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"'''I Should Be So Lucky'''" is a 1987 song performed by [[Australia]]n recording artist and songwriter [[Kylie Minogue]] from her debut studio album ''[[Kylie (album)|Kylie]]'' (1988). Released on 29 December 1987 by [[Mushroom Records]] and [[Pete Waterman Entertainment|PWL Records]], the song became a worldwide breakthrough hit; its image of Minogue on the front cover was shot by [[David Levine (photographer)|David Levine]]. The song was written and produced by [[Stock Aitken Waterman]] for Minogue, and they went on to produce Minogue's first four studio albums.


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"'''I Should Be So Lucky'''" is a 1987 song performed by [[Australia]]n singer and songwriter [[Kylie Minogue]] from her debut studio album, ''[[Kylie (album)|Kylie]]'' (1988). Released on 29 December 1987 by [[Mushroom Records]] and [[Pete Waterman Entertainment|PWL Records]], the song became a worldwide breakthrough hit. The image of Minogue on the front cover of the single was shot by [[David Levine (photographer)|David Levine]]. The song was written and produced by [[Stock Aitken Waterman]] for Minogue, whom went on to produce Minogue's initial four studio albums.
The song received positive reviews from contemporary music critics, although some dismissed the lyrical content. Despite this, it received commercial attention around the world, topping charts in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany, and peaked in the top ten in countries including New Zealand and Japan, and on the Dance charts in the U.S.


The song received positive reviews from contemporary music critics, although some dismissed the "simplistic" lyrical content. Despite this, it received commercial attention around the world, topping the charts in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and South Africa, and peaking within the top-ten in countries like New Zealand and Japan, as well as the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Dance Club Songs]] chart in the United States. In 2023, Minogue voiced a special rendition of "I Should Be So Lucky" for [[BBC Sport]]'s opening film, to front England's semi-final match against Australia at the [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK: England are so lucky as Kylie powers BBC trailer |url=https://www.bmg.com/uk/news/England-are-so-lucky-as-Kylie-powers-BBC-trailer.html |date=16 August 2023 |access-date=9 October 2023 |website=BMG}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's World Cup: Kylie Minogue voices BBC's opening film ahead of England v Australia semi-final |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/66516698 |date=15 August 2023 |access-date=9 October 2023 |website=BBC Sport}}</ref>
British magazine ''[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]'' ranked it number 11 in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs" in 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/stock-aitken-waterman-songs/|first=|last=|title=Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs|magazine=[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]|accessdate=6 September 2021}}</ref>


==Recording and development==
==Recording and development==
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==Composition==
==Composition==
"I Should Be So Lucky" is a [[Pop music|pop]] and [[hi-NRG]] song which features elements of [[bubblegum pop]] and [[new wave music]]. According to the music sheet on MusicNotes.com, which was published by [[Universal Music Publishing Group]], the song is set in the key of [[C major]].<ref name="musicsheet">{{cite web|title=Digital Sheet Music: I Should Be So Lucky|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0055222|publisher=[[Universal Music Publishing Group]]|access-date=12 July 2009}}</ref> Minogue's vocals span from D<sub>4</sub> to C<sub>5</sub>. The song is set in [[common time]] and moves at a moderate [[tempo]] of 116 [[Tempo|beats per minute]]. Instrumentation of the song features [[synthesizer]]s, [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s and [[guitar]]s. According to PopMatters, the song features "numerous orchestra hits to the uncomfortably thin sounding drum machine."<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|last=Felt |first=Hunter |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/minoguekylie-ultimate |title=Kylie Minogue: The Ultimate Kylie |publisher=PopMatters |date=22 March 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023153105/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/minoguekylie-ultimate/ |archivedate=23 October 2012}}</ref> Waterman has said the tune was inspired by [[Pachelbel's Canon]],<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2306337.stm | title= Pop mogul 'inspired by classics' | work=BBC News | date=7 October 2002 | access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> a claim that has been refuted by Stock and Aitken.<ref name=":0" /> Stock told ''[[The Guardian]]'': "Anyone who thinks 'I Should Be So Lucky' is easy should try to play it. It's in four keys, all of them really awkward, and you can't even strum it unless you're a really good musician."<ref name="When pop goes bad: novelty records">{{cite web|last1=Simpson|first1=Dave|title=When pop goes bad: novelty records|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/22/novelty-records-jason-derulo-rotem|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=22 September 2010 |access-date=7 October 2016}}</ref>
"I Should Be So Lucky" is a [[Pop music|pop]] and [[hi-NRG]] song which features elements of [[bubblegum pop]] and [[new wave music]]. According to the music sheet on MusicNotes.com, which was published by [[Universal Music Publishing Group]], the song is set in the key of [[C major]].<ref name="musicsheet">{{cite web|title=Digital Sheet Music: I Should Be So Lucky| date=14 November 2006 |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0055222|publisher=[[Universal Music Publishing Group]]|access-date=12 July 2009}}</ref> Minogue's vocals span from D<sub>4</sub> to C<sub>5</sub>. The song is set in [[common time]] and moves at a moderate [[tempo]] of 116 [[Tempo|beats per minute]]. Instrumentation of the song features [[synthesizer]]s, [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s and [[guitar]]s. According to PopMatters, the song features "numerous orchestra hits to the uncomfortably thin sounding drum machine."<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|last=Felt |first=Hunter |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/minoguekylie-ultimate |title=Kylie Minogue: The Ultimate Kylie |publisher=PopMatters |date=22 March 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023153105/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/minoguekylie-ultimate/ |archivedate=23 October 2012}}</ref> Waterman has said the tune was inspired by [[Pachelbel's Canon]],<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2306337.stm | title= Pop mogul 'inspired by classics' | work=BBC News | date=7 October 2002 | access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> but Stock and Aitken said this was not the case.<ref name=":0" /> Stock told ''[[The Guardian]]'': "Anyone who thinks 'I Should Be So Lucky' is easy should try to play it. It's in four keys, all of them really awkward, and you can't even strum it unless you're a really good musician."<ref name="When pop goes bad: novelty records">{{cite web|last1=Simpson|first1=Dave|title=When pop goes bad: novelty records|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/22/novelty-records-jason-derulo-rotem|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=22 September 2010 |access-date=7 October 2016}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
[[File:Kylie Minogue - Motorpoint Arena - Sheffield - 13.11.14. - (024) (16809956621).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Minogue singing "I Should Be So Lucky" as part of the "Dollhouse Medley" of 2014's [[Kiss Me Once Tour]]]]
[[File:Kylie Minogue - Motorpoint Arena - Sheffield - 13.11.14. - (024) (16809956621).jpg|thumb|right|Kylie singing "I Should Be So Lucky" as part of the "Dollhouse Medley", on 2014's [[Kiss Me Once Tour|''Kiss Me Once'' Tour]].]]
"I Should Be So Lucky" garnered positive reviews from some music critics. Nick Levine, from ''[[Digital Spy]]'', called it "standout track".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a217514/kylie-revisited-1-kylie.html|title=Music - The Sound - Kylie: Revisited #1: 'Kylie'|last=Levine|first=Nick|date=1 May 2010|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=29 March 2011}}</ref> Chris True from [[AllMusic]] had reviewed the album, and highlighted the song as an album standout.<ref>{{cite web|author=Chris True |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13135 |title=Kylie - Kylie Minogue &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> But as a separate rating, they gave the single three stars out of five.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-should-be-so-lucky-r13137 |title=I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue &#124; Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> In the review of ''[[The Best of Kylie Minogue]]'' (2012), Tim Sendra highlighted it as an album standout.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tim Sendra |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-kylie-minogue-mw0002375633 |title=The Best of Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2012-06-19 |access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> Hunter Felt from ''[[PopMatters]]'' gave it a positive review, stating "something about Kylie’s innocent yet forceful vocals and the sheer catchiness of the song itself [...] So the song became a beloved secret, and I never bothered to try to tune my friends in on "I Could Be So Lucky", or, crazier yet, proclaim that this "has-been" would be a critical and commercial darling in a few years time." However, he did say the song was [[cliché]].<ref name="popmatters"/> However, Mark Edwards from ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' gave it a scathing remark by saying "Listening to the first tracks on Ultimate Kylie, you want to skip straight through, because early songs like "I Should Be So Lucky" and "Locomotion" are unlistenable—horribly naff, squeaky songs" and criticized [[Stock Aitken Waterman|Stock, Aitken and Waterman]] songs they produced in the 80s by stating "[the songs] transport the listener back to a time when every single in the UK charts was either written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman or sung by an Aussie soap star, or both."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2567 |title=Kylie Minogue - Ultimate Kylie - Review |publisher=Stylus Magazine |access-date=2014-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050906213430/http://stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2567 |archive-date=6 September 2005 }}</ref> ''[[OK!]]'' called the song a "classic".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ok.co.uk/music/view/50274/Kylie-The-Best-Of-Kylie-Minogue/ |title=Kylie: The Best of Kylie Minogue &#124; OK! Magazine |publisher=Ok.co.uk |date=2012-06-12 |access-date=2014-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619210346/http://www.ok.co.uk/music/view/50274/Kylie-The-Best-Of-Kylie-Minogue |archive-date=19 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
