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“Emergency on Planet Earth” is Jamiroquai’s fourth and also last single on their debut album of the same name. Released as a single on August 2, 1993, this was one of the more notable songs that got Jamiroquai some of its attention, with its environmentalist tone. Shares a lot of similarities with t...
[Verse 1]
The kids need education, woah-ho-ho!
And the streets are never clean
I've seen a certain disposition
Prevailing in the wind (Sweet change)
If anybody's listening, oh
Emergency on planet Earth
Is that life that I am witnessing
Or just another wasted birth?
[Chorus]
Now we got emergency
Oh, we got emergency on planet Earth
Oh, now we got emergency
Oh