Song · Basement Jaxx
“Do Your Thing” by Basement Jaxx
From the album Rooty (2001)
“Do Your Thing” by Basement Jaxx appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2002. It was first released in 2001 on the album Rooty. Its best result is #71 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #523 alternative song of 2002.
"Do Your Thing" first surfaced on Rooty, the 2001 second album from English electronic duo Basement Jaxx, and it took the long way round to becoming a single: Australia got it in February 2003, when it reached 33, and Britain waited until September 2005, when it made 32. Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe wrote the words and share the music credit with Blue Mitchell, whose "Fungii Mama", from Kenny Barron's album Lemuria-Seascape, is sampled on it. Elliot May sings lead.
Basement Jaxx produced and mixed it. Kim Gehrig made her directing debut on the video, which fills a park with people in shirts that echo the lyrics. The song got a second life on Basement Jaxx vs. Metropole Orkest, the experimental live album from 2011, recorded in Hilversum in the Netherlands in November 2010, with Ruud Breuls taking a trumpet solo.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 71 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 | 100 |
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