Stars

## "Stars"Song by Allie Hughes & Darcy Rego

"**Stars**" (originally titled "**Not the Stars**" and "**We Are the Stars**") is a song by Allie Hughes featuring Darcy Rego. The song is featured as a track on her scrapped third studio album, *The Hard Way* and another version was previously featured as the opening track on her EP, *Allie Hughes.*

## Background

"Not the Stars" was originally posted to Allie's Myspace page on April 15, 2010 and this version was later re-released as a part of the *Allie Hughes* EP on September 28, 2010.

On December 16, 2010, X stated on Twitter that she was in the studio making a "more positive" version of the song. This re.-written version was finalised on May 13, 2011 for inclusion on *The Hard Way*. Following the album's cancelation, the track was considered to be an ALX track in the early stages of the project but was ultimately never released.

The song is an upbeat and percussive track and Darcy Rego's voice compliments Allie's feminine voice, creating a sense of unity present in the lyrics of the song.

## Official Versions

* "Stars" album version — 3:08
* "Not the Stars" EP version — 3:59
	+ Acapella — 3:57
	+ Instrumental — 3:57
* "Not the Stars" New Slang remix — 3:50

## Lyrics

* "Stars" album version
* "Not the Stars" EP version

**[Verse: Allie Hughes & *Darcy Rego*]**

*Belmonts and bourbon shots*

*We went from that to what we got*

And what we've got is fine for now

No broken hearts, no broken vows

**[Pre-Chorus: Allie Hughes & Darcy Rego]**

We are bigger than the city

When you're with me

I don't want the night to end

But when we wake up in the morning

In the basement

We can start it all again

**[Chorus: Allie Hughes & Darcy Rego]**

Oh we are the stars

We're not the only ones

The only ones, the only ones

Oh we are the stars

We're not the only ones, we're not he only ones

**[Post-Chorus: Allie Hughes & *Darcy Rego*]**

Cigarettes and bourbon shots

We went from that to what we've got

*Cigarettes and bourbon shots*

*We went from that to what we've got*

**[Bridge: Allie Hughes & *Darcy Rego*]**

In the end when I see you

We can talk about it, we can talk about it

'*Cause after all that we've been through*

*We can laugh about it*

Laugh about it, *laugh about it*

In the end when I see you we can talk about it

*Talk about it*, we can talk about it

'*Cause after all that we've been through*

*We can laugh about it, laugh about it*

*Laugh about it*

**[Chorus: Allie Hughes & Darcy Rego]**

Oh we are the stars

We're not the only ones

The only ones, the only ones

Oh we are the stars

We're not the only ones

We're not the only ones, the only ones

Oh we are the stars

We're not the only ones

The only ones, the only ones

Oh we are the stars

We're not the only ones, we're not the only ones

**[Verse 1: Allie Hughes & *Darcy Rego*]**

*Belmonts and bourbon shots*

*We went from that to what we got*

And what we've got is fine for now

No broken hearts, no broken vows

**[Verse 2: Allie Hughes & *Darcy Rego*]**

*Streetcars and traffic lights*

*Spin us round and hypnotize*

Catch a ride before it's gone

We've been out here way to long

**[Pre-Chorus: Allie Hughes & Darcy Rego]**

We are bigger than the city

When you're with me

I don't want the night to end

But when we wake up in the morning

In the basement

We can start it all again

**[Chorus: Allie Hughes & Darcy Rego]**

Oh we are not the stars

We're not the only ones

The only ones

The only ones

Oh we are not the stars

We're not the only ones

We're not he only ones

The only ones

Oh we are not the stars

We're not the only ones

The only ones

The only ones

Oh we are not the stars

We're not the only ones

We're not the only ones

**[Verse 3: Allie Hughes & *Darcy Rego*]**

Cigarettes and bourbon shots we went from that to what we've got

*Cigarettes and bourbon shots*

*We went from that to what we've got*

**[Bridge: Allie Hughes & *Darcy Rego*]**

In the end when I see you

We can talk about it, we can talk about it

'*Cause after all that we've been through*

*We can laugh about it*

Laugh about it, *laugh about it*

In the end when I see you we can talk about it

*Talk about it*, we can talk about it

'*Cause after all that we've been through*

*We can laugh about it, laugh about it*

*Laugh about it*

**[Chorus: Allie Hughes & Darcy Rego]**

Oh we are not the stars

We're not the only ones

The only ones

The only ones

Oh we are not the stars

We're not the only ones

We're not he only ones

The only ones

Oh we are not the stars

We're not the only ones

The only ones

The only ones

Oh we are not the stars

We're not the only ones

We're not the only ones

## Trivia

* The song was featured on X's December 2012 demo reel.
* Allie performed the song live for the first time at The Mod Club in 2010 alongside Nick Rose. You can see the video here.

## References

1. ↑ Twitter - @alliex (April 15, 2010) - "New track NOT THE STARS up at www.myspace.com/alliehughes. It's a boy/girl duet featuring Darcy Rego!" / Retrieved June 26, 2021
2. ↑ Twitter - @alliex (December 16, 2010) - "In studio making more positive commercial version of "Not the Stars". now sings "Oh we ARE the stars we ARE the only ones"." / Retrieved June 26, 2021
3. ↑ Google Docs - DEMO REEL CREDITS (December 30, 2012) / Retrieved April 27, 2021