"Starry Eyed Surprise" is a song by English record producer

Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mass ...

featuring vocals from

Shifty Shellshock Seth Brooks Binzer (born August 23, 1974), better known by his stage name Shifty Shellshock, is an American musician, best known for being a co-founder and front man of the rap rock band Crazy Town, known for their hit song "Butterfly". He has a ...

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. The song was released on 19 August 2002 as the second single from Oakenfold's debut album, '' Bunkka'' (2002), reaching number six in the United Kingdom, number 19 in the Netherlands and New Zealand, number 21 in Ireland, and number 37 in Australia. It also reached the top 50 in Italy and the United States. It was later included on Shifty Shellshock's 2004 album '' Happy Love Sick'' and Oakenfold's 2007 album '' Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1''.

Content

The line "Freaky deaky, star speckles and pink butterflies", sung by Shifty Shellshock, is sung in a similar manner to that of his band's previous single, "

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". The song also samples "

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" by

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, which is a cover version of the original by

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, hence why Neil received a songwriter credit for "Starry Eyed Surprise".

Track listings

UK CD single # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit) – 3:09 # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (

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re-interpretation) – 8:43 # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (

Oliver Lieb Oliver Lieb (born 1969 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is a German electronic music producer and DJ. Lieb is known to have more than a dozen aliases with over 200 productions and remixes in various electronic genres such as trance, house, and tech ...

remix) – 7:52 # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (video) UK 12-inch single :A. "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation) :B. "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix) UK cassette single # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit) # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation) European CD single # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit) # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix) Australian and New Zealand CD single # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit) – 3:09 # "Mortal" – 6:44 # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation) – 8:43 # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix) – 7:52 # "Starry Eyed Surprise" (video)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes. Studios * Recorded at Real Noize (UK) and Real World (

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, England) Personnel *

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mass ...

– writing, production, mixing, vocal recording *

– writing (as Seth Binzer), vocals * Andy Gray – writing, programming, production, mixing, engineering *

– writing *

Emerson Swinford Emerson Swinford, a native of Chicago, is a Los Angeles-based guitarist, composer/songwriter and producer. He is currently a guitarist in the Rod Stewart band, and was formerly a member of the band Drill, a precursor to industrial- nu metal gro ...

– guitars * Mark Ralph – guitars *

Jeff Turzo Jeff Turzo, as singer/programming and songwriting/production partner in the electro-rock band God Lives Underwater (GLU), spent the better part of the 1990s as a producer and touring artist, first signed by Rick Rubin to American Recordings in ...

– additional production *

Carmen Rizzo Carmen Rizzo (born April 8, 1964) is an American record producer, mixer, programmer, DJ, remixer and recording artist, based in Los Angeles. The two-time Grammy nominee has worked with Seal, Coldplay, Paul Oakenfold, Alanis Morissette, Dido, Je ...

– vocal recording *

Steve Osborne Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2, Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Do ...

– vocal mixing * Ed Chadwick – engineering assistant * Michael Nash Associates – artwork design * Matthew Donaldson – cover photography *

Anton Corbijn Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (; born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, film director and music video director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2,Pitman, Joanna"The silent partner"' ...

– Paul Oakenfold photo (back cover)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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{{Authority control Paul Oakenfold songs 2002 singles 2002 songs Maverick Records singles Perfecto Records singles Songs written by Paul Oakenfold UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles