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Stardust (Mika song)

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Released
  
2012

Length
  
3:18

Recorded
  
2012

Writer(s)
  
Wayne Hector Alessandro Benassi Mika Marco "Benny" Benassi

Producer(s)
  
Benny Benassi, Greg Wells

"Stardust" is a solo song by Mika in English that first appeared in his 2012 album The Origin of Love. It was produced by Benny Benassi and Greg Wells.

The Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc of the album contained a bonus mix version titled "Stardust Benny Benassi Mix)". It was produced by Benny Benassi, Alessandro "Alle" Benassi and Nick Littlemore. The Italian Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc for the album included yet a third track "Stardust (Italian version)".

Italian version featuring Chiara

A second bilingual version of the song in English and Italian featuring Italian singer Chiara (full name Chiara Galiazzo) was a huge success in Italy. Chiara was the eventual winner in the sixth season of the Italian talent show X Factor. Mika and Chiara performed it live during the Final 4 stage emission of the Italian The X Factor on 7 December 2012.

The song became a number one single in the country for him for five non-consecutive weeks in November and December 2013. The song was certified 4 times platinum in Italy.

The song credited to Mika e Chiara was included in Songbook Vol. 1 (full title Songbook Vol. 1 - I piĆ¹ grandi successi) Mika's first greatest hits compilation released in Italy. The version of "Stardust" and "Live Your Life" are exclusive to this release. The album was released on 18 November 2013 in Italy, following Mika's appointment as a judge for season 7 of the Italian version of The X Factor.

References

Stardust (Mika song) Wikipedia