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Stardust

Data updated on 2025-06-14 10:46:18 UTC
On temporary hiatus from injecting the spirit of acid house into the French dance scene as half of Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter crafted one of the catchiest dance anthems of the late '90s, Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You." A warm, breezy, endlessly catchy mid-tempo anthem that launched hundreds of similar filter-disco tracks over the next few years, the single was recorded quickly by Bangalter with co-producer Alan Braxe and released on his own Roulé label in June 1998. After ruling the roosts at Ibiza that summer -- along with another Bangalter co-production, Bob Sinclar's "Gym Tonic" -- the track was licensed by Virgin and hit number two on the British charts that fall. Though the label offered Bangalter three million dollars to produce a Stardust LP, he decided instead to make it a one-shot project. ~ John Bush, Rovi

Genres

: french house

Total plays

424.6 million
Updated on 2025-06-14

Monthly listeners

5,693,510

Followers

97,016

Top Cities

  1. United Kingdom
    100,639 listeners
  2. Australia
    105,673 listeners
  3. Australia
    95,903 listeners
  4. Australia
    66,843 listeners
  5. Ireland
    Dublin
    62,090 listeners

Related artists

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Music Sounds Better With You - Radio Edit
Music Sounds Better With You - Radio Edit
223,775,960 4:21 1998-07-20
Music Sounds Better With You
Music Sounds Better With You
200,840,285 6:43 1998-07-20

New releases

Music Sounds Better With You
Music Sounds Better With You
1998-07-20
[Because Music]