Music Sounds Better with You

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“Music Sounds Better with You”

Single by Stardust
Released	1998
Format	CD, 12"
Recorded	1998
Genre	House
Length	6:50
Label	Roulé
Writer(s)	Thomas Bangalter Benjamin Cohen Alain Quême
Producer	Thomas Bangalter

"Music Sounds Better with You" is the highly acclaimed 1998 single by the short-lived house music band Stardust. The vocal performance of the song was provided by Benjamin Diamond of the band. The song uses a sample of the song "Fate" by Chaka Khan.

This is the only single released by the band. Shortly after releasing the single, all three members, Alan Braxe, Thomas Bangalter (one half of Daft Punk) and Diamond went on to pursue other goals.

This song was later used by Daft Punk for their live album Alive 2007, which features "Music Sounds Better with You" in the encore along with elements of "One More Time", "Human After All" and "Together".

[edit] Music video

Directed by Michel Gondry, the song's music video depicts the story of a boy building a model airplane over several days. As he works, he watches a "Top 5" video countdown on TV, on which Stardust move up one spot a day past other fictional artists. Alan Braxe, Benjamin Diamond and Thomas Bangalter of Stardust appear wearing metallic costumes in the video, a trend Bangalter would follow as a member of Daft Punk. When the boy has completed the plane, he takes it to a field and throws it in the air, only to watch it become stranded on top of a cloud. It is the same cloud Stardust were performing on in their Top 5 video. They throw it back to the boy with a wave; he recovers it and runs off.