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Wikipedia article




"'Starry Eyed Surprise'" is a song produced by English record producer Oakenfold featuring vocals from Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town. The song was released on 19 August 2002 as the second single from Oakenfold's debut album, 'Bunkka' (2002), reaching number six in the United Kingdom, number 19 in the Netherlands and New Zealand, number 21 in Ireland, and number 37 in Australia. It also reached the top 50 in Italy and the United States. It was later included on Shifty Shellshock's 2004 album 'Happy Love Sick' and Oakenfold's 2007 album 'Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1'.

Content



The line "Freaky deaky, star speckles and pink butterflies", sung by Shifty Shellshock, is sung in a similar manner to that of his band's previous single, "Butterfly". The song also samples "Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson, which is a cover version of the original by Fred Neil, hence why Neil received a songwriter credit for Starry Eyed Surprise.

Track listings



'UK CD single'

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit) 3:09

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation) 8:43

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix) 7:52

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (video)

'UK 12-inch single'

:A. "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation)

:B. "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix)

'UK cassette single'

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit)

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation)

'European CD single'

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit)

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix)

'Australian and New Zealand CD single'

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit) 3:09

# "Mortal" 6:44

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation) 8:43

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix) 7:52

# "Starry Eyed Surprise" (video)

Credits and personnel



Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes.

'Studios'

* Recorded at Real Noize (UK) and Real World (Box, Wiltshire, England)

'Personnel'

* Paul Oakenfold writing, production, mixing, vocal recording

* Shifty Shellshock writing (as Seth Binzer), vocals

* Andy Gray writing, programming, production, mixing, engineering

* Fred Neil writing

* Emerson Swinford guitars

* Mark Ralph guitars

* Jeff Turzo additional production

* Carmen Rizzo vocal recording

* Steve Osborne vocal mixing

* Ed Chadwick engineering assistant

* Michael Nash Associates artwork design

* Matthew Donaldson cover photography

* Anton Corbijn Paul Oakenfold photo (back cover)

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References




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