| "Get Lucky" | ||||
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| Single by Jermaine Stewart | ||||
| from the album Say It Again | ||||
| B-side | Imagine | |||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single, CD single | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | 10 Records, Siren Records, Virgin Records, Arista Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Errol Brown, Simon Climie | |||
| Producer | Aaron Zigman, Jerry Knight | |||
| Jermaine Stewart singles chronology | ||||
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"Get Lucky" is pop vocalist Jermaine Stewart's first of two singles from 1988. The song was included on Stewart's third album Say It Again. This single was the second of four singles released from the album.
"Get Lucky" continued Stewart's commercial success, particularly in Europe. In the UK, the previous single "Say It Again" peaked at #7.[1] "Get Lucky" peaked at #13 for a total of nine weeks.[2]
The single's success in Europe continued Stewart's commercial success, with the single peaking at both #6 in Germany[3] and Switzerland[4] as well as #14 in the Netherlands.[5] This would be Stewart's last to 40 hit in Germany although the 1989 single "Is It Really Love?" peaked at #41.
In America, the single failed to be a successful follow-up to "Say It Again", failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. Despite this, the single was successful on the American Dance Charts, peaking at #12.
A promotional video was created for the single whilst Stewart performed the song on popular UK music show Top of the Pops.[6]
On March 13, 1988, A UK film crew visited Stewart at his home in Hollywood. The crew were shown around Stewart's house and later able to film behind the scenes of the "Get Lucky" video.[7] The music video was directed by Dieter 'Dee' Trattmann.
"Get Lucky" was written by Errol Brown and Simon Climie. Brown is a Jamaican-born singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of Hot Chocolate. Climie is a songwriter and the former lead singer of the 1980s, UK pop duo, Climie Fisher, but is now more well known for his work as a collaborator with Eric Clapton.
The b-side for the single "Imagine" was exclusive to the single, written by Stewart and Roy Carter.[8] The b-side later appeared on the 1999 compilation "A Tribute to Jermaine Stewart, Attention".[9] Carter was rhythm guitarist for the disco band Heatwave before leaving to pursue a career in record production.
For the single, various remixes of "Get Lucky" were released along with the CD single track "Say It Again (The Jingle Mix)" which is a remix of Stewart's previous hit single, also from Stewart's album "Say It Again". The remix was created by Phil Harding for Pete Waterman Entertainment. "Say It Again" was written by Bunny Sigler and Carol Davis.
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| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Singles Chart[10] | 14 |
| German Singles Chart[11] | 6 |
| Irish Singles Chart[12] | 14 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[13] | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart[14] | 13 |
| U.S. Billboad Dance/Club Play Songs Chart[15] | 12 |
| U.S. Billboad R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart[16] | 69 |
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