Rendez-Vu

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"Rendez-Vu"
Rendezvu.jpg
Single by Basement Jaxx
from the album Remedy
B-side
  • "Miracles Keep on Playin'"
  • "All U Crazies"
Released2 August 1999 (1999-08-02) [1]
Length
  • 5:46 (album version)
  • 3:45 (radio edit)
Label XL
Songwriter(s)
  • Simon Ratcliffe
  • Felix Buxton
Producer(s) Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx singles chronology
"Red Alert"
(1999)
"Rendez-Vu"
(1999)
"Jump n' Shout"
(1999)
Music video
"Rendez-Vu" on YouTube

"Rendez-Vu" is a song by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. It was released on 2 August 1999 as the second single from their debut album, Remedy (1999). "Rendez-Vu" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart. It also reached number one on the Canadian RPM Dance 30 chart and number 21 in Iceland and Ireland.

Contents

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by American director Evan Bernard, set in a Hispanic town and depicts a love story between a man and a woman. The woman has a jealous Mexican wrestler boyfriend who smashes her new lover's hand, which is replaced by a record needle. Both men tell this incident to their respective friends and meet in the town for a showdown (where a guitarist also happens to be telling the story to a few locals up to that point). The man and the wrestler meet and settle things with a best of three in rock, paper, scissors. The man wins and is reunited with his lover as the town celebrates. In the end, it is all shown to be the dream of a sleeping dog.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Silver200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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