Artist · chart history
Jamiroquai
Band Ealing United Kingdom Formed 1992
Jamiroquai formed in 1992 in Ealing, United Kingdom. Jamiroquai has 59 chart appearances on 44 radio countdowns from 19 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Virtual Insanity”, which appears on 36 lists with a best position of #19. The station that charted Jamiroquai most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 21 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1997.
Jamiroquai is Jay Kay's show, and it always has been. The London band formed in 1992 with Kay out front, and through a long line of comings and goings he has been the one constant, with a cool, slippery voice to match the grooves. They cut their teeth on the city's acid jazz scene, starting out on Acid Jazz Records before Sony took them into the big time, and Emergency on Planet Earth went to number one in the UK in 1993. Kay's lyrics have often taken on social and environmental causes.
From there the sound kept stretching, borrowing from rock, disco, electronic and Latin music. Travelling Without Moving, in 1996, is the monster, the best-selling funk album in history according to Guinness. "Virtual Insanity" rides a jazzy piano line and a floating groove, and its video won Video of the Year at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards and helped the song to a Grammy. "Cosmic Girl" and "Alright" dance just as hard.
Synkronized, in 1999, with "Canned Heat", and A Funk Odyssey, in 2001, with "Little L" and "You Give Me Something", both topped the UK chart too. Only the Spice Girls and Oasis sold more records than they did among British acts of the '90s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Jamiroquai on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virtual Insanity | 36 | #19 | – | 1997 | |
| 2 | Canned Heat | 5 | #63 | – | 1999 | |
| 3 | Alright | 9 | #57 | – | 1997 | |
| 4 | You Give Me Something | 2 | #50 | – | 2002 | |
| 5 | Little l | 1 | #26 | – | 2001 | |
| 6 | Emergency On Planet Earth | 1 | #346 | – | – | |
| 7 | Love Foolosphy | 1 | #57 | – | 2002 | |
| 8 | Cosmic Girl | 2 | #68 | – | 1997 | |
| 9 | Use The Force | 1 | #96 | – | – | |
| 10 | Deeper Underground | 1 | #97 | – | 1998 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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