This is the story of the freestyle, that became the song, that created the group: Stardust. Alan Braxe was a DJ out of France who had become friends with Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk. Braxe gave Bangalter a demo of a song he produced called "Vertigo," and Thomas would release the song on his label Roule'. When the song was launched a release party was held at the Rex Club in Paris, where Braxe was set to perform it with Bangalter assisting on keyboards. Braxe would also use school friend Benjamin Diamond to sing and the three would work-up a set to perform on the night. The trio had almost 30 minutes of muisc ready, but still needed anour 4. Bangalter would use a guiter sample from Chaka Khan's "Fate," sped up to change the pitch, and Braxe would add a beat from a Roland drum machine. On the night of the performance Diamond would sing freestyle to the track and three loved performing it.
After the performance the three would work on the song further at Bangalter's home studio, adding a bassline and a Rhodes piano to go with now fully written lyrics by the three, but Diamond preferred to cut the bulk of the lyrics and just use the main verse in repetition as it left the song without needing further composition. The song was put together mainly for DJ's to use to fill out a mix but once it caught fire in Miami at Winter Music Conference demand went through the roof. Radio stations began playing the song as a vinyl release on Roule' records where it sold nearly 450,000 copies, much to Bangalters dismay who wanted what the trio were to be more of a side project than something that required more serious attention. Bangalter came up with the name Stardust for the group and the song was eventually sold to Virgin Records for major distribution, where it sold over 2 million copies worldwide!
Today the song is considered one of the single greatest dance songs of all time rivaling even the works that Thomas created in Daft Punk. "Music Sounds Better With You" has been sampled, covered, and re-released to the point that even a modern crowd who has no association with anything dance related knows the song when heard. An accident of occurrence created a classic jam that still stands the test of time in every club around the world. For a shining moment music was better with Stardust.