Jamiroquai - Canned Heat

Artist ----  Jamiroquai

Song   ----  Canned Heat

Album  ----  Synkronized (1999)

Background: Jamiroquai are a British jazz 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. Subsequent albums have explored other musical directions such as pop, rock and electronica. Their best known track is "Virtual Insanity", which won four awards at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Jamiroquai have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 1998. Despite his self-professed attempts to treat Jamiroquai as a band, Kay has always been at the forefront of how the group is marketed, and has therefore always had the lion's share of media attention. "Canned Heat" is the second single Jamiroquai's fourth studio album, Synkronized, released in 1999. The song was their second #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart.

Trivia: The band name is a portmanteau of "jam session" and "iroquai", based on the Iroquois, a Native American tribe.

My two cents: What a track. Powerful, reviving disco sound and making it even better than it probrably was in the 70s. I never knew much about Jamiroquai but I was surprised about how many songs I actually know of them. They are in the business for a long time now, but as the video shows they did not lose a quantum of energy and power. Their style also is pretty unique, there's not one band coming to my mind that sounds similar to them. A lot of appreciation goes to their courageousness for experimenting with so many different styles and sounds. I like it and there's something wrong with you if you don't move your hips to that song.

Cite: Nothing left for me to do but dance!