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Moon Safari by Air
Moon Safari is an album by Air, released in 1998. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 19 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sexy Boy”, on 10 lists with a best position of #88.
Moon Safari, the debut from the Versailles duo Air, came out on Source and Virgin on 16 January 1998, and it sounds like a lazy afternoon in a space-age lounge. Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel produced it themselves, and every track glides: soft-focus electronica, French pop charm and grooves so relaxed they barely touch the floor.
"Sexy Boy" is the breathy calling card, and the drifting "La Femme d'Argent" and the gentle "All I Need" have kept turning up on countdowns long after. Critics fell for it, and the record is credited with laying the groundwork for the downtempo sound. It had sold 386,000 copies in the US by February 2012, got a deluxe tenth-anniversary reissue in 2008 and another for its 25th in 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Moon Safari on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sexy Boy | 10 | #88 | – | 1998–2023 | |
| 2 | La Femme D'Argent | 6 | #149 | – | 2016–2026 | |
| 3 | All I Need | 3 | #33 | – | 1999–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.