Junior Senior
Encyclopedia
Junior Senior was a pop music
al duo
from Denmark
. The duo consisted of Jesper "Junior" Mortensen (vocals, guitar
, bass guitar
, keyboards
) (born February 7, 1979) and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen
(vocals, keyboards
, programming
) (born December 25, 1977).
got back together after their previous band Ludo-X broke up in 1995. The band signed a deal with Danish label Crunchy Frog Records
.
", was one of the most played songs on Danish radio and eventually climbed the charts in over thirteen countries, including the United States, Australia
, France
, and the United Kingdom
. The single is also available on the soundtrack of the popular American television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. "Move Your Feet" is also featured on the Northern American music video game
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme for the PlayStation 2. Ubisoft
included the song in the Nintendo Wii game, Just Dance 2. It was also a featured dance It is often associated with its pixelated music video, as seen in the VH1
commercial for I Love the 90's: Part Deux and in the background of its Dance Dance Revolution: DDR Extreme dance. It also was featured on the soundtrack of the movie, White Chicks
.
The follow-up single, "Rhythm Bandits," made the singles charts in the UK and Australia, and was included in the soundtrack of the game FIFA Football 2004
.
D-D-Don't Stop the Beat was included in several publications' "Best Albums of 2003" lists, including Rolling Stone
, NME
, Entertainment Weekly
and Blender
. The Sunday Chronicle in San Francisco rated "Move your Feet" as the single of the year, calling it "the best song ever."
The CD features the video to "Move Your Feet" (made by designer group Shynola
) and a "Making Of" as enhanced content.
The single "Shake Your Coconuts
" is available on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action
soundtrack, and is used as the menu music in the game Worms 3D
by Team17 Software
. It was also featured in the 2004 movie Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
.
The song "White Trash" from this album was used in the advertisement for music magazine TV show Popworld
in the United Kingdom. The advert featured the two presenters of the show doing a synchronized dance routine to the song whilst wearing identical outfits.
Junior Senior released their second album, Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
on August 24, 2005 in Japan
, where it went to #2 on the charts. It was released in the US in 2007. The first single from the album, "Itch U Can't Skratch," is currently available in Japan and Denmark. The track "Take My Time" features Cindy Wilson
and Kate Pierson
of New Wave
band The B-52's
. "Take My Time" has also been featured in the PSP video game Lumines II
.
In February 2006 and March 2006 the band held a contest for fans to appear in a music video
for their song "Can I Get Get Get". The song "Can I Get Get Get" has been used on the T.V shows Ugly Betty
, Cavemen
and Castle
, "East Bound and Down" and featured in the film "What happens in Vegas". This song was also featured on the Nordic
edition of Lips
as an on-disc song as well as downloadable content
worldwide. The music video for this song was released on July 25, 2006.
"Hip Hop a Lula" was featured in a Sears back-to-school commercial in August 2007. It was also used extensively in Network Ten Australia's advertising in 2008.
on Kitsune Records. In 2010, Mortensen formed the group MAKE OUT
. Laursen is reportedly working on a debut album.
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
al duo
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
from Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The duo consisted of Jesper "Junior" Mortensen (vocals, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
) (born February 7, 1979) and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen
Jeppe Laursen
Jeppe Breum Laursen is a Danish singer-songwriter and producer. Performing under the name "Senior," Jeppe was the lead vocalist for the dance-rock band Junior Senior. Dazed and Confused praised Jeppe's music for its "urgency and club appeal" and described it as "industrial synth-pop and...
(vocals, keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, programming
Programming (music)
Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
) (born December 25, 1977).
Early career
Junior Senior formed in 1998 when Jesper Mortensen and Jeppe LaursenJeppe Laursen
Jeppe Breum Laursen is a Danish singer-songwriter and producer. Performing under the name "Senior," Jeppe was the lead vocalist for the dance-rock band Junior Senior. Dazed and Confused praised Jeppe's music for its "urgency and club appeal" and described it as "industrial synth-pop and...
got back together after their previous band Ludo-X broke up in 1995. The band signed a deal with Danish label Crunchy Frog Records
Crunchy Frog Records
Crunchy Frog is an independent record label, established in 1994 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The label is owned by the four members of Thau. The daily operations is handled by Jesper "Yebo" Reginal Petersen, drummer of Thau...
.
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
The band released their debut album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat in 2003. The first single, "Move Your FeetMove Your Feet
"Move Your Feet" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. The song, recorded in 2002, was Junior Senior's biggest hit, reaching #3 in the United Kingdom and #20 in Australia, and played at dance clubs the world over. The song appears on the album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat along with a live...
