We Are All Made of Stars

"We Are All Made of Stars" is a song by American electronic musician Moby, released as the first single from his 2002 studio album 18. It was the most popular song on the album, reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was also featured on the 2008 album Songs for Tibet an initiative to support Tibet, Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, and to underline the human rights situation in Tibet. The song was written in New York after the September 11 attacks to express a sense of hopefulness. Moby has stated that the song was inspired by the song Flowers from the album Today by the American alternative rock Galaxie 500, as well as quantum physics in that "On a basic quantum level, all the matter in the universe is essentially made up of stardust." Some lyrics were taken from the trailer for The Royal Tenenbaums. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.