- We Are All Made of Stars
Infobox Single
Name = We Are All Made of Stars
Artist =Moby
from 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
Last single = "South Side" (2001)
This single = "We Are All Made of Stars" (2002)
Next single = "Extreme Ways " (2002)Extra tracklisting
Album = 18
Type = studio
this_track = "We Are All Made of Stars"
track_no = 1
next_track = "In This World"
next_no = 2Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file=We Are All Made Of Stars.ogg"We Are All Made of Stars" is a song by
Moby featured on his 2002studio album "18". It was released by UKMute Records from 2002 up to2004 . It was the most popular song on the album, reaching number eleven on theUK Singles Chart . The song was also contributed on the 2008 albumSongs for Tibet an initiative to supportTibet ,Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso and to underline thehuman rights situation in Tibet. The album was issued on August 5 viaiTunes and on August 19 in music stores around the world.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." [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452825/20020311/story.jhtml "Moby Cavorts With Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges In New Video"] fromMTV , accessed March 12, 2002.]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 aspaceman . Both Moby and any celebrity on the screen lip-synch to the song. The atmosphere of the video was inspired by photographs byPhilip-Lorca diCorcia . The theme and some of the imagery also derives from the 1968 film and novel, "", 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:
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Kato Kaelin
*Verne Troyer
*Corey Feldman
*Todd Bridges
*Gary Coleman
*J.C. Chasez
*Dave Navarro
*Sean Bean
*Dominique Swain
*Ron Jeremy
*Thora Birch
*Tommy Lee
*Molly Sims
*Angelyne
* Robert Evans
*Leelee Sobieski
*The Toxic Avenger The video won the
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography at the 2002MTV Video Music Awards .Track listing
CD: Mute / CDMUTE268 (UK)
# "We Are All Made of Stars" (Single version) – 3:38
# "Landing" – 3:35
# "Soul to Love" - 4:28CD: Mute / LCDMUTE268 (UK)
# "We Are All Made of Stars" (Downtempo)
# "We Are All Made of Stars" (DJTiesto Full Vocal Mix)
# "We Are All Made of Stars" (Timo Maas Dub Mix)References
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