Position: 91 of 100
Artist: Daft Punk ft Pharell Williams
Song: Get Lucky
Song: Get Lucky
Album: Random Access Memories (2013)
Deezer link: http://www.deezer.com/track/67238735 - album version
Grooveshark link: http://grooveshark.com/s/Get+Lucky+feat+Pharrell+Williams/59nNFy?src=5 - album version
This was definitely the hit of the summer, not only for me but for the entire world as well. Daft Punk's album was a smash and, on a personal note, a serious enticement for me to explore their music further. On this particular song, though, Nile Rodgers, formerly of Chic and one of the most prolific producers ever, is involved which probably helped lend the composition such a catchy vibe (he's the guy in the video that's playing guitar). This guy has been responsible for an amazing decade of hits and is probably one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century. Setting aside the work he did with Chic and Sister Sledge (though samples of two of those songs ended up launching Hip-Hop altogether - Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight - and revitalising the musical career of one Will Smith with Gettin' Jiggy With It), this guy produced the following: Diana - Diana Ross, Let's Dance - David Bowie (incidentally his biggest selling album), Original Sin (single) - INXS, The Reflex, The Wild Boys and then the entire Notorious album from Duran Duran, Madonna's Like A Virgin album, B52's multi-platinum comeback album from 1989 called Cosmic Thing (one might remember Love Shack off this album), multiple movie soundtracks as well as video-game soundtracks among which the bestselling Halo and Resident Evil. This is what you get when you let loose a musician of this calibre on today's scene. Within 24 hours of the single's release Spotify announced it was its most streamed song in both the US and the UK for the entire 5 year history of Spotify's life. It's just such a cool and positive song that clings to your brain and you keep hearing it on and on and on even long after it's finished playing and that, my friends, is the stuff that hits are made of.
Grooveshark link: http://grooveshark.com/s/Get+Lucky+feat+Pharrell+Williams/59nNFy?src=5 - album version
This was definitely the hit of the summer, not only for me but for the entire world as well. Daft Punk's album was a smash and, on a personal note, a serious enticement for me to explore their music further. On this particular song, though, Nile Rodgers, formerly of Chic and one of the most prolific producers ever, is involved which probably helped lend the composition such a catchy vibe (he's the guy in the video that's playing guitar). This guy has been responsible for an amazing decade of hits and is probably one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century. Setting aside the work he did with Chic and Sister Sledge (though samples of two of those songs ended up launching Hip-Hop altogether - Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight - and revitalising the musical career of one Will Smith with Gettin' Jiggy With It), this guy produced the following: Diana - Diana Ross, Let's Dance - David Bowie (incidentally his biggest selling album), Original Sin (single) - INXS, The Reflex, The Wild Boys and then the entire Notorious album from Duran Duran, Madonna's Like A Virgin album, B52's multi-platinum comeback album from 1989 called Cosmic Thing (one might remember Love Shack off this album), multiple movie soundtracks as well as video-game soundtracks among which the bestselling Halo and Resident Evil. This is what you get when you let loose a musician of this calibre on today's scene. Within 24 hours of the single's release Spotify announced it was its most streamed song in both the US and the UK for the entire 5 year history of Spotify's life. It's just such a cool and positive song that clings to your brain and you keep hearing it on and on and on even long after it's finished playing and that, my friends, is the stuff that hits are made of.
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