When You Gonna Learn

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"When You Gonna Learn"
Cover of the original Acid Jazz Records release
Single by Jamiroquai
from the album Emergency on Planet Earth; High Times: Singles 1992-2006
B-side(s)	Didgin' Out (Live at the Milky Way, Amsterdam)
Released	19 October 1992 (UK)
Format	CD/Cassette/12"/7"
Recorded	1992
Genre	Funk / Acid Jazz
Label	Acid Jazz Records / Epic Records / S2
Writer(s)	Jay Kay
Producer(s)	Mike Neilsen / Jason Kay
Chart positions
#52 (UK/Acid Jazz) #28 (UK/Sony)
Jamiroquai singles chronology
...	When You Gonna Learn (1992)	"Too Young to Die" (1993)
Cover of the Epic records re-release
Emergency on Planet Earth tracklist
1. When You Gonna Learn 2. Too Young to die 3. Hooked up 4. If I Like it, I do it 5. Music of the Mind 6. Emergency on Planet Earth 7. Whatever it is, I Just Can't Stop 8. Blow Your Mind 9. Revolution 1993 10. Didgin' Out B-sides and live-only tracks: a. Brothers Like you b. Do That Dance c. Let me Believe c. Life Goes on d. Space Clav (Later appeared as a B-side to Half the Man) e. The Kids got Funky Soul (Later appeared as just "(The) Kids" on TROTSC)

"When You Gonna Learn" is the premiere single by the British band Jamiroquai.

In the United Kingdom, this was the song that first drew attention to the band. It was originally released in 1992 by Acid Jazz Records, and later re-released on Sony Records in 1993 as the lead-off single for the Emergency on Planet Earth album; The lyric themes, like many of Jamiroquai's early songs, speak of environmental awareness and bear heavy social criticism.

Contents 1 Live Versions 2 Mixes 3 Music video 4 Release Versions 4.1 UK CD release (Acid Jazz Records) 4.2 UK 12" release (AJ) 4.3 UK 7" release (AJ) 4.4 UK CD release (Sony Soho Square / S2) 4.5 UK Cassingle Release / EU CD Release (S2) 4.6 UK 12" Release (S2) 4.7 UK promo 12" release (S2) 4.8 US/Australian CD release (Columbia Records) 4.9 US CD promo release (Columbia Records) 4.10 US 12" release (Columbia Records) 4.11 JP CD release (epic) 4.12 Spanish 7" promo (Epic) 5 Song samples & trivia

[edit] Live Versions

When You Gonna Learn was performed a great number of times during the band's tours. There are many versions of the song, with the most notable being the 30-minute performance in Amsterdam in 1994, which actually consists of multiple songs (including cover songs) seguing seamlessly into one another, in the following order:

• WYGL (didgeridoo intro) - 0:00 - 9:20;
• WYGL - 9:20 - 11:20;
• Jam session/Jungle Boogie by Kool & the Gang - 11:20 - 24:26
• Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang - 24:26 - 30:16
• Unknown title, outroduction - 30:16 - 30:50

The song can be found on a silver bootleg called "Funky Paradise".

During the Emergency on Planet Earth, and the The Return of the Space Cowboy tours, the song had a very lengthy didgeridoo introduction (circa 10 minutes), as seen above, which almost always overshadowed the rest of the song in length.

[edit] Mixes

• WYGL (Digeridoo);
  • Normal album version.
• WYGL (Digeridon't);
  • Normal album version, cuts the didgeridoo parts
• WYGL (Original demo);
  • Earliest demo version. The adjective "Original" might suggest there might be other unreleased demos.
• WYGL (J.K. extended mix);
  • Extended album version. Features didgeridoo instrumentation not heard in the original album version, and some additional, minor things. It might be the original album version, with the (Digeridoo) version being just a radio edit, as its length is usual for a Jamiroquai song of that era.
• WYGL (Cantè Hondo mix);
  • Remix of the song, shares identical chord progression with both WYGL, and Johnny "Hammond" Smith's song, "Los Conquistadores Chocolates".
• WYGL (Cantè Hondo instrumental);
  • Same as above, but completely instumental.
• WYGL (Didgeridoo instrumental).

[edit] Music video

A music video was shot for "When You Gonna Learn". It was directed by Morgan Lawley and interspersed artistic shots of lead singer Jay Kay, footage of the band playing and graphic stock footage of animals being experimented on and whaling operations. The original version was banned from MTV because of this imagery, and was replaced with a "cleaner" edit. The uncut video can be seen here.

