Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)
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| Single by Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor | ||
| Released |  August 14, 2000 |
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| Format | 12-inch single, CD single | |
| Recorded | 2000 | |
| Genre | House Dance |
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| Label | Positiva Records | |
| Writer(s) | Cristiano Spiller Sophie Ellis-Bextor Rob Davis |
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| Producer | Cristiano Spiller Boris Dlugosch |
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| Certification | 2× Platinum (140,000+) (Australia) Gold (400,000+) (UK) | |
| Spiller singles chronology | ||
| "Mighty Miami EP" (2000) |
"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (2000) |
"Cry Baby" (2002) |
| Sophie Ellis Bextor singles chronology | ||
| "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (2000) |
"Take Me Home" (2001) |
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"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" is a single by Spiller (featuring vocals by Sophie Ellis-Bextor) and released in 2000 by Positiva Records. It went to number 1 on the UK, New Zealand, Ireland Dance & Australian charts and #3 on the American Hot Dance/Club Play charts.
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[edit] Song information
The track was produced by Italian DJ and producer Cristiano Spiller in 1999 as an instrumental, and was included in the Mighty Miami EP. It is mainly built upon samples from "Love Is You", a disco song originally performed by Carol Williams.
In order to make the track more palatable for airplay, as the instrumental is somewhat repetitive, Positiva asked British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, formerly with indie rock band theaudience, to provide vocals for the song. Boris Dlugosch produced the vocal portions added to the track. Sharon Scott is the back-up vocalist. Sarah Cracknell was first choice for the vocals.
The track has been remixed by Boris Dlugosch and Michi Lange (BMR), Todd Terry, Solar, Ramon "Ray Roc" Checo and Ernest St. Laurent.
[edit] Versions
- "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (Radio Edit)"
- "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (Spillers Extended Vocal Mix)"
- "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (Original Version)"
- "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (Ernest St. Laurent Rosetrack Remix)"
- "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (Ernest St. Laurent Spicy Blackbird Remix)"
- "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (Solar's Jet Groove Dub Mix)"
- "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (Todd Terry's In House Mix)"
- "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (Ray Roc's Trackworks Remix)"
- "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (BMR's Club Cut)"
[edit] Music video
The video for the song shows Spiller and Sophie missing each other repeatedly in Bangkok. Spiller signs autographs and generally finds his height makes life there difficult; Sophie singing wistfully at various tables in bars and taking a Tuk-tuk ride (while Spiller just about fits into a taxicab).
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[edit] Trivia
- According to technology journalist Steven Levy, and the BBC's TOTP2 Goes Disco![1] this was the first song ever to issue from an iPod, specifically from a prototype unit in August of 2001.
- In the UK, this single was first released in the same week as "Out of Your Mind", Victoria Beckham's first song since the break up of her group, the Spice Girls. "Out of Your Mind" held the midweek number one in the UK singles chart until Saturday, when "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" overtook it in sales; it was hyped by the media as a personal battle between the two artists.[1][2]
[edit] References
| Preceded by "Beautiful Day" by U2 |
Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single October 29, 2000 - November 12, 2000 |
Succeeded by "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus |
| Preceded by "I Turn to You" by Melanie C |
UK number one single August 20, 2000 - August 27, 2000 |
Succeeded by "Music" by Madonna |
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