Starry Eyed Surprise

"Starry Eyed Surprise" is a song by English record producer Oakenfold featuring vocals from Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town. The song was released on 19 August 2002 as the second single from Oakenfold's debut album, Bunkka (2002), reaching number six in the United Kingdom, number 19 in the Netherlands and New Zealand, number 21 in Ireland, and number 37 in Australia. It also reached the top 50 in Italy and the United States. It was later included on Shifty Shellshock's 2004 album Happy Love Sick and Oakenfold's 2007 album Greatest Hits & Remixes.

"Starry Eyed Surprise"
Single by Oakenfold
from the album Bunkka
B-side	"Mortal"
Released	19 August 2002 (2002-08-19)[1]
Studio	Real Noize (UK) Real World (Box, Wiltshire, England)
Length	3:09
Label	Perfecto
Songwriter(s)	Paul Oakenfold Seth Binzer Andy Gray Fred Neil
Producer(s)	Paul Oakenfold Andy Gray
Paul Oakenfold singles chronology
"Southern Sun" (2002) "Starry Eyed Surprise" (2002) "The Harder They Come" (2003)

Content

The line "Freaky deaky, star speckles and pink butterflies", sung by Shifty Shellshock, is sung in a similar manner to that of his band's previous single, "Butterfly". The song also samples "Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson, which is a cover version of the original by Fred Neil, hence why Neil received a songwriter credit for "Starry Eyed Surprise" and Got Your Money by Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis.^[2]

Track listings

UK CD single[3] "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit) – 3:09 "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation) – 8:43 "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix) – 7:52 "Starry Eyed Surprise" (video) UK 12-inch single[4] A. "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation) B. "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix) UK cassette single[5] "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit) "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation)

European CD single[6] "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit) "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix) Australian and New Zealand CD single[7] "Starry Eyed Surprise" (single edit) – 3:09 "Mortal" – 6:44 "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Josh Wink re-interpretation) – 8:43 "Starry Eyed Surprise" (Oliver Lieb remix) – 7:52 "Starry Eyed Surprise" (video)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes.^[3]

Studios

• Recorded at Real Noize (UK) and Real World (Box, Wiltshire, England)

Personnel

• Paul Oakenfold – writing, production, mixing, vocal recording
• Shifty Shellshock – writing (as Seth Binzer), vocals
• Andy Gray – writing, programming, production, mixing, engineering
• Fred Neil – writing
• Emerson Swinford – guitars
• Mark Ralph – guitars
• Jeff Turzo – additional production
• Carmen Rizzo – vocal recording
• Steve Osborne – vocal mixing
• Ed Chadwick – engineering assistant
• Michael Nash Associates – artwork design
• Matthew Donaldson – cover photography
• Anton Corbijn – Paul Oakenfold photo (back cover)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[8] 37 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[9] 3 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 31 Ireland (IRMA)[11] 21 Ireland Dance (IRMA)[12] 2 Italy (FIMI)[13] 48 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 19 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 53 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 19 Scotland (OCC)[17] 7 UK Singles (OCC)[18] 6 UK Dance (OCC)[19] 5 UK Indie (OCC)[20] 1 US Billboard Hot 100[21] 41 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[22] 10 US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[23] 13

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position UK Singles (OCC)[24] 125 UK Airplay (Music Week)[25] 41 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[26] 70

In popular culture

The song was featured in Nickelodeon promos for 2002 - 2003, including Summer Beach House.