We Are All Made of Stars

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“We Are All Made of Stars”
Single by Moby from the album 18
Released	April 29, 2002
Format	CD single
Recorded	2001
Genre	Alternative Rock Electronica
Length	4:32 (3:38 on single version)
Label	Mute
Producer	Moby
Moby singles chronology
"South Side" (2001) "We Are All Made of Stars" (2002) "Extreme Ways" (2002) 18 track listing "We Are All Made of Stars" (1) "In This World" (2) Audio sample Info (help·info)

"We Are All Made of Stars" is a song by Moby featured on his 2002 studio album 18. It was released by UK Mute Records from 2002 up to 2004. It was the most popular song on 18, reaching number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. It is the first track on 18. The second and next track, "In This World", would also chart, but at a lower position.

Contents 1 Inspiration 2 Music video 3 Track listing 3.1 CD: Mute / CDMUTE268 (UK) 3.2 CD: Mute / LCDMUTE268 (UK) 4 References

[edit] Inspiration

Moby has stated that the song was inspired by quantum physics in that "On a basic quantum level, all the matter in the universe is essentially made up of stardust."^[1]

[edit] Music video

The song's music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, points out the excesses of the typical "Hollywood" lifestyle, showing celebrities in seedy environments, while Moby, an outsider to that world, is portrayed as a spaceman. Both Moby and any celebrity on the screen lip-synch to the song. The atmosphere of the video was inspired by photographs by Philip-Lorca diCorcia. The theme and some of the imagery also derives from the 1968 film and novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey, particularly the Star Child motif ("We are all stars") and the Moby's appearance throughout much of the film wearing a space suit.

Celebrities in the video include:

• Kato Kaelin
• Verne Troyer
• Corey Feldman
• Todd Bridges
• Gary Coleman
• J.C. Chasez
• Dave Navarro
• Sean Bean
• Dominique Swain
• Ron Jeremy
• Thora Birch
• Tommy Lee
• Molly Sims
• Danny Cooksey
• Angelyne
• Robert Evans
• Leelee Sobieski
• The Toxic Avenger

The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD: Mute / CDMUTE268 (UK)

1. "We Are All Made of Stars" (Single version) – 3:38
2. "Landing" – 3:35
3. "Soul to Love" - 4:28

[edit] CD: Mute / LCDMUTE268 (UK)

1. "We Are All Made of Stars" (Downtempo)
2. "We Are All Made of Stars" (DJ Tiesto Full Vocal Mix)
3. "We Are All Made of Stars" (Timo Maas Dub Mix)

[edit] References

1. ^ Moby Cavorts With Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges In New Video from MTV, accessed March 12, 2002.

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