Shooting Stars (song)

"Shooting Stars"
Single by Bag Raiders
from the album Bag Raiders
Released November 2009
Recorded 2007–08
Genre
Length 3:55
Label Modular Recordings
Music video
Shooting Stars on YouTube

"Shooting Stars" is a song by the Australian band Bag Raiders. The song was originally featured on the band's EP, Turbo Love, in 2008.[1] The year afterwards, the song was released as a single from their eponymous debut album Bag Raiders, and reached number 18 in the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown of 2010. Although the song was released and charted in Australia in 2009, the song did not reach its peak there until 2013. It received international attention in February 2017 when the song became a part of a popular internet meme. The song reached number 11 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart and number 9 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Chart that year.

History

In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, Jack Glass, a member of the band, said that the single inspired him to create their self-titled album, claiming that "people loved Shooting Stars so much and we liked that direction of songwriting and developing a pop sensibility ourselves, too." Glass also said that the band also played half of the song in clubs before the band realized that "people liked it and wanted to hear the whole thing."[2]

Composition

The song is composed in G♯minor. The song's chorus is only played at the end of the song.[3] The bass player is switched between the two band members in the verse and chorus.[4]

Reception

Andrew Murfett of The Sydney Morning Herald described the song as "peppy track" and compared the song to works of Daft Punk.[2]

Revival

In 2013, "Shooting Stars" was used on Australia's Got Talent by contestant Tommy Franklin, which led to the song entering the top 40 of the ARIA Singles Chart nearly four years after it was originally released due to downloads.[5]

After the death of Harambe the gorilla in May 2016, an animated tribute featuring the song, using clips from Ego's music video for "The Crazy Things We Do", spread on the internet.[6] In 2017, the song received greater international attention when the song became a part of a popular internet meme. The video that boosted the popularity of the meme was an upload on Reddit titled "Fat man does amazing dive".[7] In the meme, the song is usually accompanied with people falling with surreal, spacey backgrounds.[8] Chris Stracey, a member of the band, reacted to the meme, saying "At first we were like, ok this is funny I guess, but I didn't really get it so I thought "alright whatever". Once I started seeing a common theme though, such as the big guy jumping off the bridge into the river, that was the first one of the more recent stuff that really got me. So good! That and the Lady Gaga one is so funny."[9]

New York Magazine referred to the meme as the "first big post-Vine meme."[7] Meanwhile, Daily Dot compared the meme to Neil Cicierega's 2010 viral video, "Brodyquest".[10]

Track listings

12" maxi[11]

  1. "Shooting Stars" – 3:55
  2. "Shooting Stars" (Siriusmo Remix) – 5:30
  3. "Shooting Stars" (Kris Menace Remix) – 7:29
  4. "Shooting Stars" (In Flagranti Remix) – 6:38

Covers

The song was first covered by Hidden Cat in 2009.[12] The song was later covered by American progressive house producer Elephante in 2014.[13]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 62
Australia Dance (ARIA)[15] 12
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[16] 38
Australia Dance (ARIA)[17] 6
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[18] 56
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[19] 91
France (SNEP)[20] 93
Germany (Official German Charts)[21] 55
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[22] 9
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[23] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA)[24] 43
Hottest 100 (Triple J)[25] 18

Appearances in other media

The song was featured during the end credits of Season 1, Episode 6 of the HBO series How to Make It in America.[26] The song was also featured on the soundtrack to NBA 2K16, in the playlist "Around the World".[27]

References

  1. ↑ "Bag Raiders Turbo Love EP Release & Tour". Pedestrian.TV. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 Murfett, Andrew (11 November 2010). "Pop can be a DJ's best friend". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Shooting Stars by Bag Raiders - Theorytab". Hook Theory. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Carr, Michael (5 August 2016). "Cleopold Vs Bag Raiders: Tennis, Tambourines And Petty Theft - Music Feeds". Music Feeds. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ↑ País, Ediciones El (22 February 2017). "El meme 'Shooting Stars' da un toque musical y psicodélico a las caídas épicas en internet". Verne (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Zanda (14 February 2017). "Here's Why Bag Raiders' Song 'Shooting Stars' Is A Meme Now - Music Feeds". Music Feeds. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  7. 1 2 Feldman, Brian (21 February 2017). "Shooting Stars Is the First Big Post-Vine Video Meme". Select All. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Earp, Joseph (9 February 2017). "'Shooting Stars' meme blends epic fails with one electro track and it's taking over". Mashable. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Bag Raiders Are Chuffed 'Shooting Stars' Is A Meme, But Have No Clue Why". Pedestrian.TV. 13 February 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  10. ↑ Hathaway, Jay (22 February 2017). "From Trump to this naked old man, everyone's doin' the 'Shooting Stars' meme". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars". Discogs. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Shepherd, Julianne Escobedo (17 December 2009). "Hidden Cat, “Shooting Stars”". The FADER. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Elephante - Shooting Stars (Bag Raiders Cover)". Your EDM. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Singles" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1018): 3–4. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "ARIA Dance" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1018): 18. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  17. ↑ "ARIA Dance" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1226): 17. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Bag Riders – Shooting Stars" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  19. ↑ "Bag Raiders – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Bag Raiders. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  20. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 9, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  21. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Bag Riders – Shooting Stars". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  22. ↑ "Bag Raiders – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Bag Raiders. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  23. ↑ "Bag Raiders – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for Bag Raiders. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  24. ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Singles 2009" (PDF). www.aria.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  25. ↑ "Triple J's 2009 Hottest 100 dissected". NewsComAu. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  26. ↑ Schiewe, Jessie (30 March 2016). "Bag Raiders @ The Independent". SF Weekly. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  27. ↑ Makuch, Eddie (25 July 2015). "NBA 2K16's Biggest Soundtrack Ever Revealed". GameSpot. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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