Jungle Drum

"Jungle Drum" is the third single released from Emilíana Torrini's third album Me and Armini. It was released as a digital download on March 9, 2009[1] and later on June 19, 2009[2][3] as a CD single (in Germany only).[4]

"Jungle Drum"
Single by Emilíana Torrini
from the album Me and Armini
B-side"Me and Armini"
ReleasedMarch 9, 2009
GenreIndie pop
Length2:14
LabelRough Trade
Songwriter(s)Emilíana Torrini,
Dan Carey
Producer(s)Dan Carey
Emilíana Torrini singles chronology
"Big Jumps"
(2008)		 "Jungle Drum"
(2009)		 "Me and Armini"
(2009)

The song's title is often mistakenly mentioned as "Jungle Drums".[5][6][7]

Track listing

Digital download
  1. "Jungle Drum" — 2:13

German CD single
  1. "Jungle Drum" — 2:13
  2. "Me and Armini" — 4:17

Critical reception

Critics received the song very warmly; Popmatters' reviewer Spencer Tricker called "Jungle Drum" the "catchiest tune" on the album (alongside "Big Jumps"), "every bit as good as the singles from Fisherman's Woman".[7] He also praised the song for boasting "an irresistible chorus that features some totally unexpected scatting".[7] Matthew Allard from ARTISTdirect stated the song "should be an iPhone ad".[8] Clickmusic reviewer Francis Jolley called the song "a sprightly, fun little gem, reminiscent of Nancy Sinatra in her heyday" and "infectious Scandinavian pop".[9] Both Popmatters and Clickmusic reviews praised the song's rhythm section calling it impossible "to not foot tap along" to.[7][9]

Appearances in media

In 2009 it also appeared in the Germany's Next Topmodel TV show.[10] Thus, the song became very popular in German-speaking countries. It was planned to appear in dance videogame Just Dance 3, but was cut for unknown reasons.[10][11]

In 2010 the track was used as a theme song in a video made for the Government of Iceland's official campaign "Inspired by Iceland" to lure tourists to visit Iceland.[12]

Covers
  • In 2009, the song had been covered by German band The Baseballs and is featured on their cover album Strike! Back!.
  • In 2009, Austrian hip hop artist Chakuza sampled the song on his free track "Jungle Drum Mix".
  • In 2019, German metal band Emil Bulls released the song on their cover album called "Mixtape".

Chart positions

The song debuted on the German Singles Chart at number 12 and peaked at number one on its fourth week, where it stayed for eight consecutive weeks. It stayed on that chart for a total of 35 weeks.[13] The song also reached number one in Austria, Belgium and Iceland. The song also charted at number 84 in the Australian ARIA Singles Charts.

Chart (2009-2014)[14] Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 1
Australian Singles Chart[15] 76
Belgium (Flanders) Singles Chart 1
Belgium (Wallonia) Singles Chart 45
Czech Republic Singles Chart[16] 37
Dutch Mega Top 100 57
European Hot 100[17] 5
Finnish Singles Chart 5
German Singles Chart 1
Icelandic Singles Chart 1
Israeli Airplay Chart[18] 7
Spanish Singles Chart 15
Swiss Singles Chart 11
End of year chart (2009) Position
German Singles Chart 2
Swiss Singles Chart[19] 40

Decade-end charts
(2000–2009) Position
German Singles Chart[20] 25

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[21] Gold 150,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
State Date Format
Worldwide March 9, 2009[1] digital download
Germany[4] June 19, 2009[3] CD single

References
  1. 7digital.com: Jungle Drum by Emiliana Torrini Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Emiliana Torrini: Release dates
  3. "Jungle Drum: Amazon.de: Musik". amazon.de.
  4. "Emiliana Torrini single Jungle Drum - emilianafans.com". emilianafans.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05.
  5. "Emiliana Torrini: Iceland Goes Pop". NPR.org. 9 September 2008.
  6. Dailymotion: Jungle Drum(s) Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Emiliana Torrini". PopMatters.
  8. "Me And Armini by Emiliana Torrini @ARTISTdirect". ARTISTdirect.
  9. "The Voice UK quarter final results: who went home?". clickmusic.com.
  10. "Der Song aus Germany's Next Topmodel" (in German)
  11. http://www.qype.pl/events/441606-Emiliana-Torrini-Muffathalle-Betriebs-GmbH-Au-Haidhausen-Muenchen (in German)
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2010-06-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de.
  14. Hung, Steffen. "Emiliana Torrini - Jungle Drum - swisscharts.com".
  15. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 283.
  16. "NS IFPI". ifpicr.cz.
  17. https://www.billboard.com/music/emiliana-torrini/chart-history/european-hot-100
  18. "Media Forest: Airplay chart". mediaforest.biz. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04.
  19. "2009 Year End Swiss Singles Chart". Swiss Music Charts. 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  20. "RTL Fernsehprogramm von heute - aktuelles TV Programm - RTL.de". RTLde.
  21. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Emilíana Torrini; 'Jungle Drum')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
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