Hooked Up

"Hooked Up"
Song by Jamiroquai from the album Emergency on Planet Earth
Released	14 June 1993
Recorded	1992-1993
Played Live	Yes
Length	4:36

"Hooked Up" is the third track from the debut album Emergency on Planet Earth by the English funk band Jamiroquai, with an original duration of 4:36 minutes. The song had its first appearance as an instrumental on the B-side of the band’s third single, Blow Your Mind. The single, released on May 24, 1993 by Sony Soho Square in the United Kingdom, reached the 12th position on the UK Singles Chart. The song’s lyrics were written and composed by the band’s frontman, Jay Kay, being one of the band’s first songs to address recreational drug use.

Background

The song proposes a metaphor for drug use, celebrating the unity and euphoria that arise from being immersed in the sensation of rhythm, as well as how it can be used as an escape from existential problems experienced by people who are facing difficulties, being a source of joy and support for them. The song, therefore, presents a criticism of excessive drug use and also addresses the consequences of excessive use and dependency.

Lyrics

I'm so glad I've got you hooked up on my drug

Everybody dance to the music

Are you feeling well? Now you caught this bug

Everybody dance to the music

Think last time I took an overdose

Come on dance to the music

Hey, well, it made me realize that I came too close

Now I'm gonna dance to the music, music, music

Yeah, come on now

Dead can seem to bear no relevance

Bet you wished you danced to the music

What you want to do is kill yourself

Still you don't dance to the music

I can look at you and hear your scream

Come on, dance to the music

And you tell me that your needle's clean

Come on, dance, dance

Come on now dance to the music

I need it, need it, need it

Come on now dance to the music

I need it, need it, need it, yeah

Come on now dance to the music

Gallery

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  Single by Jamiroquai from the album Emergency on Planet Earth

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  B-side of the Blow Your Mind single. Instrumental track of Hooked Up.

References

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jamiroquai/hookedup.html

https://www.discogs.com/release/9080-Jamiroquai-Blow-Your-Mind

https://sonichits.com/video/%23Jamiroquai/Hooked_Up%23

https://www.classicpopmag.com/features/jamiroquai-albums-complete-guide/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpfyoXutdfc