Just Got Lucky
{{distinguish|Just Got Lucky (Dokken song)}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Just Got Lucky
| cover = JustGotLucky.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = JoBoxers
| album = Like Gangbusters
| B-side = Crosstown Walkup
| released = May 1983
| recorded = 1982
| studio =
| genre = New wave{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/131543/gino-padilla-on-the-ryzza-mae-show |title=Gino Padilla on 'The Ryzza Mae Show' "...a perfect example of a song for that era, "Just Got Lucky" by Jo Boxers. Gino even showed Ryzza Mae the dance moves of the popular New Wave hit in the early 80's"; Inquirer Entertainment |publisher=Entertainment.inquirer.net |date=2014-01-26 |accessdate=2016-08-05}}
| length = 4:42 (12")
3:44 (single version)
| label =
| writer =
- Chris Bostock
- Dig Wayne
| producer = Alan Shacklock
| prev_title = Boxerbeat
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Johnny Friendly
| next_year = 1983
}}
"Just Got Lucky" was the second single from the British band JoBoxers. The track was initially released on the band's debut album, Like Gangbusters, in 1983. The song reached the top ten in the UK{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=David|title=British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.)|year=2006|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn= 1-904994-10-5|page=284}} and the top 40 in the United States that autumn. It was later released on the band's albums Doing the Boxerbeat - The Anthology and Essential Boxerbeat.
Chart history
In popular culture
- In December 2008, the song was used in a radio advert, for a Max's Restaurant promotion "Lucky with the Tilaok".{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
- It was included in the compilation album Chorus Girl and the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin,{{cite web|last=IMDb|title=Just Got Lucky|url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0405422/soundtrack|work=Soundtrack to The 40-Year-Old-Virgin|accessdate=18 December 2012}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Just My Luck, Philippine film Bagets, and Lucky 13. The song was also used in the final weekly of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4''.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
- In November 12, 2017, the song was performed by the cast of Goin' Bulilit at the opening of the 1980s episode.
- In November 14, 2020, the song was performed on an Eat Bulaga! segment "Social Dis-dancing" for a dance challenge
References
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External links
- [https://genius.com/Joboxers-just-got-lucky-lyrics Lyrics of this song]
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405422/soundtrack Soundtrack to The 40 Year Old Virgin]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20021216212741/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/joboxers/artist.jhtml Just Got Lucky on VH1.com] (via Wayback Machine)
- [http://joboxers.net/lucky.html Just Got Lucky on the Official JoBoxers Website]
- {{YouTube|vOPEew6WrJk|Listen to "Just Got Lucky"}}
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