Paul Oakenfold f/Shifty Shellshock - "Starry Eyed Surprise"

[Ky]

This is 69 on the iTunes chart, and it's been on for the past few days. Is it in a commercial right now or something? It wasn't really a hit when it was released, so I'm surprised to see it's being downloaded now. I like the song.

[irice22]

I also like the song. I have no idea why it's being downloaded so much.

[Slinky]

I thought it was in a beer commercial.

[620 Soul Train]

I just played this last night. I always play this as a recurrent. This song makes me wanna ghett down!

[mst3k]

Yeah, it's being used in some commercial right now. I can't remember the product, though (so apparently it's not a very effective ad, aside from people seeking out the song).  Some soft drink, maybe?

[eric]

I used to play this sooooo much! I love it! I still have it on my old comp...*need to hook it up!*

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

I liked this one. It was quite different from any of Paul Oakenfold's other tracks. It was a good experiment. I liked the vocals on the track from that guy from CrazyTown. I knew it sounded familiar.

This track still gets at least 1 to 2 plays a day on the dance station here.

[reception]

I love it!

[Ky]

This is #51 on itunes now. Too bad it wasn't in a commercial when it was actually sent to radio.

[Matt4319]

I'm pretty sure it's in a commercial for Coca-Cola. It has a bunch of people roller-skating down a road with Cokes in hand.

[Walking Contradiction]

I hate this! Shifty needs to drop d-- er... I mean, retire from music permanently!

[jdcfan]

Matt4319 said:

I'm pretty sure it's in a commercial for Coca-Cola.  It has a bunch of people roller-skating down a road with Cokes in hand.

I think that's right. It's funny that I can vividly remember the commercial, but barely remember what it was advertising.

[Keith3000]

Annoying song. And I know many hate "Butterfly" as well, but this is coming from a guy who loves that song.

[620 Soul Train]

Mokus said:

I hate this!  Shifty needs to drop d--  er... I mean, retire from music permanently!

Yeah you are probably right. His raps n rhymes I must admit are kind of weak. He has barely any talent or let alone skillz. Sadly though I find some of his songs catchy as all ghett out. "Slide Along Side" went straight to number one on my charts last year and bought his album (why do you think I formed my opinion of his skillz..hmm)

[Mega248]

reception said:

I love it!

[The Music Man]

This was and still is hella hot! One of the best from 2002. I wish CHR supported more tracks like this, but why should they when they can just play the hell out of Kelly Clarkson and Frankie J? It also wouldn't hurt if more stations followed in Joshjoel's lead and played this as a recurrent.

I think the relatively high downloads at iTunes may be in part because of its inclusion in the Spring Break playlist.

[reception]

It's in the Coca Cola 'Sparkle' commercial.

[Hervard]

Is it me, or does the bass line to Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" sound very similar to the bass line in "Starry Eyed Surprise"? Did they both sample "Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson?

[Deleted]

This song was annoying as hell. I absolutely hated it.

[[upsilon]™]

Loved this song...

I think Shifty's a pretty decent artist. I liked "Slide Along Slide", although not enough to chart, and "Turning Me On" was great.

[cartman2002]

Starry Eyed Surprise reached #41 in 2002

[joker]

mikibacsi1124 said:

I hate this! Shifty needs to drop d-- er... I mean, retire from music permanently!

[Deleted]

I liked this back when it was out but now... not so much.

[johnnywest]

I've always liked this one.

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

R.I.P. Shifty Shellshock.

[thirddegree50123]

RIP....but I'm sorry, this song is absolutely horrid. One of the worst of that decade

[clsvltn]

I never realized this was the guy from crazy town and I didn't even hear he died wow