Four Other Songs That Sound A Lot Like The New Daft Punk Song

So, you may have noticed people going nuts for the new Daft Punk song, ‘Get Lucky’, since the official version was released by the band just last week. And sure, why not, it’s quite ‘funky’.

Over the past week, I’ve somehow ended up in about 40 conversations with friends who’ve just randomly brought it up whenever our kerbside conversations fell into uncomfortable silence. Commenters have been violently typing their hyperbolic opinions all over the internet (“Daft Punk has created a masterpiece. Simple as that.”, “For everyone under 25 commenting, the ’80s don’t want their song back. If anything, it is the late ’70s that cry because this is what they tried to create all along.”, etc). The song even broke Spotify records for the most first day streams since the music service began. To quote a statement from Will Hope, director of label relations at Spotify:

“The robots have once again shown themselves to be true innovators, not only with their new musical direction and the stellar cast of collaborators they’re working with, but also by undertaking one of the best album campaigns we’ve seen for some time. We expect the album to become one of the biggest, if not the biggest, on Spotify this year.”

Shut up Will Hope, YOU sound like a robot. I understand everyone’s excitement over the single — it’s always nice to hear new music from your favourite band, especially if they haven’t released anything in eight years — but really, people need to CALM DOWN. If a few cool masks are enough to make your band’s latest release seem ‘innovative’, then Slipknot are Stockhausen and should get into the studio as soon as possible. Just because they wear lightbulbs, people seem to forget that Daft Punk are just some Frenchie band whose best song was when they made cyborg noises over a George Duke sample.

Lols, obviously I’m just trolling like a jerk here (an accurate jerk). Nevertheless, ‘Get Lucky’ sounds pretty familiar…

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1. ‘Love Foolosophy’ by Jamiroquai

Do people like Jamiroquai? I remember he won a whole bunch of awards for that old video clip where he’s dancing backwards on an elevator, but when I type “Jamiroquai is” in Google, I get “Jamiroquai is gay”, “Jamiroquai is a douche”, and “Jamiroquai istanbul”. Why do people like Daft Punk but hate Jamiroquai? This seems unfair to Jamiroquai, who is also funky and a fan of headgear.

2. ‘Night Fever’ by The Bee Gees

Sure, some may say we’re cheating by comparing Daft Punk’s new single to a famous funk/disco track, and that of course they’ll all sound similar because all funk songs are built on an extended vamp on a single chord and rhythmically based on a two-celled onbeat/offbeat structure. Good points, I say, but your favourite new song still sounds like the second-worst ever Bee Gees track.

3. A whole bunch of stuff by Michael Jackson

A video came out just yesterday where some clever person shifted the pitch on Pharrell’s crooning vocals, instantly making him sound like The King Of Pop (well, kinda). This is insulting to Michael Jackson, one of the world’s greatest ever humans, but at least the video is funny.

4. ‘Around The World’ by Daft Punk

There’s nothing really wrong with a band mining their own signature sound for more hits, but this is ridiculous.