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"Cosmic Girl" is a song and single by the British band Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai are an England acid jazz/funk/Soul music/disco 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 ....
. Released in very early 1997, it achieved great chart success, peaking at #6. While the poppy disco single, and especially its chart performance, had received mixed reviews from critics, it has become one of the better-known tracks of the band, and a concert staple. Live versions usually last for 7 to 8 minutes, nearly double the duration of the album version.






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"Cosmic Girl" is a song and single by the British band Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai are an England acid jazz/funk/Soul music/disco 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 ....
. Released in very early 1997, it achieved great chart success, peaking at #6. While the poppy disco single, and especially its chart performance, had received mixed reviews from critics, it has become one of the better-known tracks of the band, and a concert staple. Live versions usually last for 7 to 8 minutes, nearly double the duration of the album version. In 2006, it was reissued as part of the "Classic Club Mixes" series which also included "Space Cowboy"
Space Cowboy (song)

"Space Cowboy" is a song by the United Kingdom band Jamiroquai, and the lead-off from their second album The Return of the Space Cowboy. It is said to be a "cannabis praise" ....
, "Deeper Underground
Deeper Underground

"Deeper Underground" is the first single from the album Synkronized by the funk/acid-jazz band, Jamiroquai. It was included in the soundtrack of the movie Godzilla and was a hidden track on Synkronized....
", "Love Foolosophy
Love Foolosophy

Love Foolosophy is a song by Jamiroquai, taken from their 2001 album A Funk Odyssey. The song was written by Jason Kay, the founder and frontman of the band....
" and "Alright"
Alright (Jamiroquai song)

Alright is a song by Jamiroquai, the fifth track and third single for their 1996 album, Travelling Without Moving. The song was written by Jason Kay....
. The B-side to the single was an instrumental "Slippin' 'n' Slidin'", a rather obscure song originating from another old Jamiroquai tune called "Mr Boogie", which was a live-only song. "Slidin'", just like "Mr Boogie" also had a vocal version.

In mid-July 2007 Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton

Paris Whitney Hilton is an United States socialite, celebutante, heiress, Model , media personality, singer and occasional actress.She is known for her appearance in a 1 Night in Paris in 2004, her appearance on the television series The Simple Life, her several minor film roles , her 2004 tongue-in-cheek autobiography, her 2006 album...
 announced that she has recorded a cover of the song, and that it will be featured on her yet-to-be-named second album.

Music video

The video, directed by Adrian Moat, shows three famous supercars driving and racing each other through several highways and mountain roads across a desert landscape from clear day-light to dawn. The cars on the video are a black Ferrari F355
Ferrari F355

The Ferrari F355 is a sports car built by Ferrari from May 1994 to 1999. It is an evolution of the Ferrari 348 and was replaced by the Ferrari 360....
 berlinetta, a purple Lamborghini Diablo SE30
Lamborghini Diablo

The Lamborghini Diablo was a high-performance Mid-engine design sports car built by Italy automaker Lamborghini between 1990 and 2001, before it was replaced by the Lamborghini Murci?lago....
 and a red Ferrari F40
Ferrari F40

The Ferrari F40 is a Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout, two-door coup? sports car produced by Ferrari from 1987 to 1992 as the successor to the Ferrari 288 GTO....
. Jay Kay appears to be driving the purple Lamborghini with Stuart Zender
Stuart Zender

Stuart Patrick Jude Zender was born on 18 March 1974 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Raised in Philadelphia, he attended Leighton Park School in Reading, Berkshire, Berkshire known for its strength in music, he is a bass guitar guitarist, songwriter and music producer....
 on the co-pilot seat, but the drivers of the other cars are not shown in detail.

It has four different edits (Versions 1-3 and the so called 'Jay's cut' version).

Before filming, Jay's Diablo had to be shipped overseas for the video shoot. Apparently, the company which was hired to transport the car had a driver that was keen to drive the car. Jay let the guy drive the car, but he was involved in an accident which wrecked the car, rendering the $239,000 car completely unusable. The car that appears in the video was rented from a local collector. The F40 was provided by the Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
 drummer Nick Mason
Nick Mason

Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is the drummer for Pink Floyd. He has been the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1964. He also competes in auto racing events, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans....
, who drove in the video as well.

