Estadio de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria, Spain
Jamiroquai concert Palermo 02-07-06
PORT HERCULE DE MONACO
98000 Monaco, France
Obuda Island
Budapest, Hungary
Jamiroquai is a Grammy Award-winning English acid jazz/funk/soul band. Jamiroquai was initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the Brand New Heavies, Galliano, and Corduroy. Subsequent albums have explored other musical directions such as, but not limited to, pop, rock and electronica. Jamiroquai has sold well over one million records in the United States alone.
In pop culture
- Jamiroquai's hit single "Deeper Underground" - the band's only UK #1 single to date - appeared on the soundtrack of the 1998 movie Godzilla.
- The soundtrack for the 1998 film "Sliding Doors" features "Use the Force".
- "Canned Heat" (released 1999 in the U.S.) was featured in the films Center Stage (2000) and Napoleon Dynamite (2004), the latter for its famous dance scene. It was used as well in the Nintendo DS rhythm game Elite Beat Agents and Sony PlayStation 2 camera game EyeToy: Groove.
- "Cosmic Girl" and Canned Heat both appeared in the European release of Nintendo Gamecube game Donkey Konga.
- "Feels Just Like It Should" is included in the soundtrack for the game FIFA 06 and a Timo Maas Remix was featured in Need For Speed: Most Wanted.
- The song "Virtual Insanity" was featured in Konami's rhythm games Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3 for the Xbox and beatmania (North America) for the Playstation 2 as well as party game Karaoke Revolution 2 for the Playstation 2, also by Konami.
- Jamiroquai is mentioned in an Achewood comic strip on January 2nd, 2008.
- The song "Cosmic Girl" appears in the 1997 film, Love Jones.
- The soundtrack for the 2000 film "Center Stage" features "Canned Heat" and "Cosmic Girl".
- The soundtrack for the 2000 film "Titan A.E." features "Everybody's Going to the Moon".
- The game Tony Hawk's Underground referenced Jamiroquai three times and Eric Sparrow, the player's rival mentions Jay Kay as "Jay."
Discography
| Year | Album | U.K. Pop Albums | U.S. Pop Albums | U.S. Electronic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Emergency on Planet Earth | 1 | - | - |
| 1994 | The Return of the Space Cowboy | 2 | - | - |
| 1996 | Travelling Without Moving | 2 | 24 | - |
| 1999 | Synkronized | 1 | 28 | - |
| 2001 | A Funk Odyssey | 1 | 44 | 1 |
| 2005 | Dynamite | 3 | 145 | 2 |
Jamiroquai concert Palermo 02-07-06
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