Emergency on Planet Earth (song)

"Emergency on Planet Earth"
Single by Jamiroquai
from the album Emergency on Planet Earth
B-side
  • "If I Like It, I Do It" (acoustic)
  • "Revolution 1993" (demo)
Released2 August 1993 (1993-08-02)[1]
Length3:34
LabelSony Soho Square
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mike Nielsen
Jamiroquai singles chronology
"Blow Your Mind"
(1993)
"Emergency on Planet Earth"
(1993)
"When You Gonna Learn"
(1993)
Music video
"Emergency on Planet Earth" on YouTube

"Emergency on Planet Earth" is a song by British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai, released in August 1993 by Sony Soho Square as the fourth and final single from the band's debut studio album of the same name (1993). The song was written by frontman Jay Kay, and has an environmentalist tone, urging the listener to "stop modernisation going on." The track peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and at number four on the US Dance Chart.

A remix of the song, which uses a completely different bass track and intro, and includes some changes in the arrangements, was featured on the single, and in the music video for the song, which was directed by W.I.Z. This version was later released on the group's greatest hits compilation, High Times: Singles 1992–2006.

  1. ^ "Emergency on Planet Earth" (PDF). Music Week. 31 July 1993. p. 24 (of PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2021.