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Starlight (The Supermen Lovers song)

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Wikipedia article




"'Starlight'" is the debut single of French house musician the Supermen Lovers (also known as Guillaume Atlan), featuring Mani Hoffman on lead vocals. The female vocals on the song were performed by Israeli singer-songwriter Nili. "Starlight" was released as the first single from Atlan's debut album, 'The Player', on 17 March 2001. It became a hit in Norway, New Zealand, and Wallonia, where it reached the top 10, and peaked at number two in France and the United Kingdom.

Italian artist Mango covered the song on the album 'La Terra Degli Aquiloni' (2011).

Music video



The music video starts off floating down to a house where a young "potato" man is making up the song "Starlight" in his bedroom, after finishing the song he goes to his parents to tell them about it, however they don't notice him as on the television they're watching a 'Mexican Skeleton' singing. The young man is in awe of how his parents, sitting on the couch like "couch potatoes", are more interested in the act on the television than their own son. Disappointed, he returns to his bedroom when he begins hearing music coming from a mouse hole. A mouse inside is doing his own work as the young man sees what's going on. Initially, they both begin to co-operate with each other and produce 'Starlight' together.

Then they try to get a producer to sign them on and call up several producers, but after several failed attempts, the mouse mainly tricks a producer by using the audio from the Mexican Skeleton's song to get the contract. They then run away from their home and begin to head for the big city for a chance of stardom. Once getting on TV, the popularity of their act just goes down in a fast decline as all viewers watching changed back to the Mexican Skeleton. The manager gets furious and fires the duo.

Meanwhile, a group of aliens pick up the broadcast and enjoy listening to the duo's music. So the alien manager calls them up and asks them if they would like to go to their planet. The duo then jump for joy that someone out there loves their song. Near the end of the video the spaceship then floats to the house, but in a cruel twist of fate, the alien ship is not big enough for both of them leaving the young man really upset as his friend and partner gets taken due to the fact he was the smaller of the two. The spaceship then flies away with the mouse while the man is left alone once more.

At the end we see the mouse in his luxury apartment having a bubble bath.

The music video was directed by the French animator, Numero 6 (David Nicolas), who made the Super Furry Animals' "It's Not the End of the World?" music video the following year.

Track listings



'French and Australian CD single'

# "Starlight" (radio edit) 3:50

# "Starlight" (original version) 6:00

# "Starlight" (dub version) 8:46

# "Starlight" (instrumental) 6:00

'French remixes CD single'

# "Starlight" (Derrick Carter RemixBHQ Rub) 6:12

# "Starlight" (BRS Remix) 6:50

# "Starlight" (Derrick Carter Remixjazz radio) 3:24

# "Starlight" (Agent Sumo Remix) 7:27

'European CD single'

# "Starlight" (radio edit) 3:50

# "Starlight" (original version) 6:00

'UK CD single'

# "Starlight" (radio edit) 3:48

# "Starlight" (Agent Sumo Supermagic Mix) 7:29

# "Starlight" (BHQ Rub) 6:18

'UK 12-inch single'

:A1. "Starlight" (radio edit)

:A2. "Starlight" (BHQ Rub)

:B1. "Starlight" (Agent Sumo Supermagic Mix)

'UK cassette single'

# "Starlight" (radio edit) 3:48

# "Starlight" (BHQ radio edit) 3:26

Credits and personnel



Credits are taken from the French CD single liner notes.

'Studio'

* Mastered at Translab (Paris, France)

'Personnel'

* Guillaume Atlan music, lyrics, production

* Mani Hoffman lyrics, vocals

* Nili additional vocals

* Herv Bordes mixing, mastering

* Emmanuel Desmadril mixing

* Adrien de Maublanc cover artwork

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!scope="col"|Chart (2001)

!scope="col"|Position

|-

!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)

|67

|-

!scope="row"|Australian Club Chart (ARIA)

|3

|-

!scope="row"|Australian Dance (ARIA)

|5

|-

!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)

|46

|-

!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)

|40

|-

!scope="row"|France (SNEP)

|17

|-

!scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)

|68

|-

!scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)

|33

|-

!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)

|34

|}

Certifications and sales



Release history



See also



* List of number-one dance singles of 2001 (Australia)

* List of number-one club tracks of 2001 (Australia)

References



Category:2001 songs

Category:2001 debut singles

Category:Animated music videos

Category:Bertelsmann Music Group singles

Category:Independiente (record label) singles

Category:The Supermen Lovers songs

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