Plug It In (song)

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"Plug It In"
Plug It In Basement Jaxx.png
Single by Basement Jaxx featuring JC Chasez
from the album Kish Kash
B-side "Rendez-Vu" (remix)
Released29 March 2004 (2004-03-29) [1]
Studio Jaxx (Loughborough Junction, London, England)
Length
  • 4:51 (album version)
  • 3:20 (single edit)
Label XL
Songwriter(s) Felix Buxton, Simon Ratcliffe
Producer(s) Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx singles chronology
"Good Luck"
(2004)		"Plug It In"
(2004)		"Oh My Gosh"
(2005)
JC Chasez singles chronology
"All Day Long I Dream About Sex"
(2004)		"Plug It In"
(2004)		"Animal"
(2012)

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