Lucky Star (Basement Jaxx song)

"Lucky Star"
Single by Basement Jaxx featuring Dizzee Rascal
from the album Kish Kash
Released	10 November 2003
Format	12" vinyl, CD
Recorded	2003
Genre	UK hip hop big beat grime
Length	3:12 (edit) 3:54 (2005)
Label	XL
Producer(s)	Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx featuring Dizzee Rascal singles chronology
"Do Your Thing" (2002) "Lucky Star" (2003) "Good Luck" (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 East London grime artist Dizzee Rascal^[1] and Mona Singh,^[2] 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 in the UK Singles Chart.^[3][4]

A music video was produced to promote the single.

Music video

The video for "Lucky Star" was directed by Katie Dawson and was shot at London-based The Camden Studio, with 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.^[5]

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.^[5]

A Chroma key studio background from The Camden Studio was used.^[6] 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 childs 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," she said.

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7]	36
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[8]	9
France (SNEP)[9]	70
Ireland (IRMA)[10]	22
Italy (FIMI)[11]	40
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12]	41
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13]	5
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[14]	1
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[14]	15

References

1. Morgan, Damien (2008). Hip Hop Had a Dream: Vol. 1 the Artful Movement. AuthorHouse. ISBN 1438902042.
2. "Mona Singh Official Biography". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
3. "2003-11-22 Top 40 UK Singles chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
4. Kleinfeld, Justin (29 December 2003). "The Year in RPM: The Underground Breaks Through". CMJ New Music Report 78 (846): 30. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
5. "Lucky Star - Basement Jaxx featuring Dizzee Rascal". Katie Dawson's official website. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
6. "Basement Jaxx feat. Dizzee Rascal ‘Lucky Star’: A Music Video Production". The Camden Studio's official website. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
7. "Ultratop.be – Basement Jaxx – Red Alert" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
8. "Dance/Urban – Volume 69, No. 18, August 23 1999". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
9. "Lescharts.com – Basement Jaxx – Red Alert" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
10. "Search the charts". The Irish Charts. In the box under "Search by Song Title", put in Red Alert. Then click the button next to that box, where it says Search. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
11. "Tutti i successi del 1999". Hit Parade Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2014.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Basement Jaxx – Red Alert" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
13. "Basement Jaxx: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
14. "Remedy – Basement Jaxx Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics