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"I Should Be So Lucky" is a pop dance song written by English songwriting team Stock, Aitken and Waterman for Kylie Minogue's debut studio album Kylie (1987). The song was produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman and received a mixed reception from music critics. The song was released as the first single in the winter of 1987 and reached number one in Australia, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom. It reached the top ten in France, Greece and Italy and the top thirty in Canada. In the United States, "I Should Be So Lucky" was released to success on the Billboard dance charts, where it reached the top ten on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song was also a modest hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number twenty-eight.
Writing 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 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 memorisation skills. After Minogue finished the recording session she returned home to Australia to continue work on the soap opera, Neighbours. Formats and track listings These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Should Be So Lucky". European vinyl single North American vinyl single Asian CD single Music video
Chart performance On December 29 1987, "I Should Be So Lucky" was released in the United Kingdom. The song became Minogue's first number one single when it debuted at number ninety on the singles chart before climbing the chart in the weeks that followed peaking at number one, and spent a total of five weeks in the top position. The song became the first song in the UK to remain at the top of the charts for five weeks in ten years and became one of the years biggest hits, selling over 675,000 copies. Outside of the UK, the song was also successful. It reached number one in six countries including Finland, Germany (where it remained at number one for three weeks), Japan and Switzerland. In Australia, "I Should Be So Lucky" became Minogue's second number one hit on the singles chart. With number ones in both Australian and the UK, Minogue became the first artist ever to hold simultaneous number one's in both countries. Due to favourable reception of the song worldwide, "I Should Be So Lucky" was released in the United States and Canada. The song found success on the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart, where it reached number ten becoming one of Minogue's many successful singles on the U.S. dance chart. It was also a modest success on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number twenty-eight, remaining on the chart for fourteen weeks. In Canada the song went top thirty, peaking at number twenty-five. Chart performance Chart trajectories | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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