"I Should Be So Lucky" garnered positive reviews from some music critics. Nick Levine from ''[[Digital Spy]]'' called it a "standout track".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a217514/kylie-revisited-1-kylie.html|title=Music - The Sound - Kylie: Revisited #1: 'Kylie'|last=Levine|first=Nick|date=1 May 2010|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=29 March 2011}}</ref> Chris True from [[AllMusic]] had reviewed the album, and highlighted the song as an album standout.<ref>{{cite web|author=Chris True |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13135 |title=Kylie - Kylie Minogue &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> But as a separate rating, they gave the single three stars out of five.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-should-be-so-lucky-r13137 |title=I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue &#124; Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> In the review of ''[[The Best of Kylie Minogue]]'' (2012), Tim Sendra highlighted it as an album standout.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tim Sendra |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-kylie-minogue-mw0002375633 |title=The Best of Kylie Minogue - Kylie Minogue &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2012-06-19 |access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref> Hunter Felt from ''[[PopMatters]]'' gave it a positive review, stating "something about Kylie’s innocent yet forceful vocals and the sheer catchiness of the song itself [...] So the song became a beloved secret, and I never bothered to try to tune my friends in on "I Could Be So Lucky", or, crazier yet, proclaim that this "has-been" would be a critical and commercial darling in a few years time." However, he did say the song was [[cliché]].<ref name="popmatters"/> However, Mark Edwards from ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' gave it a scathing remark by saying "Listening to the first tracks on Ultimate Kylie, you want to skip straight through, because early songs like "I Should Be So Lucky" and "Locomotion" are unlistenable—horribly naff, squeaky songs" and criticised [[Stock Aitken Waterman|Stock, Aitken and Waterman]] songs they produced in the 80s by stating "[the songs] transport the listener back to a time when every single in the UK charts was either written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman or sung by an Aussie soap star, or both."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2567 |title=Kylie Minogue - Ultimate Kylie - Review |publisher=Stylus Magazine |access-date=2014-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050906213430/http://stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2567 |archive-date=6 September 2005 }}</ref> [[James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)|James Hamilton]] of ''[[Record Mirror]]'' called the song a "typically catchy shrill {{frac|115|1|2}} bpm rinky tinky canterer from Stock Aitken Waterman's [[Bananarama]] reject pile", adding that "as by now everyone must be sick of hearing" Minogue.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hamilton |first=James |author-link=James Hamilton (DJ and journalist) |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/88/Record-Mirror-1988-02-06-OCR.pdf |title=Beats per minutes by James Hamilton |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |date=6 February 1988 |page=20 |location=London |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History |issn=0144-5804 |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref> ''[[OK!]]'' called the song a "classic".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ok.co.uk/music/view/50274/Kylie-The-Best-Of-Kylie-Minogue/ |title=Kylie: The Best of Kylie Minogue &#124; OK! Magazine |publisher=Ok.co.uk |date=2012-06-12 |access-date=2014-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619210346/http://www.ok.co.uk/music/view/50274/Kylie-The-Best-Of-Kylie-Minogue |archive-date=19 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Retrospectively, in 2021, British magazine ''[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]'' ranked it number 11 in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/stock-aitken-waterman-songs/|first=|last=|title=Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs|magazine=[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]|date=18 August 2021|accessdate=6 September 2021}}</ref> In 2024, the same magazine ranked the song at number 17 in its list of "Top 40 Kylie Minogue songs", describing it as a SAW "squeaky clean confection".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2024/03/top-40-kylie-tracks/|first=|last=|title=Top 40 Kylie Minogue songs|magazine=[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]|date=27 March 2024|accessdate=1 May 2024}}</ref> In 2023, Robert Moran of Australian daily tabloid newspaper ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' ranked the song as Minogue's 56th best song (out of 183), adding that "the peppy overproduction masks a melancholy yearning... Those diva-ish adlibs at the end are hilariously thin, but that's just part of the charm".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/every-kylie-minogue-song-ranked-170-1-20230906-p5e2dk.html |title=Every Kylie Minogue song ranked |first1=Robert |last1=Moran |first2=Annabel |last2=Ross |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=25 September 2023 |issn=0312-6315 |place=Sydney |accessdate=28 February 2024}}</ref>
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The song was also known to many in the late 1980s and early 1990s as one of Minogue's [[signature song]]s, which many critics entering the song on their best track or worst track list. And additionally, in 2011, "I Should Be So Lucky" was added to the [[National Film and Sound Archive]] of Australia's [[Sounds of Australia]] registry.<ref>National Film and Sound Archive: 'I Should Be So Lucky' on the [http://nfsa.gov.au/collection/sound/sounds-australia/ Sounds of Australia registry]</ref><ref>National Film and Sound Archive: [http://aso.gov.au/titles/music/i-should-be-so-lucky/ 'I Should Be So Lucky'] on [http://aso.gov.au/ australianscreen online]</ref> "I Should Be So Lucky" later appeared on seven of Kylie's hit compilations including ''[[Greatest Hits (Kylie Minogue album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (1992), ''[[Ultimate Kylie]]'' (2004), and ''[[Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection]]'' (2019). The song won the Highest Selling Single award at the [[ARIA Music Awards|3rd annual ARIA Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1989 |title=1989: 3rd Annual ARIA Awards |work=[[ARIA Awards]] |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011200102/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1989 |archive-date=11 October 2011 }}</ref>

