“Lucky Star” by Madonna

"Lucky Star" is Madonna's own song from her self-titled 1983 debut, and the sessions were bumpy: she and producer Reggie Lucas clashed, and John "Jellybean" Benitez later remixed it. The finished record is mid-tempo dance-pop that casts a lover as a guiding star, all celestial imagery, with a refrain borrowed from the nursery rhyme "Star Light, Star Bright" and Paul Pesco on guitar.

It went out in Europe in September 1983 but didn't reach American stores until August 1984, when it climbed into the top five of the Billboard Hot 100, a first for her. Early critics liked its bounce, though some found the words slight; time has made it one of the songs that define her early years. Arthur Pierson's video, with Madonna dancing against a white backdrop beside her brother Christopher Ciccone and dancer Erika Belle, helped set her early image and style.

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