"Lucky in Love" is a song written and performed by English singer-songwriter

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released as the second single from his debut album, ''

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'', in 1985. "Lucky in Love" was the seventh track on ''

'' and was one of two tracks from ''She's the Boss'' included on Jagger's greatest hits album, ''

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''. The single version of the song that was also released on video has been remixed considerably from the album version. The single version of the song is 4:51 long. It was a #38 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts that year.

Personnel

– lead vocals and backing vocals *

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– electric guitar *

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– bass * Wally Badarou – synthesizers *

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– synthesizer and sampler * Guy Fletcher – synthesizer *

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– organ *

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– percussion *

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– water drums *

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– drums * Bernard Fowler – backing vocals

Production

*Mick Jagger - producer *Bill Laswell/Material - producer *James Farber - engineer *

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- engineer *Bill Scheniman - engineer * Peter Corriston - art direction, design *Erica Lennard - photography

Chart performance

References

External links

Single credits
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