History Music / Jamiroquai

* CoolCar: Jay Kay enjoys collecting sport cars.

Jamiroquai is an English band formed in 1992 with singer Jay Kay as frontman. The original line-up included Jay Kay (vocals), Toby Smith (keyboard), Stuart Zender (bass), Nick Van Gelder (drums), Wallis Buchanan (didgeridoo), and Alec Moran (pipeau), though as of 2011 the only original members left are Jay Kay and Derrick Mc Kenzie (drummer circa 1994). The band was formed after Jay Kay's unsuccessful attempt to become the lead singer of fellow [[TheNineties Nineties]] jazz/soul band The Brand New Heavies. Jamiroquai has released eight studio albums, the latest of which was released in March 31st 2017.

* ''The Return of Space Cowboy'' (1994)

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZq-4mbOlpU Don't Give Hate A Chance]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRSH-egVyzk Seven Sunny Days In June]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=OBw_Om29Y1w Space Cowboy]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkIs37a2JE&feature=related Virtual Insanity]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdKglCSnruo&feature=related Cosmic Girl]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmK038mRb-g&feature=related Light Years]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIUAC03YMlA&feature=related Deeper Underground]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hHSH9sJUEo&feature=relmfu Little L]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEcBz6VtyDg&feature=relmfu You Give Me Something]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8tIuFHBEl4&feature=related Love Foolosophy]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRSH-egVyzk&feature=relmfu Seven Sunny Days In June]]

!! The band Jamiroquai provides examples of the following:

* RegionalBonus: Several:
** "Emergency On Planet Earth"'s Japanese pressing has the inner sleeve pic as the front cover, which is what was originally intended.
** Light Years (Live) on the US "Return Of The Space Cowboy".
** Space Cowboy (Stoned Again Mix) on the Japanese "Return Of The Space Cowboy".
** "Do You Know Where You're Coming From" and "Funktion" on the initial UK and Australian special editions of Travelling Without Moving. The later pressings just include "Funktion" and have a different back cover. The Australian edition also has a whole bonus disc of remixes.
** "Deeper Underground" on the UK "Synkronized" and on the Japanese "A Funk Odyssey".
** "Getinfunky" on the Japanese "Synkronized" and on the Australian bonus disc for the album. This has the distinction of noExportForYou in the band's home country of the UK, although it is merely an early instrumental demo of "Deeper Underground" as opposed to a new track in its own right.
** "Time Won't Wait" on the UK, US and Japanese pressings of "Dynamite". It was supposed to be on all of them, but was subject to ExecutiveMeddling.
** "That's Not The Funk" on the Japanese "Rock Dust Light Star".
** "Nice and Spicy" on the Japanese "Automaton".

[[caption-width-right:300:The patron saint of NiceHat...]]

* NiceHat: And how! Look at this page's image for just one example. Just as the picture quote says, if there's space in the Tropes pantheon for a representative for this category, Jay Kay would arguably be heading the queue.
** To the point where a common nickname amongst people who don't like him is "the twat in the hat". The media at times has bowlderized this into "the cat in the hat".
** It was ''seven'' years between their latest two albums, ''Rock Dust Light Star'' and ''Automaton''. When the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmlmOk4ubcU video]] for the latter's TitleTrack showed up a month or so before the album's release, a new NiceHat was very much present and correct, built from plastics and incorporating [=LEDs=] and ''moving fins''!

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Wolf In A Sheep's Clothing" is instantly reminiscent of Music/BeeGees ' "Stayin' Alive". To an extent, "Alright" borrows from Idris Muhammad's "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This" as well.

* TheNineties: The decade in which Jamiroquai had its biggest success. They were introduced to an American fanbase by riding on the waves of the then Britpop phenomenon pushed by bands like the Music/SpiceGirls and Music/Oasis.

* TheNineties: The decade in which Jamiroquai had its biggest success. They were introduced to an American fanbase by riding on the waves of the then Brit-pop phenomenon pushed by bands like the Spice Girls and Oasis.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Wolf In A Sheep's Clothing" is instantly reminiscent of BeeGees ' "Stayin' Alive". To an extent, "Alright" borrows from Idris Muhammad's "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This" as well.

** To the point where a common nickname amongst people who don't like him is "the twat in the hat".

** Their early work is Acid Jazz. Not pop, not disco, not electronic dance music.