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Music Sounds Better with You

April 10, 2024

For other uses, see Music Sounds Better with You (disambiguation).

"Music Sounds Better with You" is the only song by the French house trio Stardust, released on 20 July 1998. Stardust comprised the producer Thomas Bangalter, the DJ Alan Braxe and the vocalist Benjamin Diamond. They wrote "Music Sounds Better With You", a dance track, using a guitar riff sampled from the 1981 Chaka Khan song "Fate".

"Music Sounds Better with You"
Single by Stardust
Released20 July 1998 (1998-07-20)[1]
StudioDaft House (Paris, France)
GenreFrench house
Length
  • 6:48
  • 4:20 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Stardust
Music video
"Music Sounds Better With You" on YouTube

"Music Sounds Better with You" was initially released on Bangalter's label Roulé. It was followed by a wider release on Virgin Records, with a music video directed by Michel Gondry. It debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart in August 1998 and stayed there for two weeks, becoming one of the UK's bestselling singles that year. It also topped the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart for two weeks. It is certified double platinum in the UK, platinum in Australia, gold in Belgium and silver in France.

"Music Sounds Better with You" received positive reviews and has been named one of the greatest dance songs by several publications. Stardust recorded further demos, but decided to disband, believing this created mystique.

Recording edit

In the mid-1990s, the DJ Alan Braxe met Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk and gave him a demo of his track "Vertigo". Bangalter released the track on his label Roulé in 1997. After the launch, Braxe performed at the Rex Club in Paris, with Bangalter on keyboards and Braxe's friend Benjamin Diamond on vocals.[2] At the time, Diamond was in a punk band, who did not approve of his collaboration with electronic musicians.[3] The trio composed the first version of "Music Sounds Better with You" for the performance, using a looped sample from the 1981 Chaka Khan song "Fate", sampled using an E-mu SP-1200.[2]

After the performance, the trio worked on the track at Bangalter's home studio, Daft House. They added Rhodes piano, a Roland TR-909 drum machine and a bassline recorded on a Korg Trident. They arranged the song using an Ensoniq ASR-10 sampling keyboard, triggering different sections by assigning them to different keys. Diamond's vocals and the final track were compressed with an Alesis 3630.[2]

The lyrics were written by all three members. They initially wrote more lines, but deleted them. Diamond felt the sparse lyrics were "like a mantra ... something everyone could understand".[4] Braxe said they were "very happy" with the finished song, feeling they had created something original.[4]

Release edit

"Music Sounds Better with You" was released as a vinyl single on Bangalter's label Roulé in early 1998.[4] According to Braxe, the song initially confused Paris clubgoers: "It didn't take a long time for people to understand the structure of the track and start to dance on it, but the very first listen the reaction was, 'What is it?'"[4] The single was intended for DJs, but demand grew after copies were distributed at the 1998 Miami Winter Music Conference. According to the Roulé co-manager Gildas Loaec, the BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong was the first radio DJ to play the song.[4] Loaec and Diamond said "Music Sounds Better with You" sold between 250,000 and 400,000 copies on Roulé.[4] Bangalter did not enjoy the pressure and attention the single brought, as Roulé was "supposed to be a hobby, a creative platform".[4]

Stardust signed the single to Virgin Records, which sold more than two million copies worldwide on vinyl and CD.[4] Virgin released the song as a CD and cassette single in the UK on 10 August 1998.[5] In the US, it was serviced to rhythmic contemporary and contemporary hit radio on 15 September 1998,[6] followed by a commercial release on 22 September.[7] It topped the Billboard Dance Club Play chart for two weeks and reached number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100.[8][9] In Canada, where a CD single was issued on 6 October 1998,[10] it reached number two on the Canadian Singles Chart and number five on the RPM Dance chart.[11][12] It topped the charts in Greece and Spain and reached the top 10 in at least nine other countries.[4] It is certified double platinum in the UK,[13] platinum in Australia,[14] gold in Belgium[15] and silver in France.[16]

Music video edit

The "Music Sounds Better with You" music video was directed by Michel Gondry.[3] It was shot in Thousand Oaks, California and surrounding communities. In the video, a young boy constructs a model glider over several days while the members of Stardust, wearing metallic suits with faces painted silver, perform on television.[4] DJ Mag described the video as "charming" and "dreamy".[17] The Insomniac journalist Jonny Coleman wrote that the video "helps reinforce the notion that this whole Stardust concept is supposed to exist in some other familiar but foreign liminal space, something ghostly but still warm and inviting".[18]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [19]

John Bush from AllMusic described "Music Sounds Better with You" as "one of the most irresistible, sublime dance singles of the decade".[19] Larry Flick of Billboard described it as a "euro-splashed ditty" with "an infectious li'l hook and a solid, old-school disco bassline ... its execution makes it pop with a refreshing energy".[20] Another editor, Annabel Ross, called the song "sublime in its simplicity" and said it was one of the best dance songs.[21] Bruce Tantum of DJ Mag wrote that it "doesn't do much of anything, really, nor does it have to. It exists in a state of pleasure-giving perfection."[17]

In 2013, Mixmag named "Music Sounds Better with you" the sixth-greatest dance song,[22] and 2018 they included it in their list of the "biggest vocal house anthems".[23] Pitchfork ranked it the 46th-best song of the 90s,[24] and included it in The Pitchfork 500, a book compiling the greatest songs from 1977 to 2008.[25] In 2011, Slant Magazine named it the 99th-best single of the 90s,[26] and 2012 Porcys ranked it the greatest.[27] In 2017, BuzzFeed named it the 72nd-greatest dance song of the 90s.[28] In 2022, Pitchfork named it one of the best house tracks of the 90s,[29] while Rolling Stone named it the 73rd-greatest dance song.[30]

Legacy edit

According to Billboard, after the success of "Music Sounds Better with You", Virgin offered Bangalter $3 million to produce a Stardust album.[4] The group created several demos,[31] but abandoned them. In 2012, Braxe said there were no plans to release the demos, saying it gave the record "a certain magic and mystery".[2] He later said he had wanted to continue with Stardust, but Bangalter was focused on Daft Punk.[3] Apart from their performance at Rex Club, Stardust performed only once, in a 30-minute set at the Borealis festival in Montpellier, France.[4]

Diamond and Braxe resumed their solo careers. Diamond said he found it difficult to return to his own style of music after Stardust, and his record company, Sony, pressured him to release similar music.[32] Bangalter continued to release music as Daft Punk with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.[33] They performed a mashup of "Music Sounds Better with You" and their 2000 single "One More Time" on their 2006—2007 tour; a performance was included on the bonus disc of the live album Alive 2007. Pitchfork described it as "a combination so 'holy shit' ecstatic it would seem downright cocky if it wasn't so blissful".[34]

In 2011, Big Time Rush sampled "Music Sounds Better with You" for their track "Music Sounds Better with U".[35] It was also featured in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V.[36] In 2018, Stardust remastered the song for its 20th anniversary. It was reissued by the record label Because Music[37] and added to streaming platforms.[4]

Track listings edit

French single-sided 12-inch vinyl single[38]
No.TitleLength
1."Music Sounds Better with You"6:48
Total length:6:48
European and Australian CD single[39][40]
No.TitleLength
1."Music Sounds Better with You" (radio edit)4:21
2."Music Sounds Better with You" (12-inch club mix)6:48
3."Music Sounds Better with You" (Bob Sinclar Remix)6:46
Total length:17:45
US CD single[41]
No.TitleLength
1."Music Sounds Better with You" (radio edit)4:21
2."Music Sounds Better with You" (12-inch club mix)6:48
3."Music Sounds Better with You" (Bibi & Dim's Anthem from Paris Mix)10:28
4."Music Sounds Better with You" (Chateau Flight Remix)7:14
Total length:28:51
Music Sounds Better with You Remixé EP[42]
No.TitleLength
1."Music Sounds Better with You" (Bibi & Dimitri Anthem from Paris Mix)10:28
2."Music Sounds Better with You" (DJ Sneak's 32 on Red Dub Mix)5:40
3."Music Sounds Better with You" (Chateau Flight Remix)7:14
4."Music Sounds Better with You" (DJ Sneak's 32 on Red Mix)8:16
Total length:31:38
2019 re-release[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Music Sounds Better with You"6:43
2."Music Sounds Better with You" (radio edit)4:20
Total length:11:03

Personnel edit

Stardust

  • Thomas Bangalter – guitar, production, songwriting, mixing
  • Alan Braxe – production, songwriting, mixing
  • Benjamin Diamond – vocals, songwriting

Additional musicians

Charts edit

Sales and certifications edit

Sales and certifications for "Music Sounds Better with You"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[14] Platinum 70,000^
Belgium (BEA)[15] Gold 25,000*
France (SNEP)[16] Silver 125,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
United States — 140,000[81]
Summaries
Worldwide — 2,000,000[82]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also edit

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For other uses see Music Sounds Better with You disambiguation Music Sounds Better with You is the only song by the French house trio Stardust released on 20 July 1998 Stardust comprised the producer Thomas Bangalter the DJ Alan Braxe and the vocalist Benjamin Diamond They wrote Music Sounds Better With You a dance track using a guitar riff sampled from the 1981 Chaka Khan song Fate Music Sounds Better with You Single by StardustReleased20 July 1998 1998 07 20 1 StudioDaft House Paris France GenreFrench houseLength6 484 20 radio edit LabelRoule Virgin BecauseSongwriter s Thomas Bangalter Alain Queme Benjamin Diamond Dominic King Frank MuskerProducer s StardustMusic video Music Sounds Better With You on YouTube Music Sounds Better with You was initially released on Bangalter s label Roule It was followed by a wider release on Virgin Records with a music video directed by Michel Gondry It debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart in August 1998 and stayed there for two weeks becoming one of the UK s bestselling singles that year It also topped the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart for two weeks It is certified double platinum in the UK platinum in Australia gold in Belgium and silver in France Music Sounds Better with You received positive reviews and has been named one of the greatest dance songs by several publications Stardust recorded further demos but decided to disband believing this created mystique Contents 1 Recording 2 Release 3 Music video 4 Critical reception 5 Legacy 6 Track listings 7 Personnel 8 Charts 8 1 Weekly charts 8 2 Year end charts 9 Sales and certifications 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksRecording editIn the mid 1990s the DJ Alan Braxe met Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk and gave him a demo of his track Vertigo Bangalter released the track on his label Roule in 1997 After the launch Braxe performed at the Rex Club in Paris with Bangalter on keyboards and Braxe s friend Benjamin Diamond on vocals 2 At the time Diamond was in a punk band who did not approve of his collaboration with electronic musicians 3 The trio composed the first version of Music Sounds Better with You for the performance using a looped sample from the 1981 Chaka Khan song Fate sampled using an E mu SP 1200 2 After the performance the trio worked on the track at Bangalter s home studio Daft House They added Rhodes piano a Roland TR 909 drum machine and a bassline recorded on a Korg Trident They arranged the song using an Ensoniq ASR 10 sampling keyboard triggering different sections by assigning them to different keys Diamond s vocals and the final track were compressed with an Alesis 3630 2 The lyrics were written by all three members They initially wrote more lines but deleted them Diamond felt the sparse lyrics were like a mantra something everyone could understand 4 Braxe said they were very happy with the finished song feeling they had created something original 4 Release edit Music Sounds Better with You was released as a vinyl single on Bangalter s label Roule in early 1998 4 According to Braxe the song initially confused Paris clubgoers It didn t take a long time for people to understand the structure of the track and start to dance on it but the very first listen the reaction was What is it 4 The single was intended for DJs but demand grew after copies were distributed at the 1998 Miami Winter Music Conference According to the Roule co manager Gildas Loaec the BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong was the first radio DJ to play the song 4 Loaec and Diamond said Music Sounds Better with You sold between 250 000 and 400 000 copies on Roule 4 Bangalter did not enjoy the pressure and attention the single brought as Roule was supposed to be a hobby a creative platform 4 Stardust signed the single to Virgin Records which sold more than two million copies worldwide on vinyl and CD 4 Virgin released the song as a CD and cassette single in the UK on 10 August 1998 5 In the US it was serviced to rhythmic contemporary and contemporary hit radio on 15 September 1998 6 followed by a commercial release on 22 September 7 It topped the Billboard Dance Club Play chart for two weeks and reached number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 8 9 In Canada where a CD single was issued on 6 October 1998 10 it reached number two on the Canadian Singles Chart and number five on the RPM Dance chart 11 12 It topped the charts in Greece and Spain and reached the top 10 in at least nine other countries 4 It is certified double platinum in the UK 13 platinum in Australia 14 gold in Belgium 15 and silver in France 16 Music video editThe Music Sounds Better with You music video was directed by Michel Gondry 3 It was shot in Thousand Oaks California and surrounding communities In the video a young boy constructs a model glider over several days while the members of Stardust wearing metallic suits with faces painted silver perform on television 4 DJ Mag described the video as charming and dreamy 17 The Insomniac journalist Jonny Coleman wrote that the video helps reinforce the notion that this whole Stardust concept is supposed to exist in some other familiar but foreign liminal space something ghostly but still warm and inviting 18 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 19 John Bush from AllMusic described Music Sounds Better with You as one of the most irresistible sublime dance singles of the decade 19 Larry Flick of Billboard described it as a euro splashed ditty with an infectious li l hook and a solid old school disco bassline its execution makes it pop with a refreshing energy 20 Another editor Annabel Ross called the song sublime in its simplicity and said it was one of the best dance songs 21 Bruce Tantum of DJ Mag wrote that it doesn t do much of anything really nor does it have to It exists in a state of pleasure giving perfection 17 In 2013 Mixmag named Music Sounds Better with you the sixth greatest dance song 22 and 2018 they included it in their list of the biggest vocal house anthems 23 Pitchfork ranked it the 46th best song of the 90s 24 and included it in The Pitchfork 500 a book compiling the greatest songs from 1977 to 2008 25 In 2011 Slant Magazine named it the 99th best single of the 90s 26 and 2012 Porcys ranked it the greatest 27 In 2017 BuzzFeed named it the 72nd greatest dance song of the 90s 28 In 2022 Pitchfork named it one of the best house tracks of the 90s 29 while Rolling Stone named it the 73rd greatest dance song 30 Legacy editAccording to Billboard after the success of Music Sounds Better with You Virgin offered Bangalter 3 million to produce a Stardust album 4 The group created several demos 31 but abandoned them In 2012 Braxe said there were no plans to release the demos saying it gave the record a certain magic and mystery 2 He later said he had wanted to continue with Stardust but Bangalter was focused on Daft Punk 3 Apart from their performance at Rex Club Stardust performed only once in a 30 minute set at the Borealis festival in Montpellier France 4 Diamond and Braxe resumed their solo careers Diamond said he found it difficult to return to his own style of music after Stardust and his record company Sony pressured him to release similar music 32 Bangalter continued to release music as Daft Punk with Guy Manuel de Homem Christo 33 They performed a mashup of Music Sounds Better with You and their 2000 single One More Time on their 2006 2007 tour a performance was included on the bonus disc of the live album Alive 2007 Pitchfork described it as a combination so holy shit ecstatic it would seem downright cocky if it wasn t so blissful 34 In 2011 Big Time Rush sampled Music Sounds Better with You for their track Music Sounds Better with U 35 It was also featured in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V 36 In 2018 Stardust remastered the song for its 20th anniversary It was reissued by the record label Because Music 37 and added to streaming platforms 4 Track listings editFrench single sided 12 inch vinyl single 38 No TitleLength1 Music Sounds Better with You 6 48Total length 6 48 European and Australian CD single 39 40 No TitleLength1 Music Sounds Better with You radio edit 4 212 Music Sounds Better with You 12 inch club mix 6 483 Music Sounds Better with You Bob Sinclar Remix 6 46Total length 17 45 US CD single 41 No TitleLength1 Music Sounds Better with You radio edit 4 212 Music Sounds Better with You 12 inch club mix 6 483 Music Sounds Better with You Bibi amp Dim s Anthem from Paris Mix 10 284 Music Sounds Better with You Chateau Flight Remix 7 14Total length 28 51 Music Sounds Better with You Remixe EP 42 No TitleLength1 Music Sounds Better with You Bibi amp Dimitri Anthem from Paris Mix 10 282 Music Sounds Better with You DJ Sneak s 32 on Red Dub Mix 5 403 Music Sounds Better with You Chateau Flight Remix 7 144 Music Sounds Better with You DJ Sneak s 32 on Red Mix 8 16Total length 31 38 2019 re release 1 No TitleLength1 Music Sounds Better with You 6 432 Music Sounds Better with You radio edit 4 20Total length 11 03Personnel editStardust Thomas Bangalter guitar production songwriting mixing Alan Braxe production songwriting mixing Benjamin Diamond vocals songwritingAdditional musicians Dominic King songwriting Frank Musker songwriting Chaka Khan sampleCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Music Sounds Better with You Chart 1998 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 40 4Austria O3 Austria Top 40 43 24Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 44 18Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 45 12Canada Nielsen SoundScan 11 2Canada Dance Urban RPM 12 5Denmark IFPI 46 17Europe Eurochart Hot 100 47 5Finland Suomen virallinen lista 48 12France SNEP 49 10Germany Official German Charts 50 26Greece IFPI 51 1Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 52 4Ireland IRMA 53 5Italy Musica e dischi 54 2Netherlands Dutch Top 40 55 17Netherlands Single Top 100 56 15New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 57 8Norway VG lista 58 14Scotland OCC 59 2Spain AFYVE 60 1Sweden Sverigetopplistan 61 27Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 62 7UK Singles OCC 63 2US Billboard Hot 100 9 62US Dance Club Songs Billboard 8 1US Dance Singles Sales Billboard 64 2 Year end charts edit 1998 year end chart performance for Music Sounds Better with You Chart 1998 PositionAustralia ARIA 65 36Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 66 94Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 67 76Canada Dance RPM 68 15Europe Eurochart Hot 100 69 30France SNEP 70 30Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 71 77Netherlands Dutch Top 40 72 60Netherlands Single Top 100 73 74Sweden Sverigetopplistan 74 100Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 75 48UK Singles OCC 76 11US Dance Club Play Billboard 77 2US Maxi Singles Sales Billboard 78 231999 year end chart performance for Music Sounds Better with You Chart 1999 PositionUK Airplay Music Week 79 37US Maxi Singles Sales Billboard 80 12Sales and certifications editSales and certifications for Music Sounds Better with You Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 14 Platinum 70 000 Belgium BEA 15 Gold 25 000 France SNEP 16 Silver 125 000 United Kingdom BPI 13 2 Platinum 1 200 000 United States 140 000 81 SummariesWorldwide 2 000 000 82 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone See also editList of artists who reached number one on the U S dance chartReferences edit a b Music Sounds Better with You Single Retrieved 24 November 2020 via Apple Music a b c d Barker Chris October 2012 Alan Braxe interview and video studio tour MusicRadar Retrieved 22 May 2020 a b c Welch Andy 3 April 2023 Within a minute everyone was dancing Stardust on making Music Sounds Better With You The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 7 April 2023 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Stardust s Music Sounds Better With You Remastering amp Revisiting Classic Single 20 Years Later Billboard 13 June 2018 Retrieved 22 May 2020 New Releases Singles Music Week 8 August 1998 p 31 New Releases Radio amp Records No 1265 11 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Sounds Better with You in Dutch Ultratop 50 Stardust Music Sounds Better with You in French Ultratop 50 Danish Singles Chart 11 September 1998 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles PDF Music amp Media Vol 15 no 44 31 October 1998 p 8 Retrieved 26 January 2020 Pennanen Timo 2021 Stardust Sisaltaa hitin 2 laitos Levyt ja esittajat Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1 1 1960 30 6 2021 PDF in Finnish Helsinki Kustannusosakeyhtio Otava p 245 Retrieved 7 July 2022 Stardust Music Sounds Better with You in French Les classement single Stardust Music Sounds Better with You in German GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved 12 November 2018 Top National Sellers PDF Music amp Media Vol 15 no 41 10 October 1998 p 18 Retrieved 6 May 2018 See LW column Islenski Listinn Topp 40 NR 294 Vikuna 15 10 22 10 1998 Dagbladid Visir in Icelandic 16 October 1998 p 10 Retrieved 10 July 2018 The Irish Charts Search Results Music Sounds Better with You Irish Singles Chart Retrieved 12 November 2018 Top National Sellers PDF Music amp Media Vol 15 no 39 26 September 1998 p 12 Retrieved 27 November 2019 Nederlandse Top 40 week 37 1998 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 12 November 2018 Stardust Music Sounds Better With You in Dutch Single Top 100 Retrieved 15 June 2018 Stardust Music Sounds Better with You Top 40 Singles Stardust Music Sounds Better with You VG lista Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Billboard Hits of the World September 19 1998 Stardust Music Sounds Better with You Singles Top 100 Stardust Music Sounds Better with You Swiss Singles Chart Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Stardust Chart History Dance Singles Sales Billboard Retrieved 6 October 2021 ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1998 ARIA Retrieved 24 November 2020 Jaaroverzichten 1998 in Dutch Ultratop Retrieved 12 November 2018 Rapports annuels 1998 in French Ultratop Retrieved 12 November 2018 RPM s Top 50 Dance Tracks of 98 RPM Library and Archives Canada 17 July 2013 Retrieved 12 November 2018 Year in Focus Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1998 PDF Music amp Media Vol 15 no 51 19 December 1998 p 8 Retrieved 6 February 2020 Tops de L annee Top Singles 1998 in French SNEP Retrieved 21 August 2020 Islenski Listinn Topp 100 Vinsaelustu Login 98 Dagbladid Visir in Icelandic 2 January 1999 p 34 Retrieved 8 February 2020 Top 100 Jaaroverzicht van 1998 Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 8 March 2020 Jaaroverzichten Single 1998 in Dutch MegaCharts Retrieved 12 November 2018 Arslista Singlar 1998 in Swedish Sverigetopplistan Retrieved 21 August 2020 Swiss Year End Charts 1998 in German Retrieved 12 November 2018 Best Sellers of 1998 Singles Top 100 Music Week 16 January 1999 p 7 The Year in Music 1998 Hot Dance Club Play Singles Billboard Vol 110 no 52 26 December 1998 p YE 54 The Year in Music 1998 Hot Dance Maxi Singles Sales Billboard Vol 110 no 52 26 December 1998 p YE 55 Most Broadcast of 1999 Airplay Top 50 PDF Music Week 22 January 2000 p 31 Retrieved 24 April 2022 1999 The Year in Music Hot Dance Maxi Singles Sales Billboard Vol 111 no 52 25 December 1999 p YE 61 Dancefloor Ground Swell PDF Billboard Vol 111 no 41 9 October 1999 p 52 Retrieved 29 January 2020 via World Radio History Bein Kat 28 June 2019 Stardust On The Gay Bars Firings amp Failures That Led To Music Sounds Better With You Billboard Retrieved 30 July 2019 External links edit Music Sounds Better with You at Discogs Stardust discography at MusicBrainz Stardust discography at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Music Sounds Better with You amp oldid 1215629530, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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