Starchild (song)

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“Starchild”

Single by Level 42
from the album Level 42

Released

1981

Format

12", 7"

Genre

Jazz-funk

Length

4:04

Label

Polydor

Writer(s)

Wally Badarou / Mark King / Plil Gould

Producer

Mike Vernon

Level 42 singles chronology

"Turn It On"
(1980)

"Starchild"
(1981)

"Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?"
(1982)

"Starchild" is a song written by Wally Badarou, Mark King and Phil Gould. Was released in 1981, from the debut studio album of the British pop band Level 42. This song is released as single in the some year of 1981, is the fifth single of the group. Had peaked in #57 on the UK single charts, and is the first Level 42 song that enter in an American chart, the Club Play Singles in #60.

The single had release in six countries beyond the United Kingdom, including Ireland, United States of America and Germany.

v • d • e Level 42

Mark King • Mike Lindup • Gary Husband • Nathan King • Sean Freeman Rowland 'Boon' Gould • Phil Gould • Alan Murphy • Allan Holdsworth • Jakko Jakszyk • Lyndon Connah

Studio albums	Level 42 • The Early Tapes • The Pursuit of Accidents • Standing in the Light • True Colours • World Machine • Running in the Family • Staring at the Sun • Guaranteed • Forever Now • Retroglide

Live albums	A Physical Presence • The River Sessions • Live At Wembley • Retroglide Tour

Compilations	Level Best • The Very Best Of Level 42 • The Definitive Collection • Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years

Videos	Family Of Five (Video Singles 1980-1987) • The Ultimate Collection (Video Singles & Making Of, 1980 - 1989) • Live At The Appollo • Retroglide Tour (Live at the New Oxford Theatre, 2006)

Singles	"Sandstorm" • "Love Meeting Love" • "Love Games" • "Turn It On" • "Starchild" • "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" • "The Chinese Way" • "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" • "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" • "Micro-Kid" • "Hot Water" • "The Chant Has Begun" • "A Physical Presence" • "Something About You" • "Leaving Me Now" • "Lessons in Love" • "Running in the Family" • "To Be With You Again" • "It's Over" • "Children Say" • "Heaven in My Hands" • "Take a Look" • "Tracie" • "Take Care of Yourself" • "Guaranteed" • "Overtime" • "My Father's Shoes" • "Forever Now" • "All Over You" • "Love In A Peaceful World" • "The Way Back Home"

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