Do Your Thing (Basement Jaxx song)
| "Do Your Thing" | ||||
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 UK cover | ||||
| Single by Basement Jaxx featuring Elliot May | ||||
| from the album Rooty | ||||
| Released |
26 August 2002 (UK promo 12" single) 26 November 2005 (UK 12" single) | |||
| Format | ||||
| Recorded | 2000-01 | |||
| Genre | House | |||
| Length | 4:24 | |||
| Label | XL | |||
| Writer(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Basement Jaxx | |||
| Basement Jaxx singles chronology | ||||
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"Do Your Thing" is a song by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. It originally appeared on their second studio album Rooty (2001) and was released in August 2002 as a 12" Limited Edition, vinyl single in UK and as a CD single in Australia.[1] It was released again, as a 12" vinyl single, in November 2005 by record label XL,[2] when it reached number 32 in the UK Singles Chart.[3]
Lead vocal is by Lisa Kekaula from The Bellrays.[4]
Composition and video
The song sampled the track "Fungii Mama" from Kenny Barron's album Lemuria-Seascape (1991). The song's music video was a directorial debut for Kim Gehrig, features people in a park wearing t-shirts which mirror the song lyrics.[5]
Critical response
The song is featured on the 2011 experimental live album Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest. Reviewing the album for The Independent, Andy Gill said: "'Do Your Thing' is very New York in flavour, a big-band jazz groove led by piano, the audience clapping along with the rattling percussion as brash trombones and sinuous saxophone take brief solos before the strings whip the piece to its conclusion."[6][7]
Usage in media
Via Astralwerks, the song appeared on the soundtrack of EA Canada's snowboard racing game SSX 3.[8]
The song appears in the 2002 British romantic sports Bend It Like Beckham.
In 2002 the song was one of three selected by Levi's for a TV advertisement campaign. The video, entitled "Up & Down", was directed by Chris Cunningham.[9][10]
The song was featured in the 2006 computer animated film Barnyard and in the 2002 romantic comedy Bend It Like Beckham. It was also featured in the opening credits of the 2003 comedy Just Married.
The song was used on an Android advert to celebrate the gay marriage court ruling in 2015.
The song was used on the first teaser trailer of the 2016 American 3D computer animated comedy film The Secret Life of Pets.[11]
References
- ↑ "Basement Jaxx - Do Your Thing". discogs.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "Basement Jaxx - Do Your Thing". discogs.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "Basement Jaxx | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ↑ Kelefa Sanneh (14 October 2006). "Music Review: Basement Jaxx". Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ↑ "» Bill Sound Bites". Soundbitesnyc.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ↑ Andy Gill (14 July 2011). "Album: Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest, Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest (Atlantic Jaxx)". The Independent. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ↑ "Basement Jaxx - Metropole Orkest - Do Your Thing". YouTube. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ↑ Jeffries, David. "SSX 3 - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ Walker, Rob (14 January 2002). "Ad Report Card: The Levi Bowl". slate.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016 – via Slate.
- ↑ "Director File ·· Chris Cunningham ·· Credits". director-file-two.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "Trailers This Week: Turbo Kids Is Full of Gore and Optimism". Wired. Condé Nast. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.