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"Space Cowboy" is the international lead single from British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai's second studio album, The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994). Released on 26 September 1994 by Sony Soho Square , the single peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart , number six in Italy, and number three in Iceland.
The Return of the Space Cowboy is the second album by English funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai.The album was released on 17 October 1994 under Sony Soho Square.The album continues the musical direction of their debut, Emergency on Planet Earth (1993), and is characterised by its complex songwriting as a result of Jay Kay's creative block mid-production.
Jay Kay performing with Jamiroquai, c. 1995. The band's original drummer, Nick van Gelder, was replaced in 1993 by Derrick McKenzie, who recorded with the group in one take for his audition. [17] They issued their second album, The Return of the Space Cowboy, in 1994, and it ranked at number 2 in the UK chart. [18]
Jay Kay was born Jason Luís Cheetham [6] in Stretford, Lancashire, on 30 December 1969, [7] to English cabaret singer Karen Kay [8] and Portuguese guitarist Luís Saraiva. [9] His parents split up, and he did not meet his biological father until he was about 28. Kay's identical twin, David, died of brain damage a few weeks after the two were born.
Jamiroquai are a British funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. Fronted by lead singer Jay Kay, Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early 1990s London-based acid jazz movement.
Emergency on Planet Earth is the debut studio album by English funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai, released on 14 June 1993 under Sony Soho Square.Prior its release, the band debuted in 1992 with "When You Gonna Learn" under Acid Jazz Records, and front-man Jay Kay was given a major-label deal with Sony Music.
The music video, directed by Earle Sebastian, prominently features the entire band throughout (unusual for Jamiroquai videos, which typically tend to focus almost exclusively on singer Jay Kay). The video takes place in the Australian outback , with Kay claiming temperatures were around 110 °F (43 °C) during filming. [ 3 ]
"Scam" is a song by the British band Jamiroquai. The song appeared on the band's second album, The Return of the Space Cowboy.Live performances of the song during The Return of the Space Cowboy tour usually began with a lengthy trumpet solo, and have placed the song at the end of a long chain of songs segued into one another (most often in the order "Blow Your Mind", "Light Years", "Who the ...