I said I heard Jamiroquai shortly after his first album was released because one of my colleagues had it and bought it when it was just coming out. She used to play the album over and over again and I just kind of liked it. We used to skip college and get drunk, listen to music while she sang to me, and have a good time listening to the album.

Jamiroquai is an English Acid Jazz / Electronica group and the name is a mix of Jam (Jam sessions) and Iroquai (named after the Native American Iroquois tribe). The line-up has changed a lot over the years, but the founder was Jason “Jay” Kay and he decided to form his own group after failing to audition for singer with Brand New Heavies. Jay Kay is also known for his fights with the paparazzi and also for his quirky hats.

Emergency On Planet Earth, their debut album was released in 1993 and was a huge hit in the UK and US. The success of the album is due in part to the singles Blow Your Mind and Too Young To Die. The album broke the chart and went to # 1. The album is based on self-awareness and world issues.

When The Return Of The Space Cowboy was released in 1994, it was another huge hit on the charts, reaching No. 2 in the UK. The single Space Cowboy is also believed to be a cannabis praise song with the lyrics, At The Speed ​​Of Cheeba … You And I Go Deeper … Maybe I’ll give to get high just to survive. .. (Cheeba means cannabis) and the term Space Cowboy is also a name for someone who smokes cannabis.

His first major success in the United States came with his third studio album, Traveling Without Moving, which was released in 1996 and peaked at # 24 and # 2 in the UK. The album is reported to have sold over 11.5 million copies worldwide. Virtual Insanity was the most popular single from the album and has been used in many television commercials. Jay Kay is also famous for his love of sports cars and this is reflected in the Ferrari-style logo on the album cover.

Synkronized was released in 1999 and was again a huge hit in the UK, reaching # 1 and also # 24 in the US The single Canned Heat is a classic song and was also a # 1 hit. the song King For A Day is about Stuart Zender, Jamiroquai’s bassist on their previous albums, but who left the band during the album’s making. The bonus track Deeper Underground was also used in the remake of the classic Godzilla movie.

In 2001 A Funk Odyssey was released and the songs are a combination of funk, disco and electronics. The album reached number 1 in the UK and also in the US and is the first of their albums to not feature the Buffalo Man logo. Their popularity peaked at this point and a massive world tour followed for support the album.

Dynamite, released in 2005, is Jamiroquai’s latest offering and peaked at number 3 in the UK and climbed one place higher, number 2 in the US. The album features a wide range of styles, from electronic to disco, house and acoustic. The video for the single (Don’t) Give Hate A Chance features an animated buffalo man, wearing sunglasses, a horned hat, and a tracksuit.

Jamiroquai’s music has been used in many television commercials, movies, and computer games. They also performed at the Khodynka Arena in Moscow, Russia, at the launch of the new Audi A4 car in February 2008 and are currently recording a new album that has no release date yet.

My top 10 Jamiroquai songs are:

01. Stillness in time
02. Space cowboy
03. Music of the mind
04. Light years
05. High times
06. Little L
07. blow your mind
08. Do you know where you come from?
09 Cosmic Girl
10. Homeless illusions