"They" is the first single released by Jem from her debut album Finally Woken. It includes a sample of the Swingle Singers' 1963 adaptation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude in F minor (BWV 881) from Book II of Well-Tempered Clavier from their album Jazz Sebastian Bach.[1]
The song became her most popular single, peaking at #6 on the UK Singles Chart.
"They" was used in TV series like Crossing Jordan and Grey's Anatomy. Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai recorded a Chinese adaptation of the song, titled "Le Yuan," for use in an advertisement promoting Motorola telephones. "They" is also the title song for the hit MTV show The X Effect and formerly featured on a Pantene shampoo advertisement in the United Kingdom.
Track listing
They Pt. 1
- "They"
- "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney)
They Pt. 2/Australian CD
- "They" (Original Version)
- "They (Cut Chemist Remix)"
- "They Mdk & Ayesha Mix (Eye in the Sky Mix)"
- Music video
They remixes
- "They" (Cut Chemist Remix)
- "They" (Cut Chemist Instrumental Remix)
- "They" (Eye in the Sky Mix)
- "They" (Tech Breaks Mix) by Kid Freeze
- "They" (Photek Mix)
- "They" (Album version)
Music videos
Jem released two music videos for They. The UK version, inspired by the Barbarella opening scene, features Jem stripping herself in a spaceship (although she remains covered by strategically placed holograms); actually a boy dreams her as he constructs a model of the same spaceship back on Earth. The US version features Jem walking at a park while being accompanied by a number of children. She then encounters several signs and decides to violate them. Some intercut scenes show her at a roundabout being spun by children.
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