My Head Is a Jungle

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"My Head Is a Jungle"
My Head Is a Jungle single cover.jpg
Single by Wankelmut and Emma Louise
from the album vs Head vs Heart
Released2 January 2013
Genre
Length3:33
Label
  • Get Physical Music
  • Poesie Musik
  • Ego (Italy)
Songwriter(s)
  • Emma Louise Lobb
  • Jacob Dilßner
  • Taan Newjam
Producer(s)
  • Wankelmut
  • Taan Newjam
Wankelmut singles chronology
"One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Rmx)"
(2012)		"My Head Is a Jungle"
(2013)		"Wasted So Much Time"
(2014)
Emma Louise singles chronology
"Boy"
(2012)		"My Head Is a Jungle"
(2013)		"Freedom"
(2013)

"My Head Is a Jungle" is a remixed version of Australian singer-songwriter Emma Louise's solo single "Jungle", credited to German producer Wankelmut and Emma Louise. It was released in 2 January 2013 through German label Poesie Musik, a sublabel of Get Physical Music. "My Head Is a Jungle" charted across Europe, having the most success in Italy and the United Kingdom, where it reached number 5.

Contents

A remix by MK not released on the original press received airplay in mid-2014, and is more popular by YouTube views than the original. [1]

In January 2022, the song went viral on TikTok as part of the "My Head Is A Jungle" trend, almost 11 years since the release of the original version and 9 years since the Wankelmut remix was released. [2]

Track listings

Digital download [3] / 12" vinyl [4] (Part 1)

  1. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Original Mix) – 7:45
  2. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Kasper Bjorke's Liquid Lips Remix) – 6:15
  3. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Solee Remix) – 8:21

Digital download [5] / 12" vinyl [6] (Part 2)

  1. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Extended Vocal Mix) – 6:33
  2. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Gui Boratto Remix) – 7:00
  3. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Gui Boratto Dub Mix) – 7:32

Digital download [7] (Part 3)

  1. "My Head Is a Jungle" (MK Remix) – 8:37
  2. "My Head Is a Jungle" (MK Trouble Dub) – 8:44

Italian enhanced CD maxi [8]

  1. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Extended Vocal Mix) – 6:33
  2. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Original Mix) – 7:45
  3. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Gui Boratto Remix) – 7:00
  4. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Gui Boratto Dub Mix) – 7:32
  5. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Solee Remix) – 8:21
  6. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Kasper Bjorke's Liquid Lips Remix) – 6:15
  7. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Gui Boratto Remix – Short Edit) – 3:29
  8. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Radio Edit) – 3:33

Digital download (MK Remix) [9]

  1. "My Head Is a Jungle" (MK Remix – Radio Edit) – 3:27
  2. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Area10 MK Remix – Radio Edit) – 4:30
  3. "My Head Is a Jungle" (MK Remix) – 8:39
  4. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Area10 MK Remix) – 8:23
  5. "My Head Is a Jungle" (My Head Is a Dub MK Remix) – 7:38
  6. "My Head Is a Jungle" (MK Trouble Dub) – 8:45

Digital download (The UK Remixes) [10]

  1. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Billon Remix) – 5:44
  2. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Friend Within Remix) – 7:02
  3. "My Head Is a Jungle" (Friend Within Dub) – 7:00

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [29] Gold150,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [30] 2× Platinum60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [31] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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