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The song was also known to many in the late 1980s and early 1990s as one of Minogue's [[signature song]]s, which many critics entering the song on their best track or worst track list. And additionally, in 2011, "I Should Be So Lucky" was added to the [[National Film and Sound Archive]] of Australia's [[Sounds of Australia]] registry for songs of "cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance".<ref>National Film and Sound Archive: 'I Should Be So Lucky' on the [http://nfsa.gov.au/collection/sound/sounds-australia/ Sounds of Australia registry]</ref><ref>National Film and Sound Archive: [http://aso.gov.au/titles/music/i-should-be-so-lucky/ 'I Should Be So Lucky'] on [http://aso.gov.au/ australianscreen online]</ref> "I Should Be So Lucky" later appeared on seven of Kylie's hit compilations including ''[[Greatest Hits (Kylie Minogue album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (1992), ''[[Ultimate Kylie]]'' (2004), and ''[[Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection]]'' (2019). The song won the Highest-Selling Single award at the [[ARIA Music Awards|3rd annual ARIA Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1989 |title=1989: 3rd Annual ARIA Awards |work=[[ARIA Awards]] |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011200102/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1989 |archive-date=11 October 2011 }}</ref>


==Commercial performance==
==Commercial performance==
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[[File:Kylie Minogue - Summer 2019 - Step Back In Time Tour - Castlefield Bowl - Manchester - 11.07.19 - 047 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|180px|Minogue, flanked by dancers, performing "I Should Be So Lucky" during her [[Summer 2019|2019 summer tour]] in [[Castlefield Bowl]]]]
"I Should Be So Lucky" was released in the UK on 29 December 1987, and in Australia on 1 February 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/UKZcqzw.jpg|title=Australian Music Report No 705 – 1 February 1988 > Singles: New Releases|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Kent Music Report|Australian Music Report]])|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref> It was a commercial success, staying atop the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] chart for six consecutive weeks, and became her second number-one single in her home country, following [[The Loco-Motion|Locomotion]].<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|type=doc|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report}}</ref> The single was certified platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) and ranked at number five on the year-end chart for 1988.<ref name="ariaend">{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1988/singles-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Singles 1988|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=2011-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127084614/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1988/singles-chart|archive-date=27 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In New Zealand, the song entered at number 15 on [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Top 40]] and peaked at number three on 27 March 1988, spending twelve weeks on the chart.<ref name="nz">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Kylie+Minogue&titel=I+Should+Be+So+Lucky&cat=s|title=Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (song)|work=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]. Hung Medien|access-date=8 March 2011}}</ref> "I Should Be So Lucky" entered at number 90 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], climbing to number 54 the following week. Three weeks later it rose to number one, and remained at the top for five weeks.<ref name="England">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Love%20Don%27t%20Give%20No%20Reason|title=Official Charts Company - Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=12 March 2011}}</ref> It spent seventeen weeks on the chart.<ref name="England"/> It was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI) for the shipment of 600,000 copies.<ref name="BPI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |title=Certified Awards - Searchable Database |work=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=12 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928014038/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref> The song was one of the best-selling singles of 1988, with estimated sales of over 675,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kylie.com/discography/singles/i-should-be-so-lucky-2/|title=I Should Be So Lucky|work=Kylie Official Website|access-date=12 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418231711/http://www.kylie.com/discography/singles/i-should-be-so-lucky/|archive-date=18 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
"I Should Be So Lucky" was released in the UK on 29 December 1987, and in Australia on 1 February 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/UKZcqzw.jpg|title=Australian Music Report No 705 – 1 February 1988 > Singles: New Releases|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Kent Music Report|Australian Music Report]])|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref> It was a commercial success, staying atop the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] chart for six consecutive weeks, and became her second number-one single in her home country, following "[[The Loco-Motion|Locomotion]]".<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|type=doc|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report}}</ref> The single was certified platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) and ranked at number five on the year-end chart for 1988.<ref name="ariaend">{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1988/singles-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Singles 1988|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=2011-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127084614/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1988/singles-chart|archive-date=27 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In New Zealand, the song entered at number 15 on [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Top 40]] and peaked at number three on 27 March 1988, spending twelve weeks on the chart.<ref name="nz">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Kylie+Minogue&titel=I+Should+Be+So+Lucky&cat=s|title=Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (song)|work=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]. Hung Medien|access-date=8 March 2011}}</ref> "I Should Be So Lucky" entered at number 90 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], climbing to number 54 the following week. Three weeks later it rose to number one, and remained at the top for five weeks.<ref name="England">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Love%20Don%27t%20Give%20No%20Reason|title=Official Charts Company - Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=12 March 2011}}</ref> It spent seventeen weeks on the chart.<ref name="England"/> It was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI) for the shipment of 600,000 copies.<ref name="BPI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |title=Certified Awards - Searchable Database |work=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=12 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928014038/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref> The song was one of the best-selling singles of 1988, with estimated sales of over 675,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kylie.com/discography/singles/i-should-be-so-lucky-2/|title=I Should Be So Lucky|work=Kylie Official Website|access-date=12 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418231711/http://www.kylie.com/discography/singles/i-should-be-so-lucky/|archive-date=18 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


In the United States, "I Should Be So Lucky" peaked at No. 28 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (dated July 16, 1988) and No. 10 on the US [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] chart (dated June 4, 1988).<ref name="billboard"/><ref name="billboard2"/> Across Europe, "I Should Be So Lucky" topped the singles charts in Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland. It became a top-five hit in Austria, France, and Norway,<ref name="hung">{{cite web |title=Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (song) |url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Kylie+Minogue&titel=I+Should+Be+So+Lucky&cat=s |access-date=12 March 2011 |work=[[Ultratop 50]]. Hung Medien}}</ref> as well as a top-thirty hit in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden.<ref name="hung"/><ref name="Belgium">{{cite web|url=http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/song-info/4389 |title=Radio 2 - Top 30 - I Should Be So Lucky - Songs details |work=[[VRT Top 30]] |access-date=12 March 2011 |language=nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409063716/http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/search/Bryan_Adams |archive-date=9 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Elsewhere, the song was a No. 1 hit in Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, and Switzerland,<ref name="german">{{cite web |title=Chartverfolgung > Kylie Minogue > I Should Be So Lucky |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/MINOGUE%2CKYLIE/I+Should+Be+So+Lucky/single |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125055050/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Minogue%2CKylie/I+Should+Be+So+Lucky/single |archive-date=25 November 2010 |access-date=12 March 2011 |work=[[Media Control Charts]] |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Ireland">{{cite web |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archive-date=2 June 2009 |access-date=12 March 2011 |work=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="hung" /> and spent seven weeks atop the South African pop chart.<ref name="Smith219">{{harvnb|Smith|2002|p=219}}</ref> The song was certified silver by the [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] (SNEP) and gold in Germany.<ref name="infodisc"/><ref name="BVMI"/>
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[[File:Kylie Minogue - Summer 2019 - Step Back In Time Tour - Castlefield Bowl - Manchester - 11.07.19 - 047 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Minogue, flanked by dancers, performing "I Should Be So Lucky" during her [[Summer 2019|2019 summer tour]] in [[Castlefield Bowl]]]]
Elsewhere, "I Should Be So Lucky" peaked on both the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]]. The song reached number 10 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart on 4 June 1988 and number 28 on the Hot 100 on 16 July 1988.<ref name="billboard"/><ref name="billboard2"/> Across Europe, "I Should Be So Lucky" also topped the singles charts in Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland.<ref name="german">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/MINOGUE%2CKYLIE/I+Should+Be+So+Lucky/single|title=Chartverfolgung > Kylie Minogue > I Should Be So Lucky|work=[[Media Control Charts]]|access-date=12 March 2011|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125055050/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Minogue%2CKylie/I+Should+Be+So+Lucky/single|archive-date=25 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Ireland">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |work=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]] |access-date=12 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archive-date=2 June 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="hung">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Kylie+Minogue&titel=I+Should+Be+So+Lucky&cat=s|title=Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (song)|work=[[Ultratop 50]]. Hung Medien|access-date=12 March 2011}}</ref> It became a top-five hit in Austria, France, and Norway,<ref name="hung" /> as well as a top-thirty hit in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden.<ref name="hung"/><ref name="Belgium">{{cite web|url=http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/song-info/4389 |title=Radio 2 - Top 30 - I Should Be So Lucky - Songs details |work=[[VRT Top 30]] |access-date=12 March 2011 |language=nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409063716/http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/search/Bryan_Adams |archive-date=9 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It peaked at number one in Finland, Israel, and Hong Kong.<ref name="Smith219">{{harvnb|Smith|2002|p=219}}</ref> The song was certified silver by the [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] (SNEP) and gold in Germany.<ref name="infodisc"/><ref name="BVMI"/>


==Music video==
==Music video==
The [[music video]] for "I Should Be So Lucky" was directed by [[Chris Langman]] and filmed during November 1987 at [[Seven Network|Channel 7]] Studios in [[Melbourne]], Australia.<ref>[http://www.kylie.com.br/index2.php?pag=videoclipes/videoclipes&video=lucky "I Should Be So Lucky" Music Video] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200855/http://www.kylie.com.br/index2.php?pag=videoclipes%2Fvideoclipes&video=lucky |date=27 September 2007 }}. kylie.com.br. Retrieved 10 June 2007.</ref> The video features Minogue walking through her home, with scenes of her dancing in front of a colourful chalkboard background intercut throughout. It presented a cute, wholesome, young "[[girl next door|girl-next-door]]" image of Minogue to the public, with scenes of her giggling and making funny faces to the camera.
The [[music video]] for "I Should Be So Lucky" was directed by Chris Langman and filmed during November 1987 at [[Seven Network|Channel 7]] Studios in [[Melbourne]], Australia.<ref>[http://www.kylie.com.br/index2.php?pag=videoclipes/videoclipes&video=lucky "I Should Be So Lucky" Music Video] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200855/http://www.kylie.com.br/index2.php?pag=videoclipes%2Fvideoclipes&video=lucky |date=27 September 2007 }}. kylie.com.br. Retrieved 10 June 2007.</ref> The video features Minogue walking through her home, with scenes of her dancing in front of a colourful chalkboard background intercut throughout. It presented a cute, wholesome, young "[[girl next door|girl-next-door]]" image of Minogue to the public, with scenes of her giggling and making funny faces to the camera.

Another version of the video was made for television promotion. This version of the video shows Kylie riding in a car through [[Sydney]]. In other parts of the video, she's in the park and passersby are waving to her as she walks by them. This video premiered in the UK on Christmas Day 1987 in a live broadcast from the [[British Telecom Tower]] (Christmas Morning With [[Noel Edmonds]], [[BBC1]]).


The official version of "I Should Be So Lucky" featured in the music video has been released commercially through multiple [[VHS]] and DVD collections. Its most recent inclusion is on the companion DVD to her 2012 greatest hits album, ''[[The Best of Kylie Minogue]]''. Outtakes from the music video were used in ''Kylie: The Videos''.
Another version of the video was made for television promotion. This version of the video shows Kylie riding in a car through [[Sydney]]. In other parts of the video, she is in the park and passersby are waving to her as she walks by them. This video premiered in the UK on Christmas Day 1987 in a live broadcast from the [[British Telecom Tower]] (Christmas Morning With [[Noel Edmonds]], [[BBC1]]). The official version of "I Should Be So Lucky" featured in the music video has been released commercially through multiple [[VHS]] and DVD collections. Its most recent inclusion is on the companion DVD to her 2012 greatest hits album, ''[[The Best of Kylie Minogue]]''. Outtakes from the music video were used in ''Kylie: The Videos''.


