"Starry Eyed Surprise" is a song by English record producer Oakenfold featuring vocals from Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town. 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.
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| Single by Oakenfold | ||||
| from the album Bunkka | ||||
| B-side | "Mortal" | |||
| Released | 19 August 2002[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Perfecto | |||
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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, "Butterfly". The song also samples "Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson, which is a cover version of the original by Fred Neil, hence why Neil received a songwriter credit for "Starry Eyed Surprise".
Track listings
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes.[2]
Studios
- Recorded at Real Noize (UK) and Real World (Box, Wiltshire, England)
Personnel
- Paul Oakenfold – writing, production, mixing, vocal recording
- Shifty Shellshock – writing (as Seth Binzer), vocals
- Andy Gray – writing, programming, production, mixing, engineering
- Fred Neil – writing
- Emerson Swinford – guitars
- Mark Ralph – guitars
- Jeff Turzo – additional production
- Carmen Rizzo – vocal recording
- Steve Osborne – vocal mixing
- Ed Chadwick – engineering assistant
- Michael Nash Associates – artwork design
- Matthew Donaldson – cover photography
- Anton Corbijn – Paul Oakenfold photo (back cover)
Charts
Year-end charts
| Chart (2002) | Position |
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| UK Singles (OCC)[23] | 125 |
| UK Airplay (Music Week)[24] | 41 |
| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[25] | 70 |