“Starry Eyed Surprise” by Paul Oakenfold featuring Shifty Shellshock

English producer Paul Oakenfold enlisted Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town to front "Starry Eyed Surprise", and in 2002 it became the second single from Bunkka, Oakenfold's debut album on Maverick. It's a sunny, head-nodding collision of club polish and slacker pop, and its secret weapon is borrowed: it samples Harry Nilsson's take on "Everybody's Talkin'", which is why that song's original writer, Fred Neil, shares the credit.

Shellshock sings his lines in much the same manner as his band's earlier single "Butterfly", while Emerson Swinford adds guitar. Oakenfold produced it with Andy Gray and Jeff Turzo, and the track climbed to number six in the UK. Shellshock later folded it onto his own 2004 album Happy Love Sick.

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