", was one of the most played songs on Danish radio and eventually climbed the charts in over thirteen countries, including the United States, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The single is also available on the soundtrack of the popular American television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. "Move Your Feet" is also featured on the Northern American music video game
Music video game
A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme for the PlayStation 2. Ubisoft
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
included the song in the Nintendo Wii game, Just Dance 2. It was also a featured dance It is often associated with its pixelated music video, as seen in the VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
commercial for I Love the 90's: Part Deux and in the background of its Dance Dance Revolution: DDR Extreme dance. It also was featured on the soundtrack of the movie, White Chicks
White Chicks
White Chicks is a 2004 American film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written and produced by Keenen Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios...
.
The follow-up single, "Rhythm Bandits," made the singles charts in the UK and Australia, and was included in the soundtrack of the game FIFA Football 2004
FIFA Football 2004
FIFA Football 2004, also known as FIFA Soccer 2004 in North America, is a football video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in October 2003 with the tagline "Create Brilliance"....
.
D-D-Don't Stop the Beat was included in several publications' "Best Albums of 2003" lists, including Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
, NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
, Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
and Blender
Blender (magazine)
Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....
. The Sunday Chronicle in San Francisco rated "Move your Feet" as the single of the year, calling it "the best song ever."
The CD features the video to "Move Your Feet" (made by designer group Shynola
Shynola
Shynola is the collective name of a group of, then, four visual artistsbased in London who have collaborated on a variety of projects,most notably a number of acclaimed music videos for several pioneering artists....
) and a "Making Of" as enhanced content.
The single "Shake Your Coconuts
Shake Your Coconuts
"Shake Your Coconuts" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. The song was recorded in 2003 as the third single from their debut album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat....
" is available on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a 2003 American live action/animated adventure comedy film directed by Joe Dante and starring Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Timothy Dalton, and Steve Martin. The film is essentially a feature-length Looney Tunes cartoon, with all the wackiness and surrealism typical...
soundtrack, and is used as the menu music in the game Worms 3D
Worms 3D
The game has received generally good reviews. A negative point by most reviewers was the 3D camera system, that often places behind the objects in landscape with the worm being hidden in front of those.-External links:* * ]]...
by Team17 Software
Team17
Team17 Software Ltd. is a video game company best known for developing the Worms series of games , but it has made many other games, notably Superfrog and the Alien Breed series. Most of its early releases were on the Amiga home computer system and featured trademark smooth scrolling, and detailed...
. It was also featured in the 2004 movie Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is a 2004 American Teen musical comedy film directed by Sara Sugarman and produced by Robert Shapiro and Matthew Hart for Walt Disney Pictures...
.
The song "White Trash" from this album was used in the advertisement for music magazine TV show Popworld
Popworld
Popworld was a British television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4, offering pop news, trivia, gossip, interviews and music videos, as well as musical performances from the most recent top artists....
in the United Kingdom. The advert featured the two presenters of the show doing a synchronized dance routine to the song whilst wearing identical outfits.
Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
Hey Hey My My Yo Yo is the second and final album by Danish pop group Junior Senior, released in Japan and parts of Europe in 2005. It was released in Australia on April 9, 2007. The single "Itch U Can't Skratch" also charted in the UK...
on August 24, 2005 in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, where it went to #2 on the charts. It was released in the US in 2007. The first single from the album, "Itch U Can't Skratch," is currently available in Japan and Denmark. The track "Take My Time" features Cindy Wilson
Cindy Wilson
Cynthia Leigh Wilson is a vocalist and a founding member of new wave rock band The B-52s.- Career :...
and Kate Pierson
Kate Pierson
Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Pierson is an American vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. One of the multi-instrumentalists in the band, Pierson played guitar, bass and various keyboard instruments...
of New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band The B-52's
The B-52's
The B-52's are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider , Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson , Ricky Wilson , and Keith Strickland . Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched to guitar...
. "Take My Time" has also been featured in the PSP video game Lumines II
Lumines II
Lumines II is a sequel to the puzzle game Lumines. The game was released in November, 2006 in Europe and North America, and in February 2007 in Japan.-Gameplay:The gameplay in Lumines II is very similar to its predecessor, Lumines...
.
