Cosmic Girl

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"Cosmic Girl"
Single by Jamiroquai
from the album Travelling without Moving
B-side(s)	Slippin' and Slidin'
Released	7 January 1997 (UK)
Format	CD/7"/12"/2x12"
Recorded	1996
Genre	Funk/Disco/Pop
Writer(s)	Jay Kay, Derrick McKenzie
Chart positions
#6 (UK)
Jamiroquai singles chronology
"Virtual Insanity" (1996)	Cosmic Girl (1996)	"Alright" (1996)

"Cosmic Girl" is a single by the British band Jamiroquai.

[edit] Music video

Screenshot from the music video

The video, directed by Adrian Moat, shows three famous supercars driving and racing each other through several highways and mountain roads across a desert landscape from clear day-light to dawn. The cars on the video are a black Ferrari F355, a purple Lamborghini Diablo SE30 and a red Ferrari F40. Jay Kay appears to be driving the purple Lamborghini with Stuart Zender on the co-pilot seat, but the drivers of the other cars are not shown in detail.

It has 4 different edits (Versions 1-3 and the so called 'Jay's cut' version).

Before filming, Jays' Diablo had to be shipped overseas for the video shoot. Apparently, the company which was hired to transport the car had a driver that was keen to drive the car. Jay let the guy drive the car, but he was involved in an accident which wrecked the car, rendering the $239,000 completely unusable. The car that appears in the video was rented from a local collector.

While filming, the driver's side window in Jay Kay's Lamborghini was accidentally smashed. Due to the tight timescales involved, the video was still shot, but with the window removed. This is why Jay Kay appears to be driving around the desert late at night with his windows down.

Jay Kay mentioned in an interview that the Lamborghini had it's winscreen removed to aid with the filming, due to space limitations inside, and the windscreen angle from outside. The missing windscreen can be seen when the Lamborghini overtakes the black Ferrari on an uphill shot.

[edit] UK releases

[edit] Standard UK release

1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio Edit) - 03:45
2. "Slippin' N' Slidin' - 03:36
3. "Didjital Vibrations - 05:51
4. "Cosmic Girl (Classic radio mix)

[edit] UK remix release

Cover of David Morales' Cosmic Girl remixes single (European release).

1. "Cosmic Girl - 04:03
2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar mix) - 07:40
3. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22
4. "Cosmic Girl (Cosmic dub)

[edit] UK Jukebox 7" release

A Side:

1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio Edit) - 03:45

B Side:

1. "Slippin' N' Slidin' - 03:36

[edit] UK promotional CD release

The cover art of the UK promotional release of the single. The logo present on the cover is the regular version, the one without the stars instead of the dots on the 'I' letters.

1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio edit) - 03:45

[edit] EU releases

[edit] Standard EU release

1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio edit) - 03:45
2. "Slippin' and Slidin' - 03:36

[edit] EU "Maxi" release

1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio edit) - 03:45
2. "Slippin' and Slidin' - 03:36
3. "Didjital Vibrations - 05:51
4. "Cosmic Girl (Classic radio mix)

[edit] EU remixes release

1. "Cosmic Girl - 04:03
2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar mix) - 07:40
3. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22
4. "Cosmic Girl (Cosmic dub)

[edit] Italian-only 7" Vinyl jukebox release

NOTE: Track B is not by Jamiroquai.

A Side:

1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio edit) - 03:45

B side:

1. "Ci Sar, by Spagna.

[edit] US/AU/Mexican releases

[edit] Standard US release

1. "Cosmic Girl (Album Version) - 04:03
2. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic Mix) - 09:22
3. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar Mix) - 07:40
4. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Cosmic Dub) - 06:48
5. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar Dub) - 07:17

[edit] US 12" release

A Side:

1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22
2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar mix) - 07:40

B Side:

1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Cosmic dub) - 06:48
2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar dub) - 07:17
3. "Cosmic Girl (Album version) - 04:03

[edit] US promo CD release

Cover of the US Cosmic Girl promotional CD.

1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio Edit) - 03:45
2. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic mix) - 09:22

[edit] US 12" promo release

A Side:

1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22
2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar mix) - 07:40

B Side:

1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Cosmic dub) - 06:48
2. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar dub) - 07:17

C Side:

1. "Cosmic Girl (Album version) - 04:03
2. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic Radio edit) - 04:01

D Side:

1. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic instrumental) - 04:01

[edit] AU release

1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio Edit) - 03:45
2. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic Radio edit) - 04:01
3. "Cosmic Girl (Quasar mix) - 07:40
4. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22

[edit] Mexican promotional CD release

Cover art of the Mexican Cosmic Girl promotional CD. Note the missing stars above the both of the 'I' letters, which do appear on the more regular releases of the single.

1. "Cosmic Girl (Radio Edit) - 03:45
2. "Slippin' N' Slidin' - 03:36
3. "Didjital Vibrations - 05:51
4. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Classic Radio edit) - 04:01
5. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales classic mix) - 09:22
6. "Cosmic Girl (David Morales Cosmic dub) - 06:48