I Should Be So Lucky

"I Should Be So Lucky" is a pop–dance song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman for Minogue's debut album Kylie (1988). "I Should Be So Lucky" was released on December 29, 1987. It was a commercial success, reaching atop the Australian Kent Music Report chart for six consecutives weeks, and became her second number-one single after "Locomotion." The song was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and ranked at number five on the Year-end chart for 1988. In New Zealand, the song entered at number 15 on New Zealand Top 40 and peaked at number three on March 27, 1988, spending twelve weeks on the chart. In United Kingdom, "I Should Be So Lucky" was released on December 29, 1987. The song entered at number 90 on the UK Singles Chart, climbing to 54 the following week and three weeks later, it was number 1 and remained at the top position for five weeks. It spent seventeen weeks on the chart. It was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (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. Elsewhere, "I Should Be So Lucky" peaked on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Dance Club Play. The song reached #10 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart on June 4, 1988 and #28 on the Hot 100 on July 16, 1988. In Canada, the song reached at number 61 on the Canadian Singles Chart. Across Europe, "I Should Be So Lucky" also 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, Netherlands and Sweden. It peaked at number one in Finland, Israel and Hong Kong. The song was certified silver by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) and gold in Germany. The song was released as the album's second single in December 1987. It was a commercial success, reaching the top ten on the majority of the charts it entered, and number one in the United Kingdom and Australia. The song became the highest selling single in Australia in 1988 and was named "Record of the Year" by the Japanese Phonographic Record Association. After the success of her debut single Locomotion in Australia, Minogue traveled to London to work with Stock, Aitken and Waterman, 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. Mike Stock 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. After Minogue finished the recording session she returned home to Australia to continue work on the soap opera, Neighbours. "I Should Be So Lucky" is a dance-pop song with instrumentation from keyboards and guitars.[3] It is set in common time, and moves at a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute.[4] The song is written in the key of C major, an usual choice for a pop song. Minogue's vocal range spans from D4 to C5 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.