==Formats and track listings==
==Formats and track listings==
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Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:
Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:
* [[Disco in Dream/The Hitman Roadshow]]
* [[Disco in Dream/The Hitman Roadshow]]
* Enjoy Yourself Tour (Extended Mix performed)
* ''Enjoy Yourself'' Tour (Extended Mix performed)
* [[Rhythm of Love Tour]] (Extended Mix performed)
* [[Rhythm of Love Tour|''Rhythm of Love'' Tour]] (Extended Mix performed)
* [[Let's Get to It Tour]] (Extended Mix performed)
* [[Let's Get to It Tour|''Let's Get to It'' Tour]] (Extended Mix performed)
* [[Intimate and Live (concert tour)|Intimate and Live Tour]] (Torch Version)
* [[Intimate and Live (concert tour)|''Intimate and Live'' Tour]] (Torch Version)
* [[On a Night Like This (concert tour)|On A Night Like This Tour]]
* [[On a Night Like This (concert tour)|''On A Night Like This'' Tour]]
* [[KylieFever2002]] (as a medley with "Dreams")
* ''[[KylieFever2002]]'' (2002) <small>(as a medley with "Dreams")</small>
* [[Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour]]
* [[Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour|''Showgirl'': The Greatest Hits Tour]]
* [[Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour]]
* [[Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour|''Showgirl'': The Homecoming Tour]]
* [[KylieX2008]] (added as an encore from 17 May performance in Bucharest and performed in selected dates)
* ''[[KylieX2008]]'' <small>(added as an encore on 17 May 2008 show in [[Bucharest]])</small>
* [[Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour]] (only in the Japanese dates)
* [[Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour|''Aphrodite: Les Folies'' Tour]] <small>(only during the Japanese leg)</small>
* [[For You, for Me]] (Torch version)
* ''[[For You, for Me]]'' <small>(Torch version)</small>
* [[Kiss Me Once Tour]] (part of a medley)
* [[Kiss Me Once Tour|''Kiss Me Once'' Tour]] <small>(part of a medley)</small>
* [[Kylie Summer 2015|Kylie Summer 2015 Tour]] (shortened a cappella version)
* [[Kylie Summer 2015|''Kylie Summer 2015'' Tour]] <small>(shortened a cappella version)</small>
* [[Summer 2019 (Kylie Minogue)|Summer 2019]]
* [[Summer 2019 (Kylie Minogue)|Summer 2019]]


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* ''[[An Audience with...|An Audience with Kylie Minogue]]'' a 2001 TV special
* ''[[An Audience with...|An Audience with Kylie Minogue]]'' a 2001 TV special
* [[The Proms|BBC Proms in the Park]] 2012 (''[[The Abbey Road Sessions (Kylie Minogue album)|The Abbey Road Sessions]]'' version)
* [[The Proms|BBC Proms in the Park]] 2012 (''[[The Abbey Road Sessions (Kylie Minogue album)|The Abbey Road Sessions]]'' version)
* [[Radio 2 Live#Live in Hyde Park 2018|BBC Radio 2 Live]] 2018 (as a medley with "[[Never Gonna Give You Up]]" joined by [[Rick Astley]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-10/jason-donovan-cycled-to-hyde-park-for-reunion-with-kylie-minogue|title=Jason Donovan cycled to Hyde Park for reunion with Kylie Minogue|publisher=[[ITVX]]|date=10 September 2018|access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref>


==Credits and personnel==
==Credits and personnel==
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! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref name="euro">{{cite news|work=[[Music & Media]]|volume=5|issue=13|date=26 March 1988|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|pages=22–23|oclc=29800226|title-link=European Hot 100 Singles}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref name="euro">{{cite news|work=[[Music & Media]]|volume=5|issue=13|date=26 March 1988|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|pages=22–23|oclc=29800226|title-link=European Hot 100 Singles}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Europe (European Airplay Top 50)<ref name="Airplay">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-04-02.pdf|title=European Airplay Top 50|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=5|issue=14|date=2 April 1988|page=31<!-- 16 in PDF file -->|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History|access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book | first= Jake | last= Nyman |year= 2005 | title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja | edition= 1st | publisher=Tammi | location= Helsinki| isbn= 951-31-2503-3| language= fi}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book | first= Jake | last= Nyman |year= 2005 | title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja | edition= 1st | publisher=Tammi | location= Helsinki| isbn= 951-31-2503-3| language= fi}}</ref>
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{{single chart|France|4|artist=Kylie Minogue|song=I Should Be So Lucky|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2018}}
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!scope="row"|Greece ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-04-23.pdf|title=Top 3 Singles in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=5|issue=17|date=23 April 1988|page=26<!-- 14 in PDF file -->|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History |accessdate=7 August 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Hong Kong ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]])<ref name="Smith219"/>
! scope="row"| Hong Kong ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]])<ref name="Smith219"/>
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{{single chart|South Africa|1|artist=Kylie Minogue|song=I Should Be So Lucky|rowheader=true|access-date=24 April 2024 2018}}
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{{single chart|Sweden|13|artist=Kylie Minogue|song=I Should Be So Lucky|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2018}}
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!scope="row"|[[UK Dance Singles Chart|UK Dance]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1988/MW-1988-02-20.pdf |title=Top Dance Singles |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=20 February 1988 |page=13<!-- 13 in PDF file --> |via=World Radio History |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|28|artist=Kylie Minogue|refname="billboard"|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2018}}
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! scope="row"|U.S. [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] Charts<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1988/CB-1988-07-16.pdf|magazine=Cash Box|title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles|issue=16 July 1988 |page=2 |access-date=June 19, 2023}}</ref>
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{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|10|artist=Kylie Minogue|song=I Should Be So Lucky|rowheader=true|refname="billboard2"|access-date=20 February 2018}}
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!scope="row"| US Contemporary Hit Radio (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=July 8, 1988|title=The Back Page|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=88|id={{ProQuest|1017212067}}}}</ref>
!scope="row"| US Contemporary Hit Radio (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=July 8, 1988|title=The Back Page|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=88|id={{ProQuest|1017212067}}}}</ref>
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===Year-end charts===
===Year-end charts===
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! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ultratop: Jaaroverzichten 1988|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1988|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617115553/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1988|archive-date=17 June 2018|url-status=live|access-date=12 March 2011}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ultratop: Jaaroverzichten 1988|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1988|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617115553/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1988|archive-date=17 June 2018|url-status=live|access-date=12 March 2011}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Europe (European Airplay Top 50)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-01-01.pdf|title=1988 Year-End Eurocharts - Ariplay Top 50|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=6|issue=52/1|page=29<!-- 16 in PDF file -->|date=1 January 1989|accessdate=11 June 2024|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=1988 Year End Eurocharts|date=1 January 1988|access-date=14 October 2019|magazine=Music & Media|volume=6|issue=52/1|page=30|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-01-01.pdf}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3877|title=Top Selling Singles of 1988|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715212250/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3877|archive-date=15 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1988 |title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1988 |language=de |publisher=Offiziellecharts.de |access-date=5 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185001/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1985|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1988-12-31|title=Top Selling Singles of 1988|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715212250/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3877|archive-date=15 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1988|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1988|language=de|access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Scaping |title=BPI YearBook 1989/90 |chapter=Top 100 Singles: 1988 |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |location=London, England |pages=64–65 |date=1991 |isbn=978-0-9061-5410-6}}</ref>
! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Scaping |title=BPI YearBook 1989/90 |chapter=Top 100 Singles: 1988 |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |location=London, England |pages=64–65 |date=1991 |isbn=978-0-9061-5410-6}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| UK Dance (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1989/MW-1989-03-04-awards-IDX-52.pdf |title=Year-End Chart 1988 - Top 20 Dance Singles |department=Music Week Awards |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=4 March 1989 |page=24 <!-- 64 in the PDF --> |issn=0265-1548 |via=World Radio History |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>
! scope="row"| West Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1988 |title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1988 |language=de |publisher=Offiziellecharts.de |access-date=5 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612185001/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1985|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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For the musical, see I Should Be So Lucky (musical).

