Plug It In (song)
| "Plug It In" | ||||
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| Single by Basement Jaxx featuring JC Chasez | ||||
| from the album Kish Kash | ||||
| Released | 4 April 2004 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Genre | Big beat, electronic rock | |||
| Length |
4:51 (album version) 3:20 (single edit) | |||
| Label | XL, Astralwerks | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Felix Buxton, Simon Ratcliffe | |||
| Producer(s) | Basement Jaxx | |||
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| JC Chasez singles chronology | ||||
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"Plug It In" is a song by British electronic music duo Basement Jaxx featuring American recording artist JC Chasez. It was released on 4 April 2004 as the third single from their album third studio album, Kish Kash, and debuted at 22 in the United Kingdom.[1]
There are various versions of the song, including a radio edit which was featured on The Singles.
Background and development
JC Chasez was said to be "in town looking for producers for his own album."[2] Buxton admits to The Scotsman that initially they didn’t think the collaboration with Chasez would work.[3] "We thought he would be just another puppet who wanted to sound cool so he could be liked by tastemakers. But he was very humble and understood the irony of taking on a song about the masquerade of celebrity because it could have been written about him. And what’s more, he’s got a great voice."
Lisa Kekaula from Los Angeles, California, planned to sing “Plug It In” but it didn’t work out, so they wrote a new song for her on the spot, the cyber-Motown song “Good Luck”. "We thought we’d better write a song otherwise we’ve wasted all our money," said Felix.[2]
Critical reception
John Bush from AllMusic picked the song as one of the highlights of Kish Kash, stating that Chasez "is a surprising success" on the song and calling it "beguiling."[4]
Music video
The music video, directed by Traktor, features two security guards played by Basement Jaxx themselves testing out new lifelike female robots, which eventually ends up with the two guards going too far with the controls and the robots malfunctioning and catching fire.
References
- ↑ "2004-04-10 Top 40 UK Singles chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 Apr 2012.
- 1 2 "Basement Jaxx biography". Astralwerks. Universal Music Publishing Group. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
- ↑ "The pop idol's pop idols". The Scotsman. November 16, 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ↑ Bush, John. "Kish Kash – Basement Jaxx". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 September 2011.