Virtual Insanity

"Virtual Insanity"
Single by Jamiroquai
from the album Travelling Without Moving
B-side	"Do You Know Where You're Coming From" "Bullet"
Released	19 August 1996 (1996-08-19)
Genre	Pop acid jazz dance-pop funk
Length	5:40 (album version) 4:04 (single version) 3:46 (radio edit)
Label	Sony Soho Square
Songwriter(s)	Jay Kay Toby Smith
Producer(s)	Al Stone
Jamiroquai singles chronology
"Do U Know Where You're Coming From" (1996) "Virtual Insanity" (1996) "Cosmic Girl" (1996)
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"Virtual Insanity" is a song by British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai, released on 19 August 1996 by Sony Soho Square as the second single from their third studio album, Travelling Without Moving (1996). The song was written by Jay Kay and Toby Smith, and produced by Al Stone. Its music video, directed by Jonathan Glazer, was released in September 1996, garnering ten nominations and winning four, including for Video of the Year, at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. The music video has since become an Internet meme.

"Virtual Insanity" was a number-one hit in Iceland and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. As well as becoming a top ten hit in Finland, Ireland, and Italy, the song also climbed to number 38 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart upon the single's release in the United States in 1997 becoming one of their biggest U.S. hits. The song also earned the band a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.^[1]