The Most Interesting Covers of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky"

There haven't been too many dance music singles that have impacted 2013 as Daft Punk's return with "Get Lucky." It had the right amount of star power,

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There haven't been too many dance music singles that have impacted 2013 as Daft Punk's return with "Get Lucky." It had the right amount of star power, disco-tinged flavoring, and cryptic hype to send it to the tops of the charts worldwide. With something that widespread, it stops being a "dance music hit" and hits that pop culture lexicon, which in our Internets age transforms into a sea of covers, remixes, and leftfield renditions. While DAD has seen and heard a plethora of different takes on Daft Punk's single, only some have stuck out as being truly interesting. Here are the covers of "Get Lucky" that have stayed with us, for one reason or another.

Barack Obama

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baracksdubs finds a way to have President Obama singing all kinds of songs, from "Deck the Halls" to "Call Me Maybe," but there's something about the Leader of the Free World looking like an older Pharrell up there, waxing poetic on getting lucky.

George Barnett

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George Barnett's cover is more about the multiple instruments he rocks out on. We didn't know much about dude before seeing this clip, but he looks like he's definitely having good fun.

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Igor Presnyakov

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"But wait," you say. "A guy with an acoustic can't make this track work," you say. That's when we tell you to hit play on Igor Presnyakov's version, where he not only goes ham on the guitar, but even starts singing. Kudos for him even reenacting the robotic vocals towards the end of the track.

Charles Butler

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We're hoping those of you who have relative in counties that still appreciate a great banjo player can get their local banjoist to learn how to play "Get Lucky." Once this is achieved, slowly work some four-to-the-floor into their lives. Hell, this was so key that Beats Antique had to rework it.

Wilco

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During one of Wilco's recent "all-request sets" (which was apparently 700 pages of songs), Wilco took on Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and dropped a solid rendition.

Daft Pianists

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Do you and your friends play piano? What better way to collaborate than playing multiple parts of one song on one piano AT THE SAME DAMN TIME?!

JB Craipeau

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2013 Brady Bunch? Nah it's just JB Craipeau recreating "Get Lucky" with no instruments whatsoever. Don't even think about how long this took to create; just listen to how well he's vocally mimicked each sound on the track. Love how he flips the beat towards the latter half of the track.

Postmodern Jukebox ft. Mitchell Jarvis

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Postmodern Jukebox has a thing for reinterpreting popular songs in vastly different ways, and we're not sure what made them want to rework "Get Lucky" into a "vintage Irish tenor" waltz-y tune, but they go in. Plus, the male vocalist is a character.

Raggaman Bob

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Raggaman Bob took on "Get Lucky" to sing the praises of Buckfast, a drink that FACT describes as "a high-strength fortified wine associated with anti-social behaviour, mostly in Ireland and Scotland, where it’s arguably as important to electronic music asOptimo, LuckyMe and Numbers combined. Think a triple-hit of alcohol, sugar and caffeine complete with a gross, sticky after-taste and an urge to hit the person next to you." A drink befitting of a proper tribute, no doubt.

Black Simon & Garfunkel

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Captain Kirk Douglas and ?uestlove doing their "Black Simon & Garfunkel" schtick to the tune of "Get Lucky?" It's so odd, it's awesome.

Evolution of Get Lucky

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Who would've thought that listening to versions of "Get Lucky," one for each decade (spanning the 1920s to 2020), could be so intriguing? Everything about this is awesome, from the sound quality going through the years to the changing of the glasses during each era. Awesome concept, ill execution.

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