released as a vinyl single on Bangalter's label Roulé in early 1998. According to Braxe, the song initially confused Paris clubgoers: "It didn't take a long time for people to understand the structure of the track and start to dance on it, but the very first listen the reaction was, 'What is it?'" The single was intended for DJs, but demand grew after copies were distributed at the 1998 Miami Winter Music Conference. According to the Roulé co-manager Gildas Loaec, the BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong was the first radio DJ to play the song. Loaec and Diamond said "Music Sounds Better with You" sold between 250,000 and 400,000 copies on Roulé. Bangalter did not enjoy the pressure and attention the single brought, as Roulé was "supposed to be a hobby, a creative platform". Stardust signed the single to Virgin Records, which sold more than two million copies worldwide on vinyl and CD. Virgin released the song as a CD and cassette single in the UK on 10 August 1998. In the US, it was serviced to rhythmic contemporary and contemporary hit radio on 15 September 1998, followed by a commercial release on 22 September. It topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for two weeks and reached number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada, where a CD single was issued on 6 October 1998, it reached number two on the Canadian Singles Chart and number five on the RPM Dance chart. It topped the charts in Greece and Spain and reached the top 10 in at least nine other countries. It is certified double platinum in the UK, platinum in Australia, gold in Belgium and silver in France. Music video The "Music Sounds Better with You" music video was directed by Michel Gondry. In the video, a young boy constructs a model aeroplane over several days while the members of Stardust, wearing metallic suits with faces painted silver, perform on television. DJ Mag described the video as "charming" and "dreamy". The Insomniac journalist Jonny Coleman wrote that the video "helps reinforce the notion that this whole Stardust concept is supposed to exist in some other familiar but foreign liminal space, something ghostly but still warm and inviting". Critical reception John Bush from AllMusic described "Music Sounds Better with You" as "one of the most irresistible, sublime dance singles of the decade". Larry Flick of Billboard described