| "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Read My Lips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 14 August 2000 (UK) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | 12-inch single, CD single | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | House Dance Disco House |
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| Length | 6:18 [Original Version] 3:47 [Radio Mix] |
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| Label | Positiva Records | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Cristiano Spiller Sophie Ellis-Bextor Rob Davis |
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| Producer | Cristiano Spiller Boris Dlugosch |
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| Certification | 2× Platinum (140,000+) (Australia) Gold (400,000+) (UK) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" is a single by Spiller, featuring vocals by British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor. The single was released in August 2000 by Positiva Records. It peaked at #1 in the UK, New Zealand, Ireland and Australia, as well as charting at number three on the American Hot Dance Chart. The single was later featured on Ellis Bextor's debut solo album, Read My Lips.
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The track was originally created by Italian DJ and producer Cristiano Spiller in 1999 as an instrumental, with no singing, and was included on the Mighty Miami EP. It is mainly built upon samples from "Love Is You", a disco song originally performed by Carol Williams with the Salsoul Orchestra. In order to make the track more palatable for airplay, as the instrumental is somewhat repetitive, Positiva asked British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, formerly with indie rock band theaudience, to provide lyrics and vocals for the song. Before recording, the lyric was partly reworked by Rob Davis, who replaced Ellis-Bextor's proposed hook "And so it goes..." with the line "If this ain't love...", thereby providing the song with its subtitle. Boris Dlugosch produced the vocal portions added to the track. Sharon Scott is the back-up vocalist. The track has been remixed by Boris Dlugosch and Michi Lange, Todd Terry, Solar, Ramon "Ray Roc" Checo and Ernest St. Laurent.[1] According to technology journalist Steven Levy this was the first song ever to be played on an iPod, specifically from a prototype unit in August 2001.[2] In the UK, the single was first released in the same week as "Out of Your Mind", Victoria Beckham's first song since the breakup of her group, the Spice Girls. "Out of Your Mind" held the midweek number one in the UK singles chart until Saturday, when "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" overtook it in sales; it was hyped by the media as a personal battle between the two artists.[3][4] The song was the 8th best selling of 2000 in the UK. A live version of the track appeared as a B-side to Ellis-Bextor's single Music Gets The Best Of Me, and in 2003, "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" was re-released as part of Positiva Records 'Remixed' series.[5]
The video for the song shows Spiller and Sophie missing each other repeatedly in Bangkok. Spiller signs autographs and generally finds his height makes life there difficult; Sophie singing wistfully at various tables in bars and taking a Tuk-tuk ride, while Spiller just about fits into a taxicab.
| Chart (2000–2009) | Peak position |
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| UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade | 52[6] |
| Preceded by "Beautiful Day" by U2 |
Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single 29 October 2000 - 12 November 2000 |
Succeeded by "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus |
| Preceded by "I Turn to You" by Melanie C |
UK Singles Chart number-one single 20 August 2000 - 27 August 2000 |
Succeeded by "Music" by Madonna |
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