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Get Lucky (Daft Punk song)

single by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers

"Get Lucky" is a song written and performed by French electronic music duo Daft Punk featuring American singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams and American guitarist Nile Rodgers.

Daft Punk released the song as the lead single from their fourth and final studio album, Random Access Memories, on 19 April Before its release as a single, it was featured in television advertisements broadcast during Saturday Night Live, after which Rodgers and Williams announced their involvement in the track. "Get Lucky" is a house-inspired disco, funk, and pop track with lyrics that, according to Williams, are about the good fortune of connecting with someone, as well as sexual chemistry.

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Upon release, it received widespread acclaim from music critics, who praised Williams's vocals and Rodgers's guitar riffs.

"Get Lucky" reached number one in several countries, including Daft Punk's native France, where the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) certified it diamond. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot for five consecutive weeks, giving Daft Punk their first top hit in the United States.

In the UK, the single topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and was the second best-selling single of with 1,, copies sold. It won multiple awards, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Daft Punk performed "Get Lucky" on many television programmes and awards shows, including the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, during which American singer Stevie Wonder joined Rodgers, Williams and Daft Punk onstage to perform the song.

Background

French electronic music duo Daft Punk first met American guitarist Nile Rodgers at a listening party in New York City for the duo's debut album Homework, and became friends thereafter.[1] However, Rodgers noted that a series of near misses and scheduling conflicts had delayed their chance of collaborating.

The duo eventually invited him to the Random Access Memories sessions at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.[2]

American singer Pharrell Williams was interested in working with Daft Punk;[3] he had first heard about the project from Daft Punk at a party hosted by fellow American singer Madonna, and offered his services for a collaboration; he joked, "If you just want me to play tambourine, I'll do it." The duo and Williams later met in Paris, where he shared some of his own material; Williams explained that he had been inspired by Rodgers without knowing that Daft Punk had coincidentally been recording with him.[4] As a member of production team the Neptunes, Williams had previously provided a remix of Daft Punk's song "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", which appeared on the album Daft Club.[5] Daft Punk also served as co-writers and producers for the single "Hypnotize U" by N.E.R.D., Williams's band.[6]

Production

"Get Lucky" was completed in approximately 18 months.[7] Prior to Rodgers's involvement, the song existed in a rough form that centered on a Wurlitzer electronic piano.[8] After listening to Daft Punk's demo of what would become "Get Lucky", Rodgers asked that all of the elements except the drum track be muted so that he could create a suitable guitar part; he recalled that he experimented until the duo were visibly pleased.[9] Once Rodgers finished, Daft Punk had Nathan East re-record the bass part to fit Rodgers's performance.[10] Rodgers further elaborated: "Everybody else wound up re-playing to me."[9] Mixer and engineer Mick Guzauski recalled that the rhythm guitar fit easily into the production: "I experimented with balancing and other positioning, and working other stuff around it.

He didn’t have to be processed – Nile just sounded great the way he is."[11] The song as it appears on the album also features a synthesizer by Daft Punk, keyboards by Chris Caswell and additional guitar performed by Paul Jackson, Jr.[12]

Williams noted that the duo adopted a perfectionist approach when recording the vocals for "Get Lucky", as he was asked to perform several takes and multiple instances of specific phrases.[13] He also said that when he returned to the United States after recording his vocals, he had "forgotten everything" regarding the composition of "Get Lucky".

He attributed it to jet lag, but jokingly wondered if Daft Punk had tampered with his memory.[4] The duo responded, saying that Williams's lyrics and performance had arisen spontaneously, and was likely the reason he had trouble recalling the song.[10]

In promotion of the 10th anniversary edition of the album, a video series Memory Tapes was released throughout [14] In Williams's episode, he revealed that he did not expect his vocals to be on the finished versions of "Get Lucky" and "Lose Yourself to Dance".

The episode contains footage of Williams's reaction upon listening to both of the completed songs for the first time.[15]

Composition

Music critics described "Get Lucky" as a house-inspired disco, funk, and pop track.[16][17][18][19][20] The song is composed in the key of F minor, in the B dorian mode and follows the chord progression of Bm7–D–Fm7–E.[21] The song runs at common time with a tempo of BPM.[21]

In an article for Slate, Owen Pallett states that the song can be heard in two different keys: "Most of the time it sounds as if it's in the minor mode of [F♯][a]Aeolian [] essentially a form of [F♯] minor", which appears as the third chord of the progression on the line "We're up all night for good fun".

