Do Your Thing (Basement Jaxx song)

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"Do Your Thing"
Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx.png
UK cover
Single by Basement Jaxx featuring Elliot May
from the album Rooty
Released2003 (2003)
Genre Jazz, electro-funk
Length4:24
Label XL
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx Australiansingles chronology
"Get Me Off"
(2002)		"Do Your Thing"
(2003)		"Lucky Star"
(2003)
Basement Jaxx UKsingles chronology
"U Don't Know Me"
(2005)		"Do Your Thing"
(2005)		"Hush Boy"
(2006)

"Do Your Thing" is a song by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. It originally appeared on their second studio album, Rooty (2001), and was released as a CD single in Australia in 2003, reaching number 33 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In the UK, it was released in September 2005 by record label XL, when it reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. The lead vocals are sung by Elliot May. [1]

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Composition and video

The song samples the track "Fungii Mama" from Kenny Barron's album Lemuria-Seascape (1991). The song's music video was directed by Kim Gehrig, in her directorial debut, and features people in a park wearing shirts which mirror the song lyrics. [2]

Critical reception

The song is included on the 2011 experimental live album Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest , for which it was recorded, at the Muziekcentrum van de Omroe in Hilversum, the Netherlands, on 3–5 November 2010, with a trumpet solo by Ruud Breuls. [3]

Reviewing the album for The Independent , Andy Gill said: "'Do Your Thing' is very New York in flavour, a big-band jazz groove led by piano, the audience clapping along with the rattling percussion as brash trombones and sinuous saxophone take brief solos before the strings whip the piece to its conclusion." [4] [5]

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 33
Chart (2005)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [7] 34
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 32
UK Dance (OCC) [9] 1
UK Indie (OCC) [10] 6

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Australia2003CD Remote Control
United Kingdom26 September 2005
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 XL [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "» Bill Sound Bites". Soundbitesnyc.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Basement Jaxx and Metropole Orkest - "Do Your Thing" (live performance at Eindhoven, 2010) on YouTube
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  5. ↑ "Basement Jaxx - Metropole Orkest - Do Your Thing". 14 September 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2016– via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "Basement Jaxx feat. Elliot May – Do Your Thing". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "British single certifications – Basement Jaxx – Do Your Thing". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Do Your Thing". XL Recordings. Archived from the original on 24 March 2006. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
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