After months of anticipation French dance titans Daft Punk finally released their new single, Get Lucky, on Friday. It didn’t take long for the song to make an impression as it set a Spotify record for streams within 24 hours and just one day after its release, Umphrey’s McGee took a stab at the song.
[Photo via Jefferson Waful]
UM delivered their version of Get Lucky in the second set of last night’s show at Stubb’s BBQ in Austin, Texas. Drummer Kris Myers handled vocals on the Daft Punk cover. The Chicago-based sextet worked through two long song sandwiches in Austin as they fit four tunes in the middle of Utopian Fir during the first set and started and ended the second set with JaJunk.
Here’s Umphrey’s setlist from Austin…
Set 1: Utopian Fir > In The Kitchen, Hurt Bird Bath, Loose Ends > Deeper > Utopian Fir > Jessica, Puppet String
Set 2: JaJunk, Get Lucky[1] > Push the Pig, Liberty Echo > Life During Exodus, Booth Love[2] > The Linear > JaJunk
[1] debut, Daft Punk
[2] with Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees) teases[Setlist via All Things Umphreys]
A few short fan-shot videos of UM covering Get Lucky have popped up thus far…
We’ll be on the look out for a better video of Get Lucky.
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nice. The first time I heard “Get Lucky” on Saturday morning, I thought that it sounded like something Umphrey’s should/would cover. 12 hours later and they did.
wow, Dance Party
if by dance party you mean “a few people bobbing their heads and a few more holding up their phones” – then yeah!