Half the Man (Jamiroquai song)

"Half the Man" is a song by the funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai, released in 1994 as a single from their second studio album, The Return of the Space Cowboy. The single peaked at #15 on the UK Singles Chart. "Half the Man" is in the key of D major.[1]

"Half The Man"
Single by Jamiroquai
from the album The Return of the Space Cowboy
B-side"Space Clav"
Released7 November 1994
Length4:50
LabelS2
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rick Pope
Jamiroquai singles chronology
"Space Cowboy"
(1994)		 "Half The Man"
(1994)		 "Light Years"
(1995)

Background

The track was later featured on the soundtrack of cult British surf movie Blue Juice. With the exception of its inclusion on both regular and deluxe Japanese pressings, it is one of nine pre-2006 singles that do not appear on the group's greatest hits album, High Times: The Singles 1992-2006. There are two different versions of the music video for the track. The first video features Jay Kay performing the song, intercut with footage of a couple kissing. The second video removes the footage of the couple kissing. The track was later released as the double A-side to "Light Years" in the United States.

According to Toby Smith's (keyboards) acknowledgments in the vinyl 2LP reissue of "The Return of the Space Cowboy", the song was inspired by a woman named Gabriella.

Track listing
  • UK CD single #1[2]
  1. "Half the Man" (Edit) – 3:35
  2. "Space Clav" – 4:56 (Written by - Gary Barnacle/Toby Smith/Stuart Zender) [3]
  3. "Emergency on Planet Earth" (London Rican Mix) – 7:10
  4. "Half the Man" (Album Version) - 4:48
  • UK CD single #2[2]
  1. "Half the Man" (Edit) - 3:35
  2. "When You Gonna Learn (Didgeridoo)" - 3:48
  3. "Too Young to Die" (Edit) - 3:22
  4. "Blow Your Mind" (Edit) - 3:51
  • UK 12" vinyl[2]
  1. "Half The Man" (Edit) – 3:35
  2. "Emergency on Planet Earth" (London Rican Mix) – 7:10
  3. "Space Clav" – 4:56

References
  1. https://tunebat.com/Info/Half-the-Man-Remastered-Jamiroquai/52MqoTJ6kT0h8JTe5rjpG5
  2. "Jamiroquai | Music | Singles | Half The Man". Funkin.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. https://www.discogs.com/Jamiroquai-The-Return-Of-The-Space-Cowboy/release/4452093

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