It topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for two weeks and reached number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the US, it was serviced to rhythmic contemporary and contemporary hit radio on 15 September 1998, followed by a commercial release on 22 September. Virgin released the song as a CD and cassette single in the UK on 10 August 1998. Stardust signed the single to Virgin Records, which sold more than two million copies worldwide on vinyl and CD. Bangalter did not enjoy the pressure and attention the single brought, as Roulé was 'supposed to be a hobby, a creative platform'. Loaec and Diamond said 'Music Sounds Better with You' sold between 250,000 and 400,000 copies on Roulé.

According to the Roulé co-manager Gildas Loaec, the BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong was the first radio DJ to play the song. According to Braxe, the song initially confused Paris clubgoers: 'It didn't take a long time for people to understand the structure of the track and start to dance on it, but the very first listen the reaction was, 'What is it?'' The single was intended for DJs, but demand grew after copies were distributed at the 1998 Miami Winter Music Conference. 'Music Sounds Better with You' was released as a vinyl single on Bangalter's label Roulé in early 1998. Braxe said they were 'very happy' with the finished song, feeling they had created something original. Diamond felt the sparse lyrics were 'like a mantra. They initially wrote more lines, but deleted them. The lyrics were written by all three members. Diamond's vocals and the final track were compressed with an Alesis 3630. They arranged the song using an Ensoniq ASR-10 sampling keyboard, triggering different sections by assigning them to different keys. They added Rhodes piano, a Roland TR-909 drum machine and a bassline recorded on a Korg Trident.

Īfter the performance, the trio worked on the track at Bangalter's home studio, Daft House. The trio composed the first version of 'Music Sounds Better with You' for the performance, using a looped sample from the 1981 Chaka Khan song ' Fate', sampled using an E-mu SP-1200. At the time, Diamond was in a punk band, who did not approve of his collaboration with electronic musicians. After the launch, Braxe performed at the Rex Club in Paris, with Bangalter on keyboards and Braxe's friend Benjamin Diamond on vocals. Bangalter released the track on his label Roulé in 1997. In the mid-1990s, the DJ Alan Braxe met Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk and gave him a demo of his track 'Vertigo'. Stardust recorded further demos, but decided to disband, believing this created mystique. 'Music Sounds Better with You' received positive reviews and has been named one of the greatest dance songs of all time by several publications. It is certified double platinum in the UK, platinum in Australia, gold in Belgium and silver in France. It also topped the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for two weeks. It debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart in August 1998 and stayed there for two weeks, becoming one of the UK's bestselling singles that year. It was followed by a wider release on Virgin Records, with a music video directed by Michel Gondry. 'Music Sounds Better with You' was initially released on Bangalter's label Roulé. They wrote 'Music Sounds Better With You', a dance track, using a guitar riff sampled from the 1981 Chaka Khan song ' Fate'. Stardust comprised the producer Thomas Bangalter, the DJ Alan Braxe and the vocalist Benjamin Diamond. ' Music Sounds Better with You' is the only song by the French house trio Stardust, released on 20 July 1998. 'Music Sounds Better With You' on YouTube

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