Posted January 2, 20187 yr December 29th marked 30 years since the release of Kylie's worldwide breakthrough hit 'I Should Be So Lucky'. The story of the Stock Aitken Waterman team forgetting about Kylie travelling to meet them and having to write up a song in 40 minutes is well documented, but that didn't stop them creating one of their biggest successes. 'I Should Be So Lucky' went to #1 in Australia and the UK, finishing in the Top 5 best selling singles of 1988 in both countries. The song has been subject to strong criticism, but it's hard to deny that most fans have very fond memories of its release and its video, complete with a curly-haired Kylie giggling away in a bubble bath, and the song remains a constant presence on Kylie's tour setlists. What's everyone's thoughts on the song? Any memories? Favourite performances? 3_TvpBwSZDM
January 2, 20187 yr I’m not really a fan of the song and think it is actually one of her weakest, however the video is cute and I appreciate what it did for her career. Another I’m not keen on is especially for you which is basically her two biggest hits of the eighties lol
January 3, 20187 yr I am also not keen on the single, but the Showgirl and Kiss Me Once live versions are brilliant !
January 3, 20187 yr Wow 30 years,I remember it's release, not a big fan of the studio version but love several live versions.
January 3, 20187 yr I enjoy it when I listen to it, but I never really go back to it or even think about it really. It was number one on my first birthday!
January 4, 20187 yr Not great. Stock Aitken and Waterman's production got too poppy and less dancey by that stage. Their best production imo was their first one for Dead Or Alive, You Spin Me Round (Like A Record). Kylie's vocal and the song are OK though.
January 4, 20187 yr I Should Be So Lucky, its very special, it is what gave us the musical Kylie. While the loco motion was the start of it all for Australia, it was this that launched her music career in style for the UK. I for many reasons put I Should Be So Lucky and Spinning Around in the same category in that they were hugely important releases that had they not been the hits they were Kylie's career would have been so different. I Should Be So Lucky had it flopped would most likely have ended her music career and Spinning Around had it flopped we have never had the huge era that started and followed from there.
January 4, 20187 yr Thinking about it, it's quite interesting how her huge "second wave" lasted exactly 10 years (beginning at 'Spinning Around' and ending at 'All The Lovers'). That's not a bad run!
January 5, 20187 yr Author Tour Performances Disco in Dream/The Hitman Roadshow gun-vMYEvJI Enjoy Yourself Tour 3b1LNno4szo Let's Get To It Tour Eh2VU-7lp_0 Intimate & Live Tour BP52eV2-qB8 KylieFever2002 gR-n_O_gXXU Showgirl Tour x2SWCiHSvik Showgirl Homecoming Tour J8sptok_jyo KylieX2008 (one-off encore) xKnBhNuX5rM Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour (Japan only) -vxY5Pqs-50 Kiss Me Once Tour Yfw3T2rEr60 A few performances missing but you can still clearly see this is a tour favourite. I like that you use this song to document how she's grown over the course of her career, becoming more self-assured and more at ease with the audience, knowing what they want. Intimate & Live seems to be a particular turning point.
January 5, 20187 yr Author Some more performances: Royal Variety Performance 1988 XYDLYlzRbeU Poetry Olympics 1996 -GtdBh5VV9A An Audience With Kylie 2001 Af7a2XRasic Jools Annual Hootenanny 2007 GrKdgZYx_yI The X Factor Australia 2011 yDh12hdRUGg Proms in the Park 2012 0RdZ_vFIy-0
January 13, 20187 yr I still love this song, and everything she would do with SAW. :cheer: I bought the 7'' back then, and it was the first 12'' single I ever bought (along with Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now). I waited for the 12'' single(s) to leave the chart, so I could get them cheaper from the bargain bin, as I didn't really know what a 12'' single was, or if my record player could play one ! :blush:
January 13, 20187 yr Author It's clearly very of its time and Kylie's grown as an artist and had so many more 'technically' good songs, but I do really love 'I Should Be So Lucky'. It's a great slice of 80s bubblegum pop, really feel-good and great to sing along to. I have strong memories of the video when watching the music channels as a kid in the early 00s with that bubble bath scene and the innocent giggle particularly sticking in mind.
February 15, 20187 yr Author Bump to say: https://www.facebook.com/kylieminogue/video...56291279245116/
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