"Stellar" is a song by American rock band
Incubus
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. It was released in August 2000 as the second single from their third album ''
Make Yourself''. The song reached number 2 on the US
Modern Rock Tracks
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and also reached number 17 on the US Mainstream Rock charts and number 7 on
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
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.
Music video
The music video released in 2000 has the band playing in a surreal, celestial atmosphere. A young woman (played by
Brandon Boyd
Brandon Charles Boyd (born February 15, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author and visual artist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the American rock band Incubus, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums.
In a ...
's then-girlfriend Jo)
SPIN Nov 2001, Vol. 17, No. 11
/ref> ends up traveling into space to meet Boyd. During the chorus, the band is seen playing in front of a white screen with floating lines and graphs spinning around in the background.
In other media
*It is featured in the ''Daria
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'' movie ''Is It College Yet?
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''.
*Cover version is featured in ''Guitar Hero
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'' and as downloadable content for the Xbox 360
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version of ''Guitar Hero II
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''.
*Master recording is featured in ''Guitar Hero Smash Hits
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'' and downloadable content for ''Rocksmith
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'' and ''Rock Band
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''.
Track listing
;US Promo
# "Stellar (Radio Edit)"
;US Single
# "Stellar" (Acoustic)
# "Stellar" (Album Version)
Charts
Personnel
;Incubus
*Brandon Boyd
Brandon Charles Boyd (born February 15, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author and visual artist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the American rock band Incubus, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums.
In a ...
- vocals
*Mike Einziger
Michael Aaron Einziger (born June 21, 1976) is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He is best known for being co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Incubus, and has also co-written, produced and collaborated with a wide array of a ...
- guitar
*Dirk Lance
George Alex Katunich (born August 18, 1976) is an American musician. He is best known as the former bassist of Incubus.
Since high school, Katunich has used the stage name of Dirk Lance, which was apparently taken from the credits of a pornogr ...
- bass
*José Pasillas
José Antonio Pasillas II (born April 26, 1976) is an American musician best known as the drummer and co-founder of alternative rock band Incubus.
Biography
José Pasillas is of Mexican descent. He grew up in Calabasas, California. He began pl ...
- drums
*Chris Kilmore
Chris Kilmore (born January 21, 1973) is an American musician and DJ. He is the turntablist and keyboardist of the rock band Incubus since 1998. Allmusic–Incubus bio./ref>
Discography
* '' Make Yourself'' (1999)
* '' When Incubus Attacks ...
- turntables
;Production
*Produced by Scott Litt
Scott Warren Litt (born March 10, 1954) is an American record producer who mostly works with artists in the alternative rock genre and is best known for producing six R.E.M. albums in the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s during the band's most suc ...
References
{{Incubus (band)
2000 singles
Incubus (band) songs
Song recordings produced by Scott Litt
1999 songs
Epic Records singles
Songs written by Brandon Boyd
Songs written by Mike Einziger
Songs written by Alex Katunich
Songs written by Chris Kilmore
Songs written by José Pasillas
Music videos directed by Phil Harder