The first chord of the progression is not F♯ minor, but B minor; the song "slides back to it each time" on the line "I'm up all night to get some".

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    • Pallett continues, "when the chord cycle comes back to the beginning [] the ear is tricked for a moment into thinking that the song is in a different key, a musical Tilt-a-Whirl". According to Pallett, in the song's bridge, Daft Punk "overlay the hook from the pre-chorus with the hook from the chorus, getting them both going simultaneously".[22]

    British journalist Caitlin Moran speculates that the song's attractiveness is due to its combination of minor chords and regular disco-type "up" beats throughout the song, with the former creating an unresolved feeling.[23] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard mentioned it "rides Nile Rodgers' chic axe work, an effectively simple hook and clipped robo-breakdown to create a warm, winning throwback".[24] The staff of Rolling Stone said the song has a "bright guitar shimmer, robot come-ons, falsetto soul and a beat that keeps you up having good fun until you see the sun".[25] Jake Cohen for Consequence wrote that the song has "choppy, half-spoken lyrics, leading into sustained vocal notes on the bridge 'We've come too far', ascending 'to the stars'.

    And then there's the easy-to-sing celebration of hedonistic good times of the chorus, and the vocodor-laden outro where the voices become another delicious layer in the instrumental gumbo."[26] Williams remarked that the music evoked the sense of being on an exotic island during a "peachy color[ed]" sunrise.[4]

    Tim Jonze for The Guardian said the lyrics are an "ode to joyless sex, hard-won after a war of attrition".

    He also noted the lyrics "She's up all night 'til the sun&#;/ I'm up all night to get some&#;/ She's up all night for good fun&#;/ I'm up all night to get lucky" are about "sexual politics".[27] Pharrell mentioned that the title "Get Lucky" does not only refer to sexual acts, but also the good fortune of meeting with and immediately connecting to someone.[4] Rodgers noted that the titular phrase plays off of a guitar line he had contributed, and thus the song may have ended up with a completely different title had Rodgers not been involved.[28] Williams's vocal and Daft Punk's vocoder performance span three octaves together: D2 to D5.

    Friend and occasional collaborator Chilly Gonzales mentioned that Daft Punk had previously used the chord progression in "Around the World" and that the verse, bridge and chorus of "Get Lucky" are largely defined by the melodic phrasing of the vocal.[29]

    Promotion

    "Get Lucky" was first publicly revealed via two second television advertisements on Saturday Night Live.

    Rodgers announced his contribution to the song shortly afterward, and noted that various fan remixes of the clips appeared online since they aired.[30] The third trailer, which was shown at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, officially announced Williams's involvement in the song and features Daft Punk, Rodgers, and Williams performing together.[31] The promotional web series The Collaborators featured excerpts of "Get Lucky", culminating in the Williams-focused episode in which the song was first referred to by name.[2][4] The song was leaked and broadcast on various radio stations days before it was released as a single.[32] One day before the song's release, the single's cover artwork was revealed on Amazon, featuring a band playing in front of a setting sun.[33]

    Daft Punk released the song as the lead single from their fourth and final studio album, Random Access Memories, on 19 April [34] A trailer for the official "Get Lucky" remix was released via the Columbia Records YouTube channel on 25 June [35] Rodgers later stated that video footage for "Lose Yourself to Dance" had been shot simultaneously with footage for "Get Lucky".[36] The Daft Punk remix was later released on Spotify and, as of 27 June , was streamed 64&#;million times.[37] Rodgers stated in an interview with The Guardian that a different video for the song was shot in March , which is distinct from the Coachella trailer.[38] A 12" vinyl single was released on 16 July , featuring a ten-minute remix by Daft Punk, the album version and the radio edit.[39]

    Reception

    Critical response

    "Get Lucky" received critical acclaim.

    Michael Cragg from The Guardian said the song "eschews the crunching electronics of their last album and the vocoder-lead [sic] future-disco of Discovery", and it was the "best thing Pharrell Williams has been involved with for a long time".[40]Pitchfork listed "Get Lucky" as a Best New Track, stating that the song's "real elegance lies in the hands of Nile Rodgers";[41] one of its contributors, Mark Richardson, opined the song was a "deserved hit".[42] Lewis Corner from Digital Spy gave the single five stars and said although Daft Punk's "creative methods may be unorthodox, the final result is a legal rush we can all enjoy".[43] Thomas Smith of NME said the song is "impossibly good" and called it an "old-school jam session that's been spun into a super-sleek slice of pop magic".[19] Chris Mincher of The A.V.

    Club stated the song "has run up the charts with little more than a simple, breezy funk groove".[44]

    Steve Lampiris for The Line of Best Fit said "Get Lucky" is the "breeziest thing Daft Punk have ever made. The itchy slink of Nile Rodgers' guitar suggests a wonderful sunset that never ends".[45] For AllMusic, Heather Phares praised the song as "so suave that it couldn't help but be an instant classic, albeit a somewhat nostalgic one".[46]Slate's Geeta Dayal described the track as a "breezy, infectious disco hit [that] seemed to be a good omen".[47] Benji Taylor of Renowned for Sound mentioned the song is "driven by Nile Rodgers' irresistible funk fuelled guitar licks, and feature[s] vocals by Williams that would not have sounded out of place on Off the Wall or Thriller".[48] Tatiana Cirisano of Billboard stated it has a "dreamy, retro-meets-futurism magic and a perfectly ambiguous message".[49] Miles Raymer for the Chicago Reader opined it is a "quintessential summer jam, bouncy but not oppressively eager to get you to dance, with a Pharrell vocal hook that's basically impossible to get out of your head once it's in there and a guitar riff from the legendary Nile Rodgers that's nearly as hard to shake".[50]

    Abby Johnston for The Austin Chronicle thought the track "refuses to tire, propelled forward by a sparkling Seventies guitar riff and Williams' falsetto".[51] Aaron Payne of musicOMH called the track a "real dancefloor filler" and said it has the "groove that Daft Punk are searching for elsewhere on the record, but that's because of Nile Rodgers' guitar; the man is a human groove.

    Pharrell supplies stylish, modern hooks to go over Rodgers' guitar, and Daft Punk's production and beats add the remaining crucial elements."[52] Eric Henderson of Slant Magazine said the song is a "model of reservation next to the likes of 'Aerodynamic' or even 'Technologic'".[53] Dan Weiss of Paste criticized the song, saying that it "is no miracle; it's not brought off by Pharrell's uncomplicated voice or Nile Rodgers' studied grooves".[54] Robin Murray for Clash opined the song was "such a safe bet – and it feels it" and that "from the crisp, pared down Nile Rodgers guitar to the bubbling synths, it feels ready-made, arriving with a nagging sense that you've heard it some place before".[55]

    Accolades

    "Get Lucky" was nominated for Best Song of the Summer at the MTV Video Music Awards.[56] and Best Song at the MTV Europe Music Awards.[57] The song was nominated for Top Streaming Song (Audio) and Top Dance/Electronic Song at the Billboard Music Awards.[58][59] It was also nominated for Choice Music Single: Group and Choice Summer Song at the Teen Choice Awards.[60][61] It was ranked by Rolling Stone and The Guardian as the best track of [62][63]

    On 26 January , "Get Lucky" reached number three in Triple J's Hottest of [64]The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll ranked "Get Lucky" at number one to find the best music of [65] It won Best Foreign Song at both the Sweden Gaffa Awards and Denmark Gaffa Awards.[66][67] The song received awards for both Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Record of the Year at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.[68][69] The song won Song of the Year at the BMI London Awards.[70] It was listed at No.

    on Pitchfork's " Best Songs of the s" in and No. on Rolling Stone's "Top Best Songs of All Time" in [71]

    Commercial performance

    In France, "Get Lucky" debuted at number one on the French Singles Chart on 27 April , and became Daft Punk's first chart-topping single in their home country since "One More Time" in The song sold 38, copies in three days, making "Get Lucky" the best-selling digital single in a one-week period.[72] It stayed on the chart for a total of 62 weeks.[73] The Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) certified it diamond.[74] In the United Kingdom, "Get Lucky" debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart on 21 April , sold more than 50, copies 48 hours after its release and became Daft Punk's first top hit in the United Kingdom since "One More Time" in [75] The song then peaked at number one the following week, sold over , copies, and became Daft Punk's first and only number one single in the UK.

