Canned Heat (song)
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| "Canned Heat" | ||
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| Single by Jamiroquai | ||
| from the album Synkronized | ||
| B-side(s) | Deeper Underground (Chillington Mix), Wolf In Sheeps Clothing | |
| Released | 17 May 1999 (UK) 1999 (US) | |
| Format | CD/12"/Cassette single | |
| Recorded | 1999 | |
| Genre | Disco Funk | |
| Length | 3:19/3:46/5:30 | |
| Label | Work | |
| Producer(s) | Al Stone, Toby Smith | |
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| Jamiroquai singles chronology | ||
| "Deeper Underground" (1998) |
"Canned Heat" (1999) |
"Supersonic" (1999) |
"Canned Heat" is a song by the English funk band Jamiroquai. In 1999 it reached number one on the U.S. dance chart. The song is featured in the European version of the Nintendo drumming game Donkey Konga and in the finale of Cooper Neilson's fictional student production in the movie Center Stage. More recently, it was also in the movie Napoleon Dynamite during Napoleon's famous dance scene and in the Nintendo DS game Elite Beat Agents, also released by Nintendo. The music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund.
[edit] Track listing
UK release 1
- Canned Heat - 7" edit (3.46)
- Canned Heat - Radio edit (3.19)
- Wolf in Sheeps Clothing (4.00)
UK release 2
- Canned Heat - 7" edit (3.46)
- Canned Heat - Album version (5.30)
- Deeper Underground - Chillington Mix (6.56)
UK Cassette
- Canned Heat - 7" edit (3.46)
- Wolf in Sheeps Clothing (4.00)
[edit] B-Sides
Over the numerous releases of the Canned Heat single two B-Sides exist.
Wolf In Sheeps Clothing is a funky instrumental that features an intro of two drum beats that lasts about 1.5 seconds and then enters a strongly bass driven repetitive Melody. Many keyboard effects are used throughout the songs 4.00 minute duration. The song enters a percussion section at 3.07 and lasts for the remainder of the song slowly fading out from 3.45. Wolf in sheeps clothing can be found only on Canned Heat singles and some editions of the Synkronized album (the Australian double disc release being an example). No where on the single or in the music notes of editions of Synkronized containing the song does it list who it was written or recorded by. There is a possibility that the track may be a Synkronized outtake that was written and recorded while Stuart Zender was still a part of the band and removed from the majority releases after it was re-recorded, or the song may have been recorded for the single.
Deeper Underground - Chillington Mix is featured on the second UK release of Canned Heat. Chillington is not the name of an artist or DJ but the name of the studios at Jays Home in Buckinghamshire. The Chillington Mix samples heavily from the Jamiroquai song Getinfunky which is found on some special releases of Synkronized (such as the Japanese release where it replaced Deeper Underground as the bonus track and alongside Wolf In Sheeps Clothing on the Australian double disc). On the High Times the singles DVD jay comments on a Bonus feature that the original Godzilla song was just made of "Ominous noises" which strongly matches the sound of Getinfunky. When the title or the remix and "Ominous noises" evidence is pared it strongly suggests that Getinfunky is an early version of the Godzilla song which later evolved into Deeper Underground.
[edit] See also
| Jamiroquai |
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| Members: Jason Kay | Rob Harris | Paul Turner | Matt Johnson | Derrick McKenzie | Sola Akingbola | Lorraine McIntosh | Hazel Fernandez | Sam Smith |
| Former members: Gavin Dodds | Simon Katz | Nick Fyffe | Stuart Zender | Simon Carter | Toby Smith | Nick Van Gelder | Darren Galea (DJ D-Zire) | Winston Rollins | Adrian Revell | Wallis Buchanan | Beverley Knight |
| See also: Band logos | Chillington studio | Iroquois | Gig in the Sky |
| Discography |
| Studio albums |
| Emergency on Planet Earth (1993) | The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994/1995) | Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guest appearance) (1995) | Travelling without Moving (1996/1997) | Synkronized (1999) | A Funk Odyssey (2001) | Dynamite (2005) |
| Compilation albums |
| Jay's Selection (1996) | In Store Jam (promo, 1997) | Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai (2003/2005) | High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (2006) |
| Box sets |
| L'Intégrale des Maxi-Singles (1994) | The Single Box (1997) | The Singles Collection (1997) | Deeper Underground (1998) | 1999 Remixes (1999) | ULBC (Fanmade) (??) |
| Unofficial live recordings (ROIOs) |
| If I Like it, I do it (1993) | BBC 528 (1993) | Stockholm '93 (1993) | Club Citta '93 (1993) | Songs for Manitú (1993) | Firenze [sic] 1993 (1993) | Funky Paradise (1994) | JAZZiroquai (1995) | ... |
| DVDs |
| Live In Verona (2002/2003) | High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (2006) |
| Singles |
| When You Gonna Learn | Too Young to Die | Blow Your Mind | Emergency on Planet Earth | Space Cowboy | Half the Man | Stillness in Time | Light Years | The Kids | Do U Know Where You're Coming From? (Guest appearance) | Virtual Insanity | Cosmic Girl | Alright | High Times | Deeper Underground | Canned Heat | Black Capricorn Day | Supersonic | King for a Day | I'm in the Mood for Love (Guest appearance) | Little L | You Give Me Something | Love Foolosophy | Corner of the Earth | Main Vein | Feels Just Like It Should | Seven Days in Sunny June | (Don't) Give Hate a Chance | Runaway |
| Promotion-only / Cancelled / White label singles |
| Revolution 1993 | If I Like It I Do It | Morning Glory | Everyday | Travelling Without Moving | Hollywood Swingin' | Soul Education | An Online Odyssey | Feel So Good | Do It Like We Used To Do | Bad Girls | Dynamite | Starchild | Electric Mistress | Time Won't Wait | Emergency on Planet Earth & Blow Your Mind remixes | Talullah (Shelter mixes) | Multiquai |
