In an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung, Meyer-Landrut said that when she first heard "Stardust" she thought it sounded like "Michael Jackson meets The Kelly Family", but then she was impressed by the "wild drumming and the slightly Indigenous-like battle songs.

[4] Also in 2012, "Stardust" was chosen as title track for Florian David Fitz's comedy drama film Jesus liebt mich.

[8] Maximilian Kloes, writing for Focus, cited the song as the album's biggest highlight, in "which Lena's thin voice gets lost in the vastness of the soundscape and decorates and distorts the strong, percussion-heavy melody.

"[9] Matthias Reichel from CDStarts.de found that "Stardust" was "quite easy to hear" and "appeared more musically sophisticated and, despite all the variety, more directly and personally tailored to the singer's character.

"[11] "Stardust" debuted and peaked at number two on the German Singles Chart in the week of 5 October 2012 – only behind Israeli singer Asaf Avidan's "One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Rmx).

[15] A music video for "Stardust" was directed by Bode Brodmüller and filmed in the Spanish Bardenas Reales semi-desert in southeast Navarre in August 2012.