We Are All Made of Stars

"We Are All Made of Stars" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the first single from his sixth studio album, '' 18'' (2002), on April 1, 2002. It reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and became a top-10 hit in several other European countries.

The song was featured on the 2008 album ''Songs for Tibet'' an initiative to support Tibet, Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, and to underline the human rights situation in Tibet. The album was issued on August 5 via iTunes and on August 19 in music stores around the world. Intel used the song to promote its Pentium 4 CPU.

Background

"We Are All Made of Stars" was written by Moby in New York after the September 11 attacks to express a sense of hopefulness. Moby has stated that the song was inspired by the song "Flowers" from the album ''Today'' by American alternative rock band Galaxie 500, as well as quantum physics in that "On a basic quantum level, all the matter in the universe is essentially made up of stardust." He disclosed the reason behind choosing the song as the lead single from the album:

Music video

The song's music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, edited by David Blackburn and photographed by Brad Rushing, points out the excesses of the typical "Hollywood" lifestyle, showing celebrities in seedy environments, while Moby, an outsider to that world, portrays a spaceman. Celebrities who make appearances in the video include Kato Kaelin, Verne Troyer, Corey Feldman, Todd Bridges, Gary Coleman, JC Chasez, Dave Navarro, Sean Bean, Dominique Swain, Ron Jeremy, Thora Birch, Tommy Lee, Molly Sims, Ritchie Blackmore, Angelyne, The Toxic Avenger, Leelee Sobieski, Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., and Robert Evans. The atmosphere of the video was inspired by photographs by Philip-Lorca diCorcia. The theme and some of the imagery also derives from the 1968 film and novel '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', particularly the Star Child motif ("We are all stars") and Moby's appearance throughout much of the video wearing a space suit.

The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.

Track listings

* CD single
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 3:38
# "Landing" – 3:35
# "Soul to Love" - 4:28
* CD single – remixes
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 3:32
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 8:00
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 8:06
* 12-inch single – remixes
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 8:06
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 5:28
# "We Are All Made of Stars"
*Cassette single
# "We Are All Made of Stars"
# "Landing"
# "We Are All Made of Stars" - this track is exclusive to cassette not available on CD and Vinyl versions of this single.

* 12-inch single
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 7:03
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 5:28
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 8:06
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 3:31
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 7:56
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 6:30
# "We Are All Made of Stars" – 6:25

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2002 singles
2002 songs
Moby songs
Music videos directed by Joseph Kahn
Mute Records singles
Songs written by Moby
V2 Records singles