"I Should Be So Lucky"
Australian single artwork
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Kylie
Released29 December 1987 (1987-12-29)
StudioPWL (London)
Genre
Length3:28
LabelPWL
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Locomotion"
(1987) 		"I Should Be So Lucky"
(1987) 		"Got to Be Certain"
(1988)
Alternative cover
International single cover
Music video
"I Should Be So Lucky" on YouTube

"I Should Be So Lucky" is a 1987 song performed by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue from her debut studio album, Kylie (1988). Released on 29 December 1987 by Mushroom Records and PWL Records, the song became a worldwide breakthrough hit. The image of Minogue on the front cover of the single was shot by David Levine. The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman for Minogue, whom went on to produce Minogue's initial four studio albums.

The song received positive reviews from contemporary music critics, although some dismissed the "simplistic" lyrical content. Despite this, it received commercial attention around the world, topping the charts in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and South Africa, and peaking within the top-ten in countries like New Zealand and Japan, as well as the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in the United States. In 2023, Minogue voiced a special rendition of "I Should Be So Lucky" for BBC Sport's opening film, to front England's semi-final match against Australia at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[1][2]

Recording and development

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After the success of her debut single "Locomotion" in Australia, Minogue traveled to London to work with Stock Aitken Waterman, a successful British writing and production team. They knew little of Minogue and had forgotten that she was arriving; as a result, they wrote "I Should Be So Lucky" in forty minutes while she waited outside the recording studio.[3] Mike Stock wrote the lyrics for the song in response to what he had learned about Minogue prior to her arrival. He believed that although she was a successful soap star in Australia and very talented, there must be something wrong with her and figured that she must be unlucky in love.[3] Minogue recorded the song in less than an hour, which Stock attributes to her good ear for music and her quick memorization skills. However, she left the studio angry, not knowing what the song sounded like after she was fed it to sing line by line.[4]

After Minogue finished the recording session, she returned home to Australia to continue work on the soap opera, Neighbours.[3] The track was then shelved and forgotten about by the producers, and was only mixed and completed after threats by Mushroom Records general manager Gary Ashley to fly to the UK.[4] Stock later told The Guardian: "We had to get the song together in about 40 minutes and she left not having had a happy experience. We didn’t know we had a hit on our hands and so when it went to No 1 for five weeks, someone said: 'What’s the follow-up?' We didn't have one. So I went out to Australia at the start of 1988 and met her in a bar with Jason and her manager. I basically crawled 100 yards on my knees and apologised profusely."[5]

Composition

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"I Should Be So Lucky" is a pop and hi-NRG song which features elements of bubblegum pop and new wave music. According to the music sheet on MusicNotes.com, which was published by Universal Music Publishing Group, the song is set in the key of C major.[6] Minogue's vocals span from D4 to C5. The song is set in common time and moves at a moderate tempo of 116 beats per minute. Instrumentation of the song features synthesizers, keyboards and guitars. According to PopMatters, the song features "numerous orchestra hits to the uncomfortably thin sounding drum machine."[7] Waterman has said the tune was inspired by Pachelbel's Canon,[8] but Stock and Aitken said this was not the case.[4] Stock told The Guardian: "Anyone who thinks 'I Should Be So Lucky' is easy should try to play it. It's in four keys, all of them really awkward, and you can't even strum it unless you're a really good musician."[9]

Critical reception

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Kylie singing "I Should Be So Lucky" as part of the "Dollhouse Medley", on 2014's Kiss Me Once Tour.