In February 2006 and March 2006 the band held a contest for fans to appear in a music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for their song "Can I Get Get Get". The song "Can I Get Get Get" has been used on the T.V shows Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
, Cavemen
Cavemen (TV series)
Cavemen is an American comedy-drama show which ran on ABC from October 2, 2007 to November 13, 2007. The show was created by Joe Lawson and set in San Diego, California...
and Castle
Castle (TV series)
Castle is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on ABC on March 9, 2009. The series is produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. On January 10, 2011, Castle was renewed for a fourth season...
, "East Bound and Down" and featured in the film "What happens in Vegas". This song was also featured on the Nordic
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
edition of Lips
Lips (video game)
Lips is a video game for the Xbox 360. Lips was developed by iNiS and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game features the use of motion sensitive wireless microphones and supports the use of songs already owned through a Zune or iPod. The game was released on November 18, 2008 in North...
as an on-disc song as well as downloadable content
Downloadable content
Downloadable content is official additional content for a video game distributed through the Internet. Downloadable content can be of several types, ranging from a single in-game outfit to an entirely new, extensive storyline, similarly to an expansion pack. As such, DLC may add new game modes,...
worldwide. The music video for this song was released on July 25, 2006.
"Hip Hop a Lula" was featured in a Sears back-to-school commercial in August 2007. It was also used extensively in Network Ten Australia's advertising in 2008.
Disbandment
Mortensen and Laursen announced on their blog that they would split and pursue solo projects on September 26, 2008. Both Junior and Senior have launched new projects. In 2008, Mortensen released a 12" single called "Trust Tissue" under the moniker I Scream Ice CreamI Scream Ice Cream
I Scream Ice Cream is the side project of Jesper Mortensen, best known as a member of the duo Junior Senior. The French record label Kitsune Music released a 12 inch with the songs "Trust Tissue" and "Closing Time Closing In" on June 2, 2008...
on Kitsune Records. In 2010, Mortensen formed the group MAKE OUT
MAKE OUT (Band)
MAKE OUT is a New York City-based band consisting of Jesper Mortensen and lead vocalist Leah Hennessey. The group plays fast, manic, condensed pop songs...
. Laursen is reportedly working on a debut album.
Studio albums
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| DEN Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
JPN Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Dance Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... |
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| 2003 | D-D-Don't Stop the Beat D-D-Don't Stop the Beat D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat is the 2003 album by Danish pop group Junior Senior, their first album to be released internationally. It is most widely known for the song "Move Your Feet", their first and most successful single...
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| 2005 | Hey Hey My My Yo Yo Hey Hey My My Yo Yo Hey Hey My My Yo Yo is the second and final album by Danish pop group Junior Senior, released in Japan and parts of Europe in 2005. It was released in Australia on April 9, 2007. The single "Itch U Can't Skratch" also charted in the UK... Crunchy Frog Records Crunchy Frog is an independent record label, established in 1994 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The label is owned by the four members of Thau. The daily operations is handled by Jesper "Yebo" Reginal Petersen, drummer of Thau... |
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EPs
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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| DEN Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
JPN Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Dance Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... |
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| 2003 | Boy Meets Girl EP Boy Meets Girl (EP) Boy Meets Girl is a 2003 EP by Danish pop duo Junior Senior.-Track listing:# "Boy Meets Girl"# "Rhythm Bandits"# "Shake Me Baby"# "Cocodub"# "Move Your Feet"The CD version of the EP includes video multimedia tracks for:* "Boy Meets Girl"...
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| 2005 | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye EP Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (EP) Say Hello, Wave Goodbye is an EP by Danish pop duo Junior Senior.Released in 2007, it is the duo's second EP release after Boy Meets Girl in 2003... Crunchy Frog Records Crunchy Frog is an independent record label, established in 1994 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The label is owned by the four members of Thau. The daily operations is handled by Jesper "Yebo" Reginal Petersen, drummer of Thau... |
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Singles
- "Move Your FeetMove Your Feet"Move Your Feet" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. The song, recorded in 2002, was Junior Senior's biggest hit, reaching #3 in the United Kingdom and #20 in Australia, and played at dance clubs the world over. The song appears on the album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat along with a live...
" (2002) #3 UK, #4 Denmark, #20 Australia, #25 U.S. Dance/Club - "Rhythm BanditsRhythm Bandits"Rhythm Bandits" is a song by Danish band Junior Senior. It was released as the second single off their debut album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2003. It charted at #22 in the UK and #47 in Australia....
" (2003) #22 UK, #47 Australia - "Shake Your CoconutsShake Your Coconuts"Shake Your Coconuts" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. The song was recorded in 2003 as the third single from their debut album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat....
" (2003) - "Itch U Can't Skratch" (2005)
- "Can I Get Get Get" (2006)