"Starchild" is a song written by Wally Badarou, Mark King and Phil Gould. It was released in 1981 as part of English jazz-funk band Level 42's eponymous debut album. The song was released as single in the same year. It peaked at #47 on the UK Singles Chart and entered the American Club Play Singles chart at #60. It was Level 42's fifth single and was the band's first song to enter the Club Play Singles. It was also sampled for the remix of the Bucketheads' "Time and Space".

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"Starchild"
Single by Level 42
from the album Level 42
B-side	"Foundation and Empire Part 1"
Released	October 1981[1]
Genre	Jazz-funk
Length	4:04
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Wally Badarou Mark King Phil Gould
Producer(s)	Mike Vernon
Level 42 singles chronology
"Turn It On" (1981) "Starchild" (1981) "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" (1982)

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The single has been released in six countries beyond the United Kingdom, including Ireland, the United States and Germany.^[2] In 2001, it was re-released by the label Peppermint Jam Records in the United Kingdom and Germany.