White Knuckle Ride

"White Knuckle Ride"
Single by Jamiroquai
from the album Rock Dust Light Star
Released 31 October 2010[1]
1 January 2011 (Physical)[2]
Format 12-inch vinyl, digital download
Recorded 2009-2010
Genre Disco, House, Funk
Length 3:35 (Album Version)
3:26 (Radio Edit)
Label Mercury Records
Writer(s) Matt Johnson, Jay Kay
Producer Jay Kay
Jamiroquai singles chronology
"Runaway"
(2006)		 "White Knuckle Ride"
(2010)		 "Blue Skies"
(2010)

"White Knuckle Ride" is the first single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album, Rock Dust Light Star.[3] The single was released via Digital Download on 31 October 2010, with a Limited Edition Vinyl release due to appear on 1 January 2011.[2] The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's first record to be released under Mercury Records.[3][4] The band's official website originally announced that the single would be released on 11 October.[3] The band describe "White Knuckle Ride" as "a hi-octane retrospective on Jay's career experiences - a cautionary tale equally applicable to anyone's life in these pressure cooker times."[4] It appears that the Jamiroquai logo typeface has been stretched vertically for this release. The video for the single was made available on the group's YouTube account on 25 September.[5]

Contents

Tracklisting

Digital Download[1] and CD Single[6]
  1. "White Knuckle Ride" - 3:35
Promotional CD Single #1[6]
  1. "White Knuckle Ride" (Radio Edit) - 3:26
  2. "White Knuckle Ride" (Seamus Haji Radio Edit) - 3:00
  3. "White Knuckle Ride" (Seamus Haji Remix) - 6:39
  4. "White Knuckle Ride" (Seamus Haji Instrumental) - 6:39
  5. "White Knuckle Ride" (Monarchy Remix) - 7:00
  6. "White Knuckle Ride" (Monarchy Dub) - 6:45
  7. "White Knuckle Ride" (Penguin Prison Remix) - 5:36
  8. "White Knuckle Ride" (Penguin Prison Instrumental) - 5:28
Promotional CD Single #2 and UK Limited Edition 12-inch vinyl[2][7]
  1. "White Knuckle Ride" (Alan Braxe Remix) - 6:16
  2. "White Knuckle Ride" (Monarchy Remix) - 7:00
  3. "White Knuckle Ride" (Monarchy Dub) - 6:45
  4. "White Knuckle Ride" (Penguin Prison Remix) - 5:36
  5. "White Knuckle Ride" (Penguin Prison Instrumental) - 5:28

Music Video

The music video shows Jay Kay pursuing a Porsche 911 Carrera along a winding desert road from a helicopter. After several unsuccessful attempts at losing its pursuer - including driving in wide circuits to raise a cloud of dust to blind Kay, and taking a detour down a tree-lined dirt road - the driver comes to a halt under a viaduct and escapes on foot. Kay arrives to find the car abandoned with no sign of the driver, whose face is never shown.

Live Performances

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[8] 37
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[8] 41
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[8] 34
Dutch Singles Chart[8] 15
European Hot 100 Singles[9] 49
Finnish Singles Chart[8] 16
France (SNEP) Download Chart[10] 24
German Downloads Chart[11] 31
German Singles Chart [12] 49
Italian Singles Chart[13] 1
Japan Hot 100[14] 16
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 20
UK Singles Chart[6] 39

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
Italian Singles Chart[15] 65
Japanese Top 100[16] 76

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Italy (FIMI)[17] Gold 15,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ^ a b http://itunes.apple.com/be/album/white-knuckle-ride-single/id388423719
  2. ^ a b c http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch.do?searchUID=6024943705653953599&pGroupID=-1&adultFlag=false&primaryID=0&simpleSearchString=jamiroquai+white+knuckle+ride
  3. ^ a b c Jamiroquai Official Website. Posted on 27.08.2010. The new single by Jamiroquai is 'White Knuckle Ride'
  4. ^ a b Jamiroquai Official Website. Posted on 16.08.2010. Jamiroquai's New Album Is Called 'Rock Dust Light Star'
  5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/Jamiroquaivideo
  6. ^ a b c http://funkin.com/music/singles/white_knuckle_ride/
  7. ^ http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jamiroquai-White-Knuckle-Ride-New-12-UK-Vinyl-U-/270648766802?pt=UK_Records&hash=item3f03ec7152
  8. ^ a b c d e f http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Jamiroquai&titel=White+Knuckle+Ride&cat=s
  9. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/european-hot-100?begin=1&order=position
  10. ^ "Classement des ventes de titres téléchargés en France du 15 novembre au 21 novembre 2010" (in French). Chartsinfrance.net. http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/1045/titres-telechargement.php,v1. Retrieved 2010-11-26. 
  11. ^ http://www.media-control.de/take-that-rueckkehr-in-die-download-charts.html
  12. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/germany
  13. ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_digital.php?anno=2010&mese=09&id=275
  14. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/jamiroquai/chart-history/119864?f=848&g=Singles
  15. ^ http://www.fimi.it/dett_ddmercato.php?id=73
  16. ^ "レコード協会調べ 2009年12月16日～2010年12月14日「着うたフル(R)」 2010年有料音楽配信「年間チャート」（通称：レコ協チャート） [Record Association Analysis: 16 December 2009—14 December 2010 Full-length Cellphone Download 2010 paid digital sales "Yearly Chart" (Abbreviated: RIAJ Chart)]". RIAJ. 20 December 2010. http://www.riaj.or.jp/release/2010/pdf/pr101220.pdf. Retrieved 22 December 2010. 
  17. ^ "Italian single certifications – Jamiroquai – White Knuckle Ride" (in Italian) (PDF). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_GFK_download_492011.pdf. Retrieved 2 January 2012. 
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