[edit] Release Versions

[edit] UK CD release (Acid Jazz Records)

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo) - 3.47
2. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridon't) - 3.55
3. When You Gonna Learn (JK Mix) - 6.20
4. When You Gonna Learn (Canté Hondo Mix) - 5.47
5. When You Gonna Learn (Original Demo) - 4.50
6. When You Gonna Learn (Canté Hondo Instrumental) - 5.47

Cat. Num.: JAZID46 Year: 1992

[edit] UK 12" release (AJ)

This release shares the tracklist with another 12" promo. That 12" promo is the band's first ever release, if the "Natural Energy" single is ignored.

Side A:

1. When You Gonna Learn - JK Mix - 6.20
2. When You Gonna Learn - JK Instrumental - 6.20

Side B:

1. When You Gonna Learn (Canté Hondo Mix) - 5.47
2. When You Gonna Learn (Original Demo) - 4.50
3. When You Gonna Learn (Didj. Instrumental) - 6.28

Cat. Num.: JAZID46T (Regular); JAZID46P (Promo). Year: 1992

[edit] UK 7" release (AJ)

Side A:

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo) - 3.47

Side B:

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridon't) - 3.55

Cat. Num.: JAZID46 Year: 1992

[edit] UK CD release (Sony Soho Square / S²)

(This release was also distributed in Europe)

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo) - 3.47
2. Didgin' Out (Live at the Milky Way, Amsterdam) - 3.27
3. Too Young to Die (Live at Leadmill, Sheffield) - 5.25
4. When You Gonna Learn (Canté Hondo Mix) - 5.47

Cat. Num.: 659695 2 Year: 1993

[edit] UK Cassingle Release / EU CD Release (S²)

(Both sides on the cassingle play the same)

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo) - 3.47
2. Didgin' Out (Live at the Milky Way, Amsterdam) - 3.27

Cat. Num.: 659695 4 (Cassingle); 659695 1 (European CD) Year: 1993

[edit] UK 12" Release (S²)

Side A:

1. When You Gonna Learn (JK Mix) - 6.20
2. When You Gonna Learn (JK Instrumental) - 6.20
3. When You Gonna Learn (Live at Leadmill, Sheffield) - 9.50

Side B:

1. When You Gonna Learn (Canté Hondo Mix) - 5.47
2. When You Gonna Learn (Original Demo) - 4.50
3. When You Gonna Learn (Didj. Instrumental) - 6.28

Cat. Num.: 659695 6 Year: 1993

[edit] UK promo 12" release (S²)

Side A:

1. When You Gonna Learn (JK Mix) - 6.20

Side B:

1. When You Gonna Learn (Canté Hondo Mix) - 5.47

Cat. Num.: XPR 1959 Year: 1993

[edit] US/Australian CD release (Columbia Records)

This release mislabels the "Didgeridoo instrumental" as the "Canté Hondo" mix.

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo) - 3.47
2. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridon't) - 3.55
3. When You Gonna Learn (JK Mix) - 6.20
4. When You Gonna Learn (Canté Hondo Mix) - 5.47
5. When You Gonna Learn (Original Demo) - 4.50
6. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo Instrumental) - 6.28

Cat. Num.: 44K 74925 (US); 659325 2 (Australia) Year: 1993

[edit] US CD promo release (Columbia Records)

The tracks on this promo are exclusive to this release.

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridon't Edit) - 3.01
2. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo Edit) - 2.57

Cat. Num.: CSK 5600 Year: 1993

[edit] US 12" release (Columbia Records)

This release mislabels the "Didgeridoo instrumental" as the "Canté Hondo" mix.

Side A:

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo) - 3.47
2. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridon't) - 3.55
3. When You Gonna Learn (JK Mix) - 6.20

Side B:

1. When You Gonna Learn (Canté Hondo Mix) - 5.47
2. When You Gonna Learn (Original Demo) - 4.50
3. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo Instrumental) - 6.28

Cat. Num.: 44 74925 (Regular); ACD 74925 (Promo with same tracklist) Year: 1993

[edit] JP CD release (epic)

This release of the single bears two CDs (WYGL and Too Young to Die. The front of the case bears the cover for Too Young To Die and the back of the case bears the cover for When You Gonna Learn. The front cover of this release of WYGL bears striking resemblance to the original AJ release, but replaces the green with a lighter shade of orange.

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo) - 3.47
2. Too Young to Die (7" Edit) - 3.22
3. When You Gonna Learn (Canté Hondo Mix) - 5.47
4. Too Young to Die (12" Version) - 6.04

Cat. Num.: ESCA 5692 (First JP release); ESCA 6623 ("The Singles Box" re-release) Year: 1993

[edit] Spanish 7" promo (Epic)

This 7"'s cover bears the cover of the original Acid Jazz records release, even though it was released through Epic.

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo) - 3.47

Cat. Num.: ARIE 3200 Year: 1993

[edit] Song samples & trivia

• Contrary to the popular opinion, "When You Gonna Learn" is not the first single written and issued by Jason Kay, though it is the first single issued by his band. Jason's first single is a white label acetate called "Natural Energy", which was pressed only in 3 copies.

• Kiss 100 FM was the first radio station to play the single.

• The chord progressions of WYGL bears striking resemblance to the chord progressions of a Johnny "Hammond" Smith's song called "Los Conquistadores Chocolates", however, not by accident, because the booklet of the Acid Jazz Records release of the single bears a "special thanks" note to Smith. This might mean that "When You Gonna Learn" first started out as a cover, or tribute song.

• The chord progressions of the Cantè hondo mix of this song bear even more resemblance to "Los conquistadores Chocolates". The Cantè Hondo mixes also uses the wind sound effect from Hammond's song.

• The cover used by Acid Jazz Records is completely different from the cover on Sony's release, even though a Spanish promo issued by Sony bears the AJ cover.

• There have been legal disputes between Acid Jazz Records and Epic Records because Epic re-released the single without Acid Jazz Records' consent.

v • d • e  Jamiroquai
Members: Jason Kay | Rob Harris | Paul Turner | Matt Johnson | Derrick McKenzie | Sola Akingbola | Lorraine McIntosh | Hazel Fernandez | Sam Smith
Former members: Gavin Dodds | Simon Katz | Nick Fyffe | Stuart Zender | Simon Carter | Toby Smith | Nick Van Gelder | Darren Galea (DJ D-Zire) | Winston Rollins | Adrian Revell | Wallis Buchanan | Beverley Knight
See also: Buffalo Man | Chillington studio | Iroquois | Gig in the Sky
Discography
Studio albums
Emergency on Planet Earth (1993) | The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994/1995) | Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guest appearance) (1995) | Travelling without Moving (1996/1997) | Synkronized (1999) | A Funk Odyssey (2001) | Dynamite (2005)
Compilation albums
Jay's Selection (1996) | In Store Jam (promo, 1997) | Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai (2003/2005) | High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (2006)
Box sets
L'Intégrale des Maxi-Singles (1994) | The Single Box (1997) | The Singles Collection (1997) | Deeper Underground (1998) | 1999 Remixes (1999) | ULBC (Fanmade) (??)
Unofficial live recordings (ROIOs)
If I Like it, I do it (1993) | BBC 528 (1993) | Stockholm '93 (1993) | Club Citta '93 (1993) | Songs for Manitú (1993) | Firenze [sic] 1993 (1993) | Funky Paradise (1994) | JAZZiroquai (1995) | ...
DVDs
Live In Verona (2002/2003) | High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (2006)
Singles
When You Gonna Learn | Too Young to Die | Blow Your Mind | Emergency on Planet Earth | Space Cowboy | Half the Man | Stillness in Time | Light Years | The Kids | Do U Know Where You're Coming From? (Guest appearance) | Virtual Insanity | Cosmic Girl | Alright | High Times | Deeper Underground | Canned Heat | Black Capricorn Day | Supersonic | King for a Day | I'm in the Mood for Love (Guest appearance) | Little L | You Give Me Something | Love Foolosophy | Corner of the Earth | Main Vein | Feels Just Like It Should | Seven Days in Sunny June | (Don't) Give Hate a Chance | Runaway
Promotion-only / Cancelled / White label singles
Revolution 1993 | If I Like It I Do It | Morning Glory | Everyday | Travelling Without Moving | Hollywood Swingin' | Soul Education | An Online Odyssey | Feel So Good | Do It Like We Used To Do | Bad Girls | Dynamite | Starchild | Electric Mistress | Time Won't Wait | Emergency on Planet Earth & Blow Your Mind remixes | Talullah (Shelter mixes) | Multiquai