"I Should Be So Lucky" garnered positive reviews from some music critics. Nick Levine from Digital Spy called it a "standout track".[10] Chris True from AllMusic had reviewed the album, and highlighted the song as an album standout.[11] But as a separate rating, they gave the single three stars out of five.[12] In the review of The Best of Kylie Minogue (2012), Tim Sendra highlighted it as an album standout.[13] Hunter Felt from PopMatters gave it a positive review, stating "something about Kylie’s innocent yet forceful vocals and the sheer catchiness of the song itself [...] So the song became a beloved secret, and I never bothered to try to tune my friends in on "I Could Be So Lucky", or, crazier yet, proclaim that this "has-been" would be a critical and commercial darling in a few years time." However, he did say the song was cliché.[7] However, Mark Edwards from Stylus Magazine gave it a scathing remark by saying "Listening to the first tracks on Ultimate Kylie, you want to skip straight through, because early songs like "I Should Be So Lucky" and "Locomotion" are unlistenable—horribly naff, squeaky songs" and criticised Stock, Aitken and Waterman songs they produced in the 80s by stating "[the songs] transport the listener back to a time when every single in the UK charts was either written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman or sung by an Aussie soap star, or both."[14] James Hamilton of Record Mirror called the song a "typically catchy shrill 115+1⁄2 bpm rinky tinky canterer from Stock Aitken Waterman's Bananarama reject pile", adding that "as by now everyone must be sick of hearing" Minogue.[15] OK! called the song a "classic".[16]

Retrospectively, in 2021, British magazine Classic Pop ranked it number 11 in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs".[17] In 2024, the same magazine ranked the song at number 17 in its list of "Top 40 Kylie Minogue songs", describing it as a SAW "squeaky clean confection".[18] In 2023, Robert Moran of Australian daily tabloid newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald ranked the song as Minogue's 56th best song (out of 183), adding that "the peppy overproduction masks a melancholy yearning... Those diva-ish adlibs at the end are hilariously thin, but that's just part of the charm".[19]

The song was also known to many in the late 1980s and early 1990s as one of Minogue's signature songs, which many critics entering the song on their best track or worst track list. And additionally, in 2011, "I Should Be So Lucky" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry for songs of "cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance".[20][21] "I Should Be So Lucky" later appeared on seven of Kylie's hit compilations including Greatest Hits (1992), Ultimate Kylie (2004), and Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection (2019). The song won the Highest-Selling Single award at the 3rd annual ARIA Awards.[22]

Commercial performance

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Minogue, flanked by dancers, performing "I Should Be So Lucky" during her 2019 summer tour in Castlefield Bowl

"I Should Be So Lucky" was released in the UK on 29 December 1987, and in Australia on 1 February 1988.[23] It was a commercial success, staying atop the Australian Kent Music Report chart for six consecutive weeks, and became her second number-one single in her home country, following "Locomotion".[24] The single was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and ranked at number five on the year-end chart for 1988.[25] In New Zealand, the song entered at number 15 on New Zealand Top 40 and peaked at number three on 27 March 1988, spending twelve weeks on the chart.[26] "I Should Be So Lucky" entered at number 90 on the UK Singles Chart, climbing to number 54 the following week. Three weeks later it rose to number one, and remained at the top for five weeks.[27] It spent seventeen weeks on the chart.[27] It was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for the shipment of 600,000 copies.[28] The song was one of the best-selling singles of 1988, with estimated sales of over 675,000.[29]

In the United States, "I Should Be So Lucky" peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated July 16, 1988) and No. 10 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart (dated June 4, 1988).[30][31] Across Europe, "I Should Be So Lucky" topped the singles charts in Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland. It became a top-five hit in Austria, France, and Norway,[32] as well as a top-thirty hit in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden.[32][33] Elsewhere, the song was a No. 1 hit in Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, and Switzerland,[34][35][32] and spent seven weeks atop the South African pop chart.[36] The song was certified silver by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) and gold in Germany.[37][38]

Music video

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The music video for "I Should Be So Lucky" was directed by Chris Langman and filmed during November 1987 at Channel 7 Studios in Melbourne, Australia.[39] The video features Minogue walking through her home, with scenes of her dancing in front of a colourful chalkboard background intercut throughout. It presented a cute, wholesome, young "girl-next-door" image of Minogue to the public, with scenes of her giggling and making funny faces to the camera.

Another version of the video was made for television promotion. This version of the video shows Kylie riding in a car through Sydney. In other parts of the video, she is in the park and passersby are waving to her as she walks by them. This video premiered in the UK on Christmas Day 1987 in a live broadcast from the British Telecom Tower (Christmas Morning With Noel Edmonds, BBC1). The official version of "I Should Be So Lucky" featured in the music video has been released commercially through multiple VHS and DVD collections. Its most recent inclusion is on the companion DVD to her 2012 greatest hits album, The Best of Kylie Minogue. Outtakes from the music video were used in Kylie: The Videos.

Formats and track listings

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These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Should Be So Lucky".

Live performances

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Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:

The song was also performed on:

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from Kylie album liner notes.[46]

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[25] Platinum 70,000^
France (SNEP)[37] Silver 250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[38] Gold 250,000^
Japan — 30,140[60]
United Kingdom (BPI)[83] Gold 702,850[82]
Summaries
Europe — 1,500,000[84]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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