While filming, the driver's side window in Jay Kay's Lamborghini was accidentally smashed. Due to the tight timescales involved, the video was still shot, but with the window removed. This is why Jay Kay appears to be driving around the desert late at night with his windows down.

Jay Kay mentioned in an interview that the Lamborghini had its windscreen removed to aid with the filming, due to space limitations inside, and the windscreen angle from outside. The missing windscreen can be seen when the Lamborghini overtakes the black Ferrari on an uphill shot.

It was filmed at the Cabo de Gata, in Spain roads were closed just to make this video.

the 4 minute version got much footage interesting, as jay drifting with the lamborghini after the explosion and some in-car footage of what he was doing to put the car back at the road.

Many of the scenes of the video appears to be inspired on the WRC footage taken at races and some car video games, because fast action and close-ups, like it was a real race and the cameras was just to take all the footage. It can be seen in small details, like when jay is driving and is filmed from outside many times, the fact that the chases are always with camera moving so much and the cars appear and dissapear from the roads like a race was being made.

UK releases


Standard UK release

  1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio Edit) - 03:45
  2. "Slippin' N' Slidin' - 03:36
  3. "Didjital Vibrations - 05:51
  4. "Cosmic Girl (Classic radio mix)


UK remix release

Cosmicgirleuremixes
#"Cosmic Girl - 04:03
  1. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar mix) - 07:40
  2. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22
  3. "Cosmic Girl (Cosmic dub)


UK Jukebox 7" release

A Side:

  1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio Edit) - 03:45


B Side:

  1. "Slippin' N' Slidin' - 03:36


UK promotional CD release

Cosmicgirlukpromo
#"Cosmic Girl (Radio edit) - 03:45

EU releases


Standard EU release

  1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio edit) - 03:45
  2. "Slippin' and Slidin' - 03:36


EU "Maxi" release

  1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio edit) - 03:45
  2. "Slippin' and Slidin' - 03:36
  3. "Didjital Vibrations - 05:51
  4. "Cosmic Girl (Classic radio mix)


EU remixes release

  1. "Cosmic Girl - 04:03
  2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar
    Quasar

    A Quasi-stellar radio source is a powerfully energetic and distant active galactic nucleus. Quasars were first identified as being high redshift sources of electromagnetic energy, including radio frequency and visible spectrum, that were point-like, similar to stars, rather than extended sources similar to galaxy....
     mix) - 07:40
  3. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22
  4. "Cosmic Girl (Cosmic dub)


Italian-only 7" Vinyl jukebox release

NOTE: Track B is not by Jamiroquai.

A Side:
  1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio edit) - 03:45


B side:
  1. "Ci Sar, by Spagna
    Spagna

    Spagna is an Italian people singing and songwriter....
    .


US/AU/Mexican releases


Standard US release

  1. "Cosmic Girl (Album Version) - 04:03
  2. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic Mix) - 09:22
  3. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar Mix) - 07:40
  4. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Cosmic Dub) - 06:48
  5. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar Dub) - 07:17


US 12" release

A Side:

  1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22
  2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar mix) - 07:40


B Side:

  1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Cosmic dub) - 06:48
  2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar dub) - 07:17
  3. "Cosmic Girl (Album version) - 04:03


US promo CD release

Cosmicgirluspromo
#"Cosmic Girl (Radio Edit) - 03:45
  1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic mix) - 09:22


US 12" promo release

A Side:

  1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22
  2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar mix) - 07:40


B Side:

  1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Cosmic dub) - 06:48
  2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar dub) - 07:17


C Side:

  1. "Cosmic Girl (Album version) - 04:03
  2. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic Radio edit) - 04:01


D Side:

  1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic instrumental) - 04:01


AU release

  1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio Edit) - 03:45
  2. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic Radio edit) - 04:01
  3. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar mix) - 07:40
  4. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22


Mexican promotional CD release

Cosmicgirlmexicanpromo
#"Cosmic Girl (Radio Edit) - 03:45
  1. "Slippin' N' Slidin' - 03:36
  2. "Didjital Vibrations - 05:51
  3. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic Radio edit) - 04:01
  4. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22
  5. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Cosmic dub) - 06:48