Which one is your favorite? - LXXI -

There was breaking news in the music world during the week. The enigmatic and highly influential French electronic music duo Daft Punk was splitting. Founded by the former indie-rock bandmates Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter in Paris in 1993, Daft Punk won six Grammy Awards; collaborated widely, with artists from Giorgio Moroder to the Weeknd; and influenced many producers, D.J.s, rappers and pop stars. That's why I chose a popular song from Daft Punk for this week's post.

Here is the song for this week;

"Get Lucky"

The first single from Daft Punk's fourth studio album Random Access Memories features American rapper and record producer Pharrell Williams on vocals and studio legend Nile Rodgers of disco pioneers Chic on guitar. Speaking to Rolling Stone about his work on the French duo's record, Nile Rodgers said: "About a year ago, I get a knock on the door - first a virtual one and then a real knock - from Guy-Manuel and Thomas. The collaboration felt so unbelievably natural that it made me realise that I need to be in the studio with people. I love partnering with people. And then from that moment, a windfall of recording started happening. I just started going in with whomever I could."

Before its release as a single, "Get Lucky" was featured in television advertisements broadcast during Saturday Night Live, after which Rodgers and Williams announced their involvement in the track. Small excerpts also appear throughout the promotional video series The Collaborators.

"Get Lucky" is a disco song with lyrics that, according to Williams, are about the good fortune of connecting with someone, as well as sexual chemistry. After it leaked in mid-April, the single was released as a digital download on 19 April 2013. "Get Lucky" has since received acclaim from critics, and has spawned num erous cover versions and parodies. The single reached the top ten in the music charts of over 32 countries, and has sold more than 9.3 million copies.

The song won awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, during which Stevie Wonder joined Rodgers, Williams and Daft Punk onstage to perform the song.

The song broke Spotify streaming records on the day of its release. It achieved the highest number of streams on the Swedish online music site in 24 hours in both the UK and US. It became Daft Punk's first UK #1 single.

This song is a prime example of Daft Punk's move away from pure House to more of a funk-style in the album Random Access Memories, following a popular song structure (verse, chorus, middle 8, etc.) rather than the typical EDM structure (intro, build-up, drop, breakdown, drop).

For 2017 Bastille Day, a French military band performed a medley of the song along for French president Emmanuel Macron and his guest, the American president Donald Trump, at place de la Concorde in Paris.

Here are the 7 versions I picked for you;

• Thomas Dutronc - "Get Lucky"

• Biffy Clyro - "Get Lucky"

• Daughter - "Get Lucky"

• The Struts - "Get Lucky"

• Halestorm - "Get Lucky"

• Wilco - "Get Lucky" 

• Scary Pockets - "Get Lucky"

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).

nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers.