Lucky Star (Basement Jaxx song)

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"Lucky Star"
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Single by Basement Jaxx featuring Dizzee Rascal
from the album Kish Kash
Released10 November 2003 (2003-11-10) [1]
Length
  • 3:12 (edit)
  • 3:54 (2005)
Label XL
Songwriter(s) Felix Buxton, Simon Ratcliffe, Dylan Mills
Producer(s) Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxxsingles chronology
"Do Your Thing"
(2002)		"Lucky Star"
(2003)		"Good Luck"
(2003)
Dizzee Rascal discographysingles chronology
"Fix Up, Look Sharp"
(2003)		"Lucky Star"
(2003)		"Jus' a Rascal"
(2003)

"Lucky Star" is a song by British electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. It was released as a single from their third studio album, Kish Kash . The song features grime artist Dizzee Rascal [2] and Mona Singh, [3] the daughter of Channi Singh. It was released under XL Recordings, the same label Dizzee Rascal himself was on at the time of release. It was released as a 12" single, and reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

A music video was produced to promote the single.

Development

"It's definitely different from anything we've ever done before..." Felix from Basement Jaxx on the new single and album.
"They just said they wanted to work so we went there and it didn't take long, about 20 minutes. I went back a couple of months later and finished it off. We connected together well, it was amazing. I'd never heard myself on something that big before - it was two worlds colliding and the outcome was heavy." Dizzee Rascal on working with Basement Jaxx. [4]

Reception

AllMusic's John Bush stated: "Teenage garage-rap sensation Dizzee Rascal turns in a fabulous outré performance on "Lucky Star," but the Indian filmi sample driving the song displays Basement Jaxx in a light they've never been in before: behind the times." [5]

While comparing the album's sound to "the aural equivalent of Shiva's rainbow cumshot," Mark Pytlik from Pitchfork Media stated: "Oh well-- at least Felix and Simon had the good sense to dress Dizzee up in pretty colors while they had him." [6]

Music video

The video for "Lucky Star" was directed by Katie Dawson and shot at London-based Camden Studio, with a guest appearance by Rascal. Dawson was picked directly from the duo after they saw her directorial work for MTV and wanted to create something similar. [7]

Dawson stated the video was "the quickest turn around job" she has ever worked on. "I was approached late in the day on a Thursday. The band wanted to see a treatment by Friday morning. They loved it and gave the go ahead to shoot the following Wednesday," she said. Later on, the casting for a belly dancer, martial arts expert, gymnast, rocket girl, breakdancer with booking crew and studio were all finished within two days. [7]

A chroma key studio background from the Camden Studio was used. [8] After shooting the green screen shots, the duo needed the edit complete with all compositing and animations finished by the following week.

"Sticking Dizzee's head on a radioactive child's dancing body was never going to be straight forward; but I've always said directing is a group effort and with something this complicated having a great team around you made it really enjoyable even though I didn't get much sleep that week," Dawson said. [7]

Charts

Chart (2003–2004)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [9] 76
Ireland Dance (IRMA) [10] 6
Scotland (OCC) [11] 36
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 23
UK Dance (OCC) [13] 1
UK Indie (OCC) [14] 2
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [15] 3

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  2. ↑ Morgan, Damien (2008). Hip Hop Had a Dream: Vol. 1 the Artful Movement. AuthorHouse. ISBN   978-1438902043.
  3. ↑ "Mona Singh Official Biography". Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Quotes regarding the making of "Lucky Star"
  5. ↑ Bush, John. "Kish Kash – Basement Jaxx". Allmusic . Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  6. ↑ Pytlik, Mark (7 February 2005). "The Top 100 Albums of 2000-04". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 "Lucky Star - Basement Jaxx featuring Dizzee Rascal". Katie Dawson's official website. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Basement Jaxx feat. Dizzee Rascal 'Lucky Star': A Music Video Production". The Camden Studio's official website. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Issue 724" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 20 November 2003". GfK Chart-Track . Retrieved 15 June 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  14. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Basement Jaxc Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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