Black Capricorn Day
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| "Black Capricorn Day" | |
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Single by Jamiroquai from the album Synkronized | |
| B-Side | Canned Heat (MAW Remix) (8:26)
Supersonic (Restless Soul Main Vocal) (7:35) Supersonic (Sharp Razor Remix) (7:05) |
| Released | 3 November 1999 |
| Recorded | 1999 |
| Played Live | 109 times |
| Genre | Acid jazz, house |
| Length | 5:43 (album version)
3:42 (radio edit) |
| Label | Epic Records |
| Writer | Jay Kay, Toby Smith, Wallis Buchanan, Simon Katz, Derrick McKenzie |
| Producer | Al Stone, Jay Kay |
| BPM | 93 |
| Key | B Minor |
Black Capricorn Day is the third track and third single on Synkronized, released on 8 June, 1999 exclusively in Japan.
Background
TBA
Music video
N/A
Lyrics
Hey, hey, ah-hah-hah-hah, baby
Hey, hey, let the rain come down on me
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
I see people and they're craving blood
And I'm so rarely understood
Well, I don't know what they want from me
It's gonna take sometime just to let them see
I'm going through a black (hey) Capricorn day
And though it doesn't seem so
I've got to get this way
I'm going through a black (hey) Capricorn day
And though you want to check me out
I'm not the man to play, play, play, play
Hey, hey
Don't you see I'm not the man to play
Hey, hey
No way you can play with me today
Hey, hey
Just let me sing it to my Capricorn day
Hey, hey
My heart is a pincer, and the sky is black
And I can feel cold steel when I turn my back
It stings like needles with a jagged tongue
You know, this rain reminds me of when I was so young
I never had any of those black Capricorn days (hey)
And though it doesn't seem so
I've got to get this way
I'm going through a black (hey) Capricorn day
And though you want to check me out
I'm not the man to play, play, play, play
It's just too black for me, it's just too black for me (7x)
It's just too black
I'm stuck on the highway leading straight to hell
Like any other drifter with a soul to sell
You know I'm dealing with the devil in everyone I meet
And their faces tell a story that life is so sweet
And I'm going through a black (hey) Capricorn day
And though it doesn't seem so
I've got to get this way
I'm going through a black (hey) Capricorn day
And though you want to check me out
I'm not the man to, not the man to play, no, no, no (play, play, play, play)
Black (hey) Capricorn day
And though it doesn't seem so
I've got to get this way, got to get this way
Black (hey) Capricorn day
And though you want to check me out
You want to check me out
I'm not the man to play
It's just too black for me, it's just too black for me
It's just too black for me, it's just too black
It's just too black for me, it's just too black for me (3x)
Gallery
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Back cover
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CD cover
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Promotional CD cover
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Secondary promotional CD cover
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CDr cover
Credits
Jamiroquai
- Jay Kay – vocals
- Simon Katz – guitar
- Nick Fyffe – bass
- Toby Smith – keyboards, keyboard programming
- Derrick McKenzie – drums
Session member
- Sola Akingbola – percussion
Trivia
- The music video was influenced by Martin Scorsese's film After Hours.
- Derrick's name is misspelled as "Derick McKenzie" in the video.
- Although the video for the song was included on the British version of the High Times: Singles 1992–2006 DVD, the single was never made available in the UK.
- The only official release of the single in the UK was a CDr release used as a CD reference, released in 1999. The copy only contains the radio edit of the track.[1]
- The actual release date for the single is hard to pinpoint as many sources have conflicting reports.
- On Wikipedia, the single is stated to have been released in November 1999 in Japan. However, the song's box template has a source citing it was released on 3 November.[2]
- On Discogs, the single is listed to have been released February 2000. Despite this, listings show the single was released in 1999.