Black Capricorn Day

"This release is not to be confused with An Online Odyssey"

Infobox Single
Name = Black Capricorn Day


Artist = Jamiroquai
from Album = Synkronized
Released = 1999
Format = CD
Recorded = ??
Genre = Acid Jazz
Length = 05:43
Label = Sony Music
Writer = Jay Kay, Toby Smith
Last single = "I'm in the Mood for Love" (with Jools Holland)
(2001)
This single = "Black Capricorn Day"
(2001)
Next single = "An Online Odyssey"
(2001)

Black Capricorn Day is a song, and a Japan-only single by Jamiroquai from their 1999 album Synkronized.

Meaning of the song

The song was written by Jason Kay, and is centered around his late childhood; more precisely, centered on the incident when he was kicked out from home after an argument with his mother, Karen Kay. The song also talks about how he was near-stabbed to death ("It stings like needles, but with a jagged curve..."), and was accused of doing a crime he did not commit ("I see people, and they're cravin' blood..."). The single's music video describes how Jason had been surviving on the streets. It may have been the video itself that made Jason cancel the single's worldwide release, as he probably considered it bad publicity because of the music video's crime-promoting nature.

Track listing

Japanese release

# Black Capricorn Day - Radio Edit (3.54)
# Canned Heat - MAW Remix (8.26)
# Supersonic - Restless Soul Main Vocal (7.35)
# Supersonic - Sharp Razor Remix (7.05)

JP promo #1

# Black Capricorn Day - 5.42

JP promo #2

# Black Capricorn Day - Radio Edit (3.52)
# Canned Heat - MAW Remix (8.26)
# Supersonic - Restless Soul Main Vocal (7.35)
# Supersonic - Sharp Razor Remix (7.05)

EU promo release

# Black Capricorn Day (5.42)

wedish promo release

# Black Capricorn Day (5.42)

US promo CD-R release

# Black Capricorn Day - Radio Edit (3.54)

The Video

Jay Kay discovers a poster of himself saying "BURGLAR STOP HIM". He is then chased through the backstreets of a city by a mob, eventually car-jacking a moped then a BMW M5 and once in the car, being chased by the police at night. The following morning he is still driving and picks up someone - Jamiroquai drummer Derrick McKenzie - under a bridge. The two are found by a Police Helicopter and run into a warehouse. Jay runs up the stairs following Derrick (now in a mask). Once they reach the roof, Derrick launches himself over a gap between buildings. With the mob after him, Jay sizes up the jump and the last shot is of him leaping over the gap to escape capture by the mob and the police officers.

Trivia

* There are two versions of the video for the song - one is the regular one, and the other one is the so-called "short version", where the video is a few seconds shorter than in the original. The shortened version has only been broadcast in Japan.

* At point 0.32 into the "non-shortened" video, one can see an easter egg - the logo of the third Jamiroquai album, "Travelling without Moving" is painted on a wooden panel which is lying on the ground in the alley.

* The video for the song is included on the DVD, but is not actually listed anywhere on the package.

ee also

*Synkronized;
*An Online Odyssey.