Blow Your Mind (Jamiroquai song)

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"Blow Your Mind"
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Single by Jamiroquai
from the album Emergency on Planet Earth
B-side"Hooked Up" (Instrumental)
Released
  • 24 May 1993 (UK)
  • 1 July 1993 (Japan)
Genre
Length3:51 (Radio Edit) 8:35 (Album Version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Jay Kay, Toby Smith
Producer(s)Rick Pope
Jamiroquai singles chronology
"Too Young to Die"
(1993) 		"Blow Your Mind"
(1993) 		"Emergency on Planet Earth"
(1993)

"Blow Your Mind" is the third overall single to be released from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's debut studio album, Emergency on Planet Earth. The single was released on 24 May 1993 on Sony Soho Square in the United Kingdom and 1 July 1993 on Epic Records in Japan, peaking at #12 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background[]

The single was later featured on the group's greatest hits compilation, High Times: Singles 1992–2006; however, its release was a shorter version rather than the original album-length track. Like both of the group's previous singles, two versions of the song exist: a heavily edited radio edit, running at 3:51, and the full-length album version, running at 8:35. The latter version has only ever been officially included on the group's debut album release (as well as the 2013 remaster). All other releases which include the track include the radio edit. The B-side of the single is an instrumental version of the popular Emergency on Planet Earth track "Hooked Up".

Critical reception[]

Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "On a hopping funky bass line Jay is scatting his vocals, while the horn section exhales full blast. Mind blowingly good stuff!"[1] Andy Beevers from Music Week gave the song four out of five, writing, "The kid can do no wrong at the moment. His third single is a breezy jazz funk track that lacks the lyrical message of its predecessors but is already turning out to be a winner on the nation's dancefloors. Its chart success is assured."[2] James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update noted it as "excellent" and "brassy".[3]

Music video[]

The accompanying music video for the song shows a group of people dancing in a 1970s club, where Jamiroquai are performing the song to the paying crowd.

Track listing[]

  • UK CD single (659297 2)
  1. "Blow Your Mind" (Radio Edit) - 3:51
  2. "Blow Your Mind" (Album Version) - 8:35
  3. "Hooked Up" (Instrumental) - 4:36
  4. "When You Gonna Learn" (JK Mix) - 6:20
  • Japanese CD single (ESCA 5782)
  1. "Blow Your Mind" (Radio Edit) - 3:51
  2. "Blow Your Mind" (Parts 1 and 2) - 8:35
  3. "When You Gonna Learn" (JK Mix) - 6:20
  • UK cassette single (659297 4)
  1. "Blow Your Mind" (Part 1) - 3:51
  2. "Hooked Up" - 4:36
  • UK 12" vinyl (659297 6)
  1. "Blow Your Mind" (Album Version) - 8:35
  2. "Hooked Up" (Instrumental) - 4:36

Charts[]

Chart (1993) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 12
UK Dance Singles (Music Week)[4] 2

References[]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 7 August 1993. p. 7. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ Beevers, Andy (22 May 1993). "Market Preview: Dance - Pick of the Week" (PDF). Music Week. p. 9. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ Hamilton, James (22 May 1993). "Djdirectory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 5 June 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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