2019 television miniseries Looking for Alaska . It was also covered by British punk rock band Slaves, as part of their BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session. [5]
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [6] | 73 |
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [7] | 6 |
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders) [8] | 13 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [9] | 96 |
UK Singles (OCC) [10] | 29 |
UK Dance (OCC) [11] | 1 |
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LCD Soundsystem is the debut studio album by American rock band LCD Soundsystem. It was released on January 24, 2005, jointly through DFA and Capitol Records in the United States and EMI elsewhere. The album encompasses genres that range from dance-punk to electronica to indie rock to dance music. The album was critically acclaimed upon release and was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. Many singles were released to promote the album, including the band's breakout "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House", which reached number one on the UK Dance Chart in March, 2005.
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"Get Lucky" is a song written and performed by French electronic music duo Daft Punk featuring American musicians Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. Daft Punk released the song as the lead single from their fourth and final studio album, Random Access Memories, on 19 April 2013. Before its release as a single, "Get Lucky" was featured in television advertisements broadcast during Saturday Night Live, after which Rodgers and Williams announced their involvement in the track. "Get Lucky" is a house-inspired disco, funk, and pop track with lyrics that, according to Williams, are about the good fortune of connecting with someone, as well as sexual chemistry. "Get Lucky" has since received acclaim from critics, with a number of them praising Williams's vocals and Rodgers's guitar licks.
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