Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ Gets Turned Into A Children’s Lullaby
This may just be the cutest remix of Daft Punk we’ve ever heard. While we’re not used to writing about “cute remixes,” Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” has been turned into a Children’s Lullaby thanks to Rockabye Baby Music.
Rockabye Baby has been quietly building out one of the more charming corners of the music industry for a decade now, taking everything from arena rock to pop anthems and reimagining them as gentle instrumental lullabies, all xylophones, music boxes and soft strings, built to actually put a baby to sleep instead of hyping one up. “Get Lucky” fits the formula surprisingly well, trading Nile Rodgers’ guitar funk and Pharrell’s falsetto for a soft, chiming instrumental that somehow keeps the bones of the original melody fully intact.
The remix of “Get Lucky” will be included on Rockabye Baby Music’s 10-year anniversary compilation which will come out on October 14th. The comp is stacked with reworks of other party-friendly hits, pulling in tracks originally by artists like Outkast, David Bowie and The Beatles, all filtered through that same lullaby treatment.
Be sure to notice how the song was transformed into a peaceful transition of strings, xylophones and rattles.
In addition to Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” Rockabye Baby Music has also remixed “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Don’t Stop Believin'” and many, many more. Listen to some of their best remixes below:
If you’re a parent trying to sneak a little bit of your own music taste into nap time, or just someone curious what “Get Lucky” sounds like stripped of its four-on-the-floor groove, this compilation is worth a listen. Rockabye Baby has built a whole career out of proving that even the biggest dance-floor anthems can double as bedtime material, you just have to take away the drop and hand it a rattle instead.
It’s also a nice reminder of just how massive “Get Lucky” became in 2013: songs don’t usually get the lullaby treatment unless they’ve fully crossed over from club anthem to inescapable, everywhere-you-turn pop culture staple, and Daft Punk’s disco throwback with Pharrell and Nile Rodgers absolutely earned that status.
