Music Sounds Better with You

"Music Sounds Better with You"
Single by Stardust
Released	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 a 1998 single 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 #2 on the UK Singles Chart 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]}

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.

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

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.

External links

• Music Sounds Better with You at Discogs

Preceded by "God Is a DJ" by Faithless

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single 3–10 October 1998

Succeeded by "Let Me Go...Release Me" by Veronica