I Should Be So Lucky

Infobox Single
Name = I Should Be So Lucky


Artist = Kylie Minogue
from Album = Kylie
Released = 29 December 1987
Format = CD single, Vinyl single, Cassette single
Recorded = 1987 in London, England
Genre = Pop, dance
Length = 3:26
Label = PWL, Mushroom
Writer = Stock, Aitken and Waterman
Producer = Stock, Aitken and Waterman
Certification = Platinum (ARIA)
Platinum (UK)
Last single = "Locomotion"
(1987)
This single = "I Should Be So Lucky"
(1987)
Next single = "Got to Be Certain"
(1988)Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover

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Lower caption = UK single cover

"I Should Be So Lucky" is a pop–dance song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written and produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman for Minogue's debut album "Kylie" (1988). The song's melody was inspired by Pachelbel's Canon [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2306337.stm "Pop mogul 'inspired by classics'"] . BBC. 7 October 2002. Retrieved 7 June 2007. ] and its lyrics discuss how Minogue must be unlucky in love. [http://web.archive.org/web/20060107160910/http://www.abc.net.au/love/episodes/transcript4.htm Transcript of television documentary "Love is in the Air", episode title "I Should Be So Lucky"] . ABC Television. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2007.]

The song was released as the album's second single in December 1987. It was a commercial success, reaching the top ten on the majority of the charts it entered, and number one in the United Kingdom and Australia. The song became the highest selling single in Australia in 1988 and was named "Record of the Year" by the Japanese Phonographic Record Association. [http://www.kylie.co.uk/minography/awards.html Awards and Nominations] . kylie.co.uk (LiMBO: Kylie Minogue Online). Retrieved 7 June 2007.]

Background and recording

After the success of her debut single "Locomotion" in Australia, Minogue traveled to London to work with Stock, Aitken and Waterman, a successful British writing and production team. They knew little of Minogue and had forgotten that she was arriving; as a result, they wrote "I Should Be So Lucky" in forty minutes while she waited outside the recording studio. Mike Stock wrote the lyrics for the song in response to what he had learned about Minogue prior to her arrival. He believed that although she was a successful soap star in Australia and very talented, there must be something wrong with her and figured that she must be unlucky in love. Minogue recorded the song in less than an hour, which Stock attributes to her good ear for music and her quick memorization skills. After Minogue finished the recording session she returned home to Australia to continue work on the soap opera, "Neighbours".

"I Should Be So Lucky" is written in the common verse-chorus form and features instrumentation from keyboards and guitars."Greatest Hits" (CD liner notes). Mushroom Records. September 1992.] The song's melody was inspired by Pachelbel's Canon, a piece of chamber music composed during the Baroque period.

Music video

The music video for "I Should Be So Lucky" was directed by Chris Langman and filmed in late 1987 at Channel 7 Studios in Melbourne, Australia. [ [http://www.kylie.com.br/index2.php?pag=videoclipes/videoclipes&video=lucky "I Should Be So Lucky" Music Video] . kylie.com.br. Retrieved 10 June 2007.] The video features Minogue walking through her home, with scenes of her dancing in front of a colourful chalkboard background intercut throughout. It presented a cute, wholesome, young "girl-next-door" image of Minogue to the public, with scenes of her giggling and making funny faces to the camera.

The video premiered in the UK in January 1988. [ [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=18955 "I Should Be So Lucky" Music Video Information] . mvdbase.com. Retrieved 10 June 2007.] The complete version of "I Should Be So Lucky" featured in the music video has been released commercially through multiple VHS and DVD collections. Its most recent inclusion is on the companion DVD to her second greatest hits album "Ultimate Kylie" in 2004.

Chart performance

"I Should Be So Lucky" entered the UK Singles Chart on 9 January 1988 at number ninety, before rising to number one. It maintained the number one position for five weeks, becoming the first single to do so in ten years. [http://www.kylie.com/gh_site/music/i_should_be_so_lucky.htm Music: "I Should Be So Lucky"] . kylie.com. Retrieved 10 June 2007.] In Australia, the song reached number one on the singles chart and became the country's highest selling single of 1988. The song also reached number one in Finland, Germany, Israel and Japan. [http://www.slokylie.com/disc/singles/01-isbsl.html "I Should Be So Lucky" Charts] . slokylie.com (The Slovenian Kylie Page). Retrieved 10 June 2007.] In 1989, the track was awarded "Record of the Year" by the Japanese Phonographic Record Association.

"I Should Be So Lucky" performed moderately well in North America. In the United States, the song peaked at number twenty-eight on the "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming Minogue's first US top forty release. The track reached number ten on the Hot Dance Club Play chart and number thirty-two on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:difwxqe5ldte~T51 Charts & Awards] . Allmusic. Retrieved 10 June 2007.] In Canada, "I Should Be So Lucky" reached number twenty-five on the singles chart.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Should Be So Lucky".

*European vinyl single
# "I Should Be So Lucky" – 3:24
# "I Should Be So Lucky" (Instrumental) – 3:24

*North American vinyl single
# "I Should Be So Lucky" (Extended mix) – 6:08
# "I Should Be So Lucky" (Bicentennial remix) – 6:12
# "I Should Be So Lucky" (Instrumental) – 3:24

*Asian CD single
# "I Should Be So Lucky" (Extended mix) – 6:08
# "Got to Be Certain" (Extended version) – 6:36

Credits and personnel

The following people contributed to "I Should Be So Lucky":
*Kylie Minogue - lead vocals
*Dee Lewis, Mae McKenna - backing vocals
*Mike Stock - backing vocals, keyboards
*Matt Aitken - guitars, keyboards
*Mark McGuire - engineering
*Pete Hammond - mixing

Charts

Cover versions

In 1992, the Egyptian pop singer Simon recorded a cover of the song with new lyrics in Arabic titled "Bahibak Aawy". [ [http://mexat.com/vb/showpost.php?p=5827305&postcount=235 "ذكـريـات المخضـرمـين فقط 2"] Mexat.com. Retrieved 4 July 2008.] In September 2007, a cover version of "I Should Be So Lucky" appeared on the album "Dolce Vita" by Spanish singer Soraya Arnelas. [ [http://cccatch-spain.blogspot.com/2007/09/soraya-arnelas-confirma-el-track-list.html "Soraya Arnelas confirma el track list de "Dolce Vita""] . Official Soraya Arnelas Spanish Blog. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007.] Also that year, Japanese duo mihimaru GT released a hip pop cover version of the song. It was released as a double A-side single, along with the song "Ai Kotoba", in Japan in November 2007. [ [http://mihimaru-gt.com/discography/ "Discography"] . mihimaru-GT.com. Retrieved 19 December 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.kylie.com/ Kylie.com] — official website.