Kylie Minogue's I Should Be So Lucky: The Story Behind the Song with Mike Stock
officialcharts.comIt's a tune that transcends time. An earworm that earned an Aussie soap star five weeks atop the singles chart. A song that cemented Stock Aitken Waterman among pop's most prolific producers.
34 years ago this week, I Should Be So Lucky became Kylie Minogue's first UK Number 1. And, in the name of nostalgia, we caught up with Mike Stock - one third of the production powerhouse behind the song - for a deep dive into how he created this piece of '80s excellence.
It's part of folklore now, I suppose. On the day I met Kylie, we were not expecting to see her or to work with her. An arrangement had been made by David Howells, our business manager, and Pete Waterman; but somehow they forgot to tell me!
Kylie turns up, unannounced, expecting to record a song before she goes back to Australia that same day. I had to think quickly.
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