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"You're My Star" is a pop rock song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics from their greatest hits album, Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics. It was released as the lead-single on 27 October 2008 with "Forever" as the B-side. It was produced by lead-singer and guitarist Kelly Jones along with Jim Lowe while written by the singer. The song was written in a day and is a personal one to Jones, though he would not say what the song is really about, instead leaving it to listeners to make up their own theory. The song is written about his daughter. The single went on to become the band's first to miss the top 100 of the UK Singles Chart and received a negative critic review.

Writing

Jones wrote the song at a hotel room in Chelsea, London in a day along the other new song for the best of album, "My Own Worst Enemy". He has described it as a personal song about "spending time with people that are very precious to you. And when that time disappears how much you miss that time and you want it back again." He concluded that he'll leave the song for listeners to interpret their own way rather than directly say what the song is about. During the recording sessions, "You're My Star" started out as a country song then into an electronic one before becoming a pop rock song.

Music video

The music video was directed by Luc Janin, his original idea was to shoot the video in India but due to the monsoon season it was instead shot in Egham, Surrey. Jones described Janin's approach as taking the "literal lyric content and it away." The video shows the band playing the song at an Indian Holi Festival, including clips of the crowd wearing white clothes and throwing paint at the band and each other. The first half of the video is shown in black and white, when the second chorus starts paint is thrown and the video is then shown in colour. This was Adam Zindani's first music video with Stereophonics.

Critical response

Reviewing the single, Alex Lai from Contactmusic.com had a generally negative response towards it. Stating it's "rare that songs recorded especially for this type of compilation prove to be a worthy addition to the band's catalogue and this is no exception to the rule," he went on to call it a mediocre song, though he did call Jones' lyrics "sweet" and his vocals during the chorus "passionate".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kelly Jones

Vinyl – Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"You're My Star"	4:30

Vinyl – Side two
No.	Title	Length
2.	"Forever"	4:21
Total length:		8:51

"You're My Star" – CD 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"You're My Star"	4:30

Personnel

Stereophonics

Kelly Jones – lead vocals, guitar, piano
Richard Jones – bass guitar
Javier Weyler – drums
Adam Zindani – guitar

Additional

Jim Lowe – keyboards, programming

Technical

Production – Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe
Mixing – Bob Clearmountain
Engineering – Lowe
Mastering – Bob Ludwig

References

Notes

This does not include "Looks Like Chaplin" or "Lying in the Sun", which were not eligible to chart. "Looks Like Chaplin" was given a limited edition release, and "Lying in the Sun" was available only to the band's fan club.

Footnotes

"Search results for You're My Star". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
^ Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics (liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 2008. 1780699.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
"You're My Star - Don't Let the Devil Take Another Day Version". Spotify.
O'Connor (2001), p. 98
"Lying in the Sun". The Stereophonics Ltd. 21 May 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
^ Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Javier Weyler (2008). Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics (DVD). Egham, Surrey: Fontana Entertainment.
Stereophonics (2008). Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics (liner notes) (DVD). Egham, Surrey: Fontana Entertainment.
Lai, Alex (10 November 2008). "Stereophonics - You're My Star Single Review". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
"Stereophonics – You're My Star 7" vinyl". Discogs. 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
"Stereophonics – You're My Star CD". Discogs. 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

Bibliography

Danny O'Connor (2001). Stereophonics – Just Enough Evidence to Print. London: Virgin Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7535-0527-4.

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Live albums	Live from Dakota
Compilations and EPs	Live from London EP Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics
Singles	"Local Boy in the Photograph" "More Life in a Tramps Vest" "A Thousand Trees" "Traffic" "The Bartender and the Thief" "Just Looking" "Pick a Part That's New" "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio" "Hurry Up and Wait" "Mama Told Me Not to Come" "Mr. Writer" "Have a Nice Day" "Step on My Old Size Nines" "Handbags and Gladrags" "Vegas Two Times" "Madame Helga" "Maybe Tomorrow" "Since I Told You It's Over" "Moviestar" "Dakota" "Superman" "Devil" "Rewind" "It Means Nothing" "My Friends" "You're My Star" "Innocent" "Could You Be the One?" "In a Moment" "Indian Summer" "Graffiti on the Train" "We Share the Same Sun" "C'est la Vie" "I Wanna Get Lost with You" "Song for the Summer" "Chaos from the Top Down" "Fly Like an Eagle" "Bust This Town" "Don't Let the Devil Take Another Day" "Hungover For You" "Hanging on Your Hinges" "Do Ya Feel My Love?" "Forever" "Right Place Right Time" "When You See It"
Concert videos	Live at Cardiff Castle Performance and Cocktails: Live at Morfa Stadium A Day at the Races
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