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Music Sounds Better with You is een housenummer uit 1998 van de Franse gelegenheidsformatie Stardust, een samenwerking tussen Thomas Bangalter van Daft Punk, dj Alan Braxe en vocalist Benjamin Diamond.

Het nummer, dat een sample bevat uit het nummer Fate van Chaka Khan, werd een wereldwijde clubhit en een van de bestverkochte houseplaten ooit. In Frankrijk bereikte het de 10e positie. In de Nederlandse Top 40 werd de 13e positie gehaald en was het Dancesmash op Radio 538, en in de Vlaamse Ultratop 50 de 18e.

In 2018 maakten producers Malaa en Noizu een remixversie van het nummer.

"Music Sounds Better with You" is the only record by the French house trio Stardust, released on 20 July 1998. Stardust is composed of the Daft Punk member Thomas Bangalter, the DJ Alan Braxe, and the vocalist Benjamin Diamond.

Stardust formed for a performance at the Rex Club in Paris. They wrote "Music Sounds Better with You" using a guitar riff sampled from the 1981 Chaka Khan song "Fate". It was initially released on Bangalter's Roulé label, followed by a wider release on Virgin Records, with a music video directed by Michel Gondry.

"Music Sounds Better with You" 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 also topped the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart for two weeks. It is certified double platinum in the UK, platinum in Australia, and gold in Belgium and France. By 2018, it had sold more than two million copies worldwide.

The song received acclaim and was named one of the greatest dance songs by several publications. Stardust performed once more, at a festival in France, before disbanding. Bangalter declined an offer of $3 million from Virgin to produce a Stardust album.