Manifest Destiny (Jamiroquai song)
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"Manifest Destiny" is a Jamiroquai
song from their second album The Return of the Space Cowboy
. Featuring a soul
-oriented acid jazz
style, the song primarily includes piano, bass, percussion, drums and horns. It was performed long before the release of The Return of the Space Cowboy, during the Emergency on Planet Earth
tour. Then titled "Let Me Believe", the song had different lyrics and arrangements, however it's still recognizable as the basslines and chord progressions were the same. There's only one known recording of this version, and it's on an early silver bootleg called "Songs for Manitu".
) had on Native American tribes in the 19th century.
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai is a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, and the Brand New Heavies. Other Acid Jazz artists such as...
song from their second album The Return of the Space Cowboy
The Return of the Space Cowboy
The Return Of The Space Cowboy is the second album by the band Jamiroquai. Released in 1994, it is usually classified under the acid-jazz and funk genre.-Album information:...
. Featuring a soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
-oriented acid jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
style, the song primarily includes piano, bass, percussion, drums and horns. It was performed long before the release of The Return of the Space Cowboy, during the Emergency on Planet Earth
Emergency on Planet Earth
Emergency on Planet Earth is the debut studio album released by British acid jazz band Jamiroquai. Released in 1993, the album features strong elements of the mixture of the R&B, and funk genres, but it is notable for being one of the group's definitive acid-jazz albums...
tour. Then titled "Let Me Believe", the song had different lyrics and arrangements, however it's still recognizable as the basslines and chord progressions were the same. There's only one known recording of this version, and it's on an early silver bootleg called "Songs for Manitu".
Theme
The song refers to the consequences that the expansion of United States across North America (Manifest DestinyManifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent. It was used by Democrat-Republicans in the 1840s to justify the war with Mexico; the concept was denounced by Whigs, and fell into disuse after the mid-19th century.Advocates of...
) had on Native American tribes in the 19th century.