Jungle (X Ambassadors and Jamie N Commons song)

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"Jungle"
X Ambassadors Jamie N Commons Jungle.jpg
Single by X Ambassadors and Jamie N Commons
from the album VHS and the EP The Reason
Released18 December 2013 (2013-12-18)
Genre
Length3:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Alex da Kid
X Ambassadors singles chronology
"Unconsolable"
(2013)		"Jungle"
(2013)		"Renegades"
(2015)
Jamie N Commons singles chronology
"Rumble and Sway"
(2013)		"Jungle"
(2013)		"Immigrant Song"
(2014)

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