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Infobox musical artist | name = Stardust| image =| background = group_or_band| origin = Paris , France | genre = French house | years_active = 1998| label = Roulé | website =| past_members = Thomas Bangalter Alan Braxe Benjamin Diamond Stardust was a one-time musical collaborative effort consisting of producers Thomas Bangalter , Alan Braxe , and vocalist Benjamin Diamond .
History
The project released the popular club track titled " Music Sounds Better with You " in 1998. The song, which is based around a sample from the 1981 song "Fate" by Chaka Khan , Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003 , (Record Research Inc.), page 244. was recorded in Paris by Daft House productions, where Bangalter, one half of the popular French house duo Daft Punk , is based. The song was conceived in Rex Club, Paris, where the trio were playing a live setCitation needed|date=December 2008. Bangalter and Braxe created the instrumental, which Diamond instinctively sang the title words over. The next day they laid down the track in the studio, adding the Chaka Khan sample. The song reached #2 in the United Kingdom http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php? id=26613 UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009. and spent two weeks at #1 on Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the United States in August and October 1998 respectively.
Bangalter, Braxe and Diamond have not worked together since. Diamond and Braxe resumed their ongoing solo careers, and Bangalter, along with his usual partner Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo , went on to release the second Daft Punk album, Discovery (Daft Punk album)|Discovery , as well as releasing other house music tracks solo or with other partners.
The video for "Music Sounds Better with You" was directed by Michel Gondry . It features a boy who has just purchased a toy plane. Back at home, while he builds his plane, he switches channels on his TV to a program which features the top 5 chart songs. Some of the music videos shown have Stardust themselves singing their new song and others, which have a resemblance of 80s music videos including Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer 's " Addicted to Love (song)|Addicted to Love ".
Discography
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of music recording sales certifications
ITA http:/ / www.hitparadeitalia.it/ hp_yends/ hpe1998.htm Italian peak positions in 1998
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NZ "The Music Sounds Better with You", in various singles charts http:/ / lescharts.com/ showitem.asp? interpret=Stardust& titel=Music+Sounds+Better+With+You& cat=s Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
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SWI cite web
UK UK Singles Chart http:/ / www.chartstats.com/ release.php? release=26373 Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
US Billboard Allmusic
1998
" Music Sounds Better with You "
4
24
10
5
7
15
14
8
27
7
2
62
ARIA Charts|AUS : Platinum
SNEP|FRA : Silver
British Phonographic Industry|UK : Platinum
Single only
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
See also
List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance chart
Category:French electronic music groups Category:French house music groups Category:Musical trios Category:Supergroups (music) Category:Musical groups established in 1998 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1998