    The song remained in the top position during the following week and sold over ,[76] "Get Lucky" remained at the top of the chart for another three consecutive weeks, selling over , copies weekly.[77][78][79] By late May , over , copies of the song were sold in four weeks, and sales had exceeded those of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's "Thrift Shop", which made "Get Lucky" the country's best-selling single of the year thus far.[80] According to the Official Charts Company, the single became Britain's second best-selling single of with sales of 1,, copies.[81]

    In the United States, the song debuted at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot on 24 April , selling , downloads, which gave Daft Punk their first top 40 hit on the chart.[82] On 22 May , the song rose from number 15 to number 10, and became Daft Punk's first top hit in the US.[83] A few weeks later, "Get Lucky" peaked at number two for five consecutive weeks, and was runner-up to Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", which also features Williams.[84][85] At the time, Williams was the first artist in four years to have songs peak at both number one and two simultaneously on the Hot [84] Chris Molanphy of Slate claimed that the single did not reach number one because "Blurred Lines" had digital sales, radio, online streaming and video.[86] The song debuted at number five on the BillboardDance/Electronic Songs chart for the week ending 4 May [87] By the week of 1 June, the song rose to number one,[88] "Get Lucky" also reached the number one position on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, the first Daft Punk song to do so since "Face to Face" in [89] As of April&#;[update], the song has sold over 3,, copies in the US.[90] The song received the RIAA certification of 8x Multi-Platinum on 12 May [91]

    The song broke records with the highest number of plays of any song in a single day on Spotify.[92] "Get Lucky" peaked at number one on singles charts of Australia,[93] Austria,[94] both the Belgium Flanders and Wallonia charts,[95][96] Denmark,[97] Finland,[98] Germany,[99] Hungary,[] Ireland,[] Israel,[] Italy,[] Norway,[] Scotland,[] Slovakia,[] Slovenia,[] South Africa,[] Spain,[] Sweden,[] and Switzerland.[]

    Live performances

    Upon its official release, Williams performed "Get Lucky" live for the first time at an HTC One launch party in Brooklyn.[] Daft Punk were scheduled to appear on 6 August episode of The Colbert Report to promote Random Access Memories, but were unable to do so because of contractual obligations regarding their scheduled appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards.

    According to Stephen Colbert, Daft Punk were unaware of any exclusivity agreement and were stopped by MTV executives the morning before taping.[] Colbert nevertheless performed a pre-recorded elaborate dance number to "Get Lucky" featuring appearances from Hugh Laurie, Jeff Bridges, Jimmy Fallon, The Rockettes, Bryan Cranston, Jon Stewart, Matt Damon, Charlie Rose and Henry Kissinger.[] On 26 January , American singer Stevie Wonder joined Rodgers, Williams and Daft Punk onstage to perform the song during the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.[] In June , Williams performed the song with American-British singer Marcus Mumford at Ariana Grande's One Love Manchester benefit concert.[]

    Formats and track listings

    TitleFeatures
    1."Get Lucky" (album version)Pharrell Williams
    2."Get Lucky" (radio edit)Pharrell Williams
    Total length:
    TitleFeatures
    1."Get Lucky" (Daft Punk remix)Pharrell Williams
    TitleFeatures
    1."Get Lucky" (Daft Punk remix)Pharrell Williams
    2."Get Lucky" (album version)Pharrell Williams
    3."Get Lucky" (radio edit)Pharrell Williams
    Total length:

    Credits and personnel

    Credits adapted from Random Access Memories liner notes.[]

    Charts

    Weekly charts

    Year-end charts

    Decade-end charts

    All-time charts

    Certifications and sales

    See also

    Notes

    1. ^The cited article describes the progression as if it were Dm-F-Am-G instead of Bm7–D–F♯m7–E for the sake of simplicity: "*N.B.

      this song is actually in F# Aeolian, not A Aeolian, but for casual readers, I stuck with the white keys. Also, I deliberately omitted mentions of added-7’s in my chord descriptions because of an inconsistency in notational unity between classiclers and jazzers, omitted also for irrelevance."

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