Jamiroquai are an English funk and acid jazz band formed and fronted by Jay Kay (born Dec 30 as Jason Kay). The group consisted of Derrick McKenzie on drums, Toby Smith on a keyboard, Stuart Zender on bass, Wallis Buchanan on vibraphone and Simon Katz on guitar. Jamiroquai is named after an Iroquois native American tribe. They are best known for songs/videos like "Virtual Insanity", "Cosmic Girl" and UK chartopper "Deeper Underground". Their debut album "Emergency on the planet earth" went #1 on UK album chart and spawned several singles including the Top 10 hit, "Too young to die". Their second album "Return of the Space Cowboy" was just as successful with another top 10 single, "Stillness in time" and a US Dance #1 in 1995. Their third album "Travelling Without Moving" spawned arguably their biggest singles "Virtual Insanity", "Cosmic Girl" and "Alright". They had UK#1 single "Deeper underground" from the Roland Emmerich film, "Godzilla" in 1998. Another #1 album "Synkronized" spawned US Dance #1 hit "Canned heat".
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Mar 1993 10 Too Young To Die Jun 1993 12 Blow Your Mind Aug 1993 32 Emergency On Planet Earth Sep 1993 28 When You Gonna Learn Oct 1994 17 Space Cowboy Nov 1994 15 Half The Man Jul 1995 9 Stillness In Time Jun 1996 12 Do U Know Where You're Coming From (M-Beat featuring Jamiroquai) Aug 1996 3 Virtual Insanity Dec 1996 6 Cosmic Girl May 1997 6 Alright Dec 1997 20 High Times Jul 1998 1 Deeper Underground Jun 1999 4 Canned Heat Sep 1999 22 Supersonic
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Jamiroquai had another #1 album in "A Funk Odyssey" and few more hit singles in "Little L" (UK#5 in 2001) and "Feels Just Like It Should" (UK#8 in 2005).
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