Cabin Crew are a dance music

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 duo from Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, that consists of Ben Garden and Rob Kittler.

Career

They are best known for their song "Star To Fall" (also known as "Star2Fall"), which is a remix

Remix

A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....

 of the 1988 hit

Hit record

A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...

 song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

 "Waiting For A Star To Fall

Waiting for a Star to Fall

Waiting For a Star to Fall is a song released by the pop duo Boy Meets Girl in 1988. A worldwide hit, it became the duo's signature song.-Background:...

" by Boy Meets Girl, a song that was involved in a "sample battle" with Sunset Strippers

Sunset Strippers

Sunset Strippers are an electronic music group from the UK. They are known for their 2005 song "Falling Stars", which is a remix of the 1988 hit song "Waiting For a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl, and was involved in a sampling battle with Cabin Crew...

. Cabin Crew originally remixed the track, but SonyBMG would not clear the sample for release. Instead, they enlisted Sunset Strippers to remix the track to try to block the Cabin Crew version. However, when Boy Meets Girl's vocalist George Merrill heard the track, he re-recorded the vocals, allowing the Cabin Crew's version to be released. In Australia, the single releases were almost simultaneous. Although Cabin Crew's version debuted higher, Sunset Strippers version stood on the chart longer. The Sunset Strippers version also gained more airplay, particularly in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, after BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

's JK and Joel

JK and Joel

Jason King and Joel Ross , known professionally as JK and Joel, are a radio show presenters and are best known for hosting the official UK chart on BBC Radio 1 between 2004 and 2007 and then presented on Virgin Radio UK, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at weekends and covering the breakfast and...

 held an on-air vote to decide which version should be played. "Star To Fall" reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 in March 2005.

On 28 February 2008, Cabin Crew released their new song "Can't Stop It" on CD-Maxi (CDS/CDM), 12" Vinyl (EP), and digital formats under the Vicious Vinyl

Vicious Vinyl

- Summary :Vicious Vinyl is a record label based in Melbourne, Australia. The label was started in the late 1980s in Frankston by aspirant producer/DJs, Andy Van and John Course....

 label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

. The Mind Electric mix is featured on the album Vicious Cuts Summer 2008.

Unofficial releases

Cabin Crew's first song in 2004, titled "Waiting for a Star to Fall", was different from "Star2Fall", because this unofficial version was only a bootleg

Bootleg recording

A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...

 release. Only a minor number of copies were made on single sided 12" vinyl

Gramophone record

A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

. Upon recognition by George Merrill, the bootleg was renamed "Star2Fall" and was released under various record labels and received minor play on radios.

Cabin Crew's second unofficial song was titled "Shine On 2004". It featured a repeated sample of John Lennon

John Lennon

John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

's "We all Shine On". This vinyl was printed just like "Waiting for a Star to Fall" with the words 'Test Pressing' on the right side, and once again a minor number of vinyls were printed.

The duo's third unofficial release was titled "Finally In Calabria" / "She Wants to House". These songs were printed on double-sided 12" vinyl. "Finally In Calabria" is similar to Alex Gaudino

Alex Gaudino

Alex Gaudino is a record producer and disc jockey from Salerno, Italy.-Early Career :Alex was born in Salerno, Italy...

's "Destination Calabria" and "She Wants to House" is similar to N.E.R.D's "She Wants to Move". This vinyl also had the words 'Test Pressing' written on the right side and a small number of vinyls were printed.

It was rumored in 2005, and later confirmed by the duo, that they were working on a remix of "One Night In Bangkok

One Night in Bangkok

"One Night in Bangkok" is the title of a song originally sung by the British actor and Pop-dance singer Murray Head on the 1984 concept album for the musical Chess...

". However, it was cancelled and the Vinylshakerz

Vinylshakerz

Vinylshakerz are a German dance act who are best known for the 2005 remix of the Murray Head hit "One Night in Bangkok". The producers have also remixed material for other artists, mainly for dance compilation CDs.-Singles / Maxis / Vinyls:...

 mix was given permission to the sample, however, this mix was not a commercial success.

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions
		UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
2005	"Star To Fall"	4	4
2008	"Can't Stop It"	—	8

Remixes

Moustache - "Everywhere" (Cabin Crew Mix)


Ricki-Lee - "Sunshine" (Cabin Crew Mix)


Ricki-Lee - "Hell No!" (Cabin Crew Mix)


Live Element - "Something About You" (Cabin Crew Mix)


Musikk ft. John Rock - "Love Changes (Everything)" (Cabin Crew Mix)


David Aude - "Common Ground" (Cabin Crew Mix)


Latrice - "Love Is" (Cabin Crew Mix)


Kaskade - "In This Life" (Cabin Crew Mix)


Ricki-Lee - "Wiggle It" (Cabin Crew Mix) [2008]