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"I Should Be So Lucky" is a 1987 song performed by
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n singer and songwriter
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from her debut studio album, '' Kylie'' (1988). Released on 29 December 1987 by
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and
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, the song became a worldwide breakthrough hit. The image of Minogue on the front cover of the single was shot by
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. The song was written and produced by
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for Minogue, who went on to produce Minogue's initial four studio albums. The song received positive reviews from contemporary music critics, although some dismissed the "simplistic" lyrical content. Despite this, it received commercial attention around the world, topping the charts in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and South Africa, and peaking within the top-ten in countries like New Zealand and Japan, as well as the ''
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chart in the United States. In 2023, Minogue voiced a special rendition of "I Should Be So Lucky" for
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's opening film, to front England's semi-final match against Australia at the
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.


Recording and development

After the success of her debut single " Locomotion" in Australia, Minogue traveled to
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to work with
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, a successful British writing and production team. They knew little of Minogue and had forgotten that she was arriving; as a result, they wrote "I Should Be So Lucky" in forty minutes while she waited outside the recording studio.
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wrote the lyrics for the song in response to what he had learned about Minogue prior to her arrival. He believed that although she was a successful soap star in Australia and very talented, there must be something wrong with her and figured that she must be unlucky in love. Minogue recorded the song in less than an hour, which Stock attributes to her good ear for music and her quick memorization skills. However, she left the studio angry, not knowing what the song sounded like after she was fed it to sing line by line. After Minogue finished the recording session, she returned home to Australia to continue work on the
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''. The track was then shelved and forgotten about by the producers, and was only mixed and completed after threats by Mushroom Records general manager Gary Ashley to fly to the UK. Stock later told ''The Guardian'': "We had to get the song together in about 40 minutes and she left not having had a happy experience. We didn’t know we had a hit on our hands and so when it went to No 1 for five weeks, someone said: 'What’s the follow-up?' We didn't have one. So I went out to Australia at the start of 1988 and met her in a bar with Jason and her manager. I basically crawled 100 yards on my knees and apologised profusely."


Composition

"I Should Be So Lucky" is a
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song which features elements of
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. According to the music sheet on MusicNotes.com, which was published by
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, the song is set in the key of
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. Minogue's vocals span from D4 to C5. The song is set in
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and moves at a moderate
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of 116
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. Instrumentation of the song features
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s,
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s and
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s. According to PopMatters, the song features "numerous orchestra hits to the uncomfortably thin sounding drum machine." Waterman has said the tune was inspired by
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, but Stock and Aitken said this was not the case. Stock told ''
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'': "Anyone who thinks 'I Should Be So Lucky' is easy should try to play it. It's in four keys, all of them really awkward, and you can't even strum it unless you're a really good musician."


Critical reception

"I Should Be So Lucky" garnered positive reviews from some music critics. Nick Levine from ''
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'' called it a "standout track". Chris True from
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had reviewed the album, and highlighted the song as an album standout. But as a separate rating, they gave the single three stars out of five. In the review of '' The Best of Kylie Minogue'' (2012), Tim Sendra highlighted it as an album standout. Hunter Felt from ''
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'' gave it a positive review, stating "something about Kylie’s innocent yet forceful vocals and the sheer catchiness of the song itself ..So the song became a beloved secret, and I never bothered to try to tune my friends in on "I Could Be So Lucky", or, crazier yet, proclaim that this "has-been" would be a critical and commercial darling in a few years time." However, he did say the song was clichéd. However, Mark Edwards from ''
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'' gave it a scathing remark by saying "Listening to the first tracks on Ultimate Kylie, you want to skip straight through, because early songs like "I Should Be So Lucky" and "Locomotion" are unlistenable—horribly naff, squeaky songs" and criticised
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songs they produced in the 80s by stating "
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transport the listener back to a time when every single in the UK charts was either written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman or sung by an Aussie soap star, or both."
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'' called the song a "typically catchy shrill bpm rinky tinky canterer from Stock Aitken Waterman's
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reject pile", adding that "as by now everyone must be sick of hearing" Minogue. ''
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'' called the song a "classic". Retrospectively, in 2021, British magazine ''
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'' ranked it number 11 in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs". In 2024, the same magazine ranked the song at number 17 in its list of "Top 40 Kylie Minogue songs", describing it as a SAW "squeaky clean confection". In 2023, Robert Moran of Australian daily tabloid newspaper ''
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'' ranked the song as Minogue's 56th best song (out of 183), adding that "the peppy overproduction masks a melancholy yearning... Those diva-ish adlibs at the end are hilariously thin, but that's just part of the charm". The song was also known to many in the late 1980s and early 1990s as one of Minogue's
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s, which many critics entering the song on their best track or worst track list. And additionally, in 2011, "I Should Be So Lucky" was added to the
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of Australia's
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registry for songs of "cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance". "I Should Be So Lucky" later appeared on seven of Kylie's hit compilations including ''
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'' (1992), ''
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'' (2004), and '' Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection'' (2019). The song won the Highest-Selling Single award at the 3rd annual ARIA Awards.


Commercial performance

"I Should Be So Lucky" was released in the UK on 29 December 1987, and in Australia on 1 February 1988. It was a commercial success, staying atop the Australian
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chart for six consecutive weeks, and became her second number-one single in her home country, following " Locomotion". The single was certified platinum by the
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(ARIA) and ranked at number five on the year-end chart for 1988. In New Zealand, the song entered at number 15 on
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and peaked at number three on 27 March 1988, spending twelve weeks on the chart. "I Should Be So Lucky" entered at number 90 on the UK Singles Chart, climbing to number 54 the following week. Three weeks later it rose to number one, and remained at the top for five weeks. It spent seventeen weeks on the chart. It was certified gold by the
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(BPI) for the shipment of 600,000 copies. The song was one of the best-selling singles of 1988, with estimated sales of over 675,000. In the United States, "I Should Be So Lucky" peaked at No. 28 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (dated July 16, 1988) and No. 10 on the US
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chart (dated June 4, 1988). Across Europe, "I Should Be So Lucky" topped the singles charts in Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland. It became a top-five hit in Austria, France, and Norway, as well as a top-thirty hit in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Elsewhere, the song was a No. 1 hit in Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, and Switzerland, and spent seven weeks atop the South African pop chart. The song was certified silver by the
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(SNEP) and gold in Germany.


Music video

The
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for "I Should Be So Lucky" was directed by Chris Langman and filmed during November 1987 at Channel 7 Studios in
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, Australia. The video features Minogue walking through her home, with scenes of her dancing in front of a colourful chalkboard background intercut throughout. It presented a cute, wholesome, young "
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" image of Minogue to the public, with scenes of her giggling and making funny faces to the camera. Another version of the video was made for television promotion. This version of the video shows Kylie riding in a car through
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. In other parts of the video, she is in the park and passersby are waving to her as she walks by them. This video premiered in the UK on Christmas Day 1987 in a live broadcast from the British Telecom Tower (Christmas Morning With
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,
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). The official version of "I Should Be So Lucky" featured in the music video has been released commercially through multiple
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and DVD collections. Its most recent inclusion is on the companion DVD to her 2012 greatest hits album, '' The Best of Kylie Minogue''. Outtakes from the music video were used in ''Kylie: The Videos''.


Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Should Be So Lucky". * 7" single # "I Should Be So Lucky" – 3:24 # "I Should Be So Lucky" – 3:24 * 12" single # "I Should Be So Lucky" – 6:08 # "I Should Be So Lucky" – 3:24 * 12" (The Bicentennial Mix) single # "I Should Be So Lucky" – 6:12 # "I Should Be So Lucky" – 3:24 * North American 12" single # "I Should Be So Lucky" – 6:00 # "I Should Be So Lucky" – 6:10 # "I Should Be So Lucky" – 3:24 *
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digital EP – Remixes (Not available at time of original release. Released for the first time as part of
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PWL archive release in 2009.)
# "I Should Be So Lucky" - 6:08 # "I Should Be So Lucky" - 6:12 # "I Should Be So Lucky" - 3:24 # "I Should Be So Lucky" - 3:24 # "I Should Be So Lucky" - 5:31 # "I Should Be So Lucky" - 5:01 # "I Should Be So Lucky" - 5:01 * Other official versions # "I Should Be So Lucky/Dreams"


Live performances

Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours: * Disco in Dream/The Hitman Roadshow * ''Enjoy Yourself'' Tour (Extended Mix performed) * ''Rhythm of Love'' Tour (Extended Mix performed) * ''Let's Get to It'' Tour (Extended Mix performed) * ''Intimate and Live'' Tour (Torch Version) * ''On A Night Like This'' Tour * ''
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'' (2002) (as a medley with "Dreams") * ''Showgirl'': The Greatest Hits Tour * ''Showgirl'': The Homecoming Tour * ''
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'' (added as an encore on 17 May 2008 show in
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* ''Aphrodite: Les Folies'' Tour (only during the Japanese leg) * ''
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'' (Torch version) * ''Kiss Me Once'' Tour (part of a medley) * ''Kylie Summer 2015'' Tour (shortened a cappella version) *
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The song was also performed on: * '' An Audience with Kylie Minogue'' a 2001 TV special * BBC Proms in the Park 2012 ('' The Abbey Road Sessions'' version) * BBC Radio 2 Live 2018 (as a medley with "
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" joined by
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)


Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from ''Kylie'' album liner notes. *
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* Dee Lewis – backing vocals * Mae McKenna – backing vocals *
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– backing vocals, keyboards *
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s, keyboards * A. Linn – drums * Mark McGuire –
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* Pete Hammond – mixing * Burni Adams –
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* Rick O’Neil –
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Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications and sales


See also

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* List of Melody Maker number-one singles of the 1980s * List of UK charts and number-one singles (1969–1988) * List of UK top-ten singles in 1988 * List of top 25 singles for 1988 in Australia *
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* List of number-one singles of 1988 (Finland) * List of number-one hits of 1988 (Germany) * List of number-one singles of 1988 (Ireland) *
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*
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* List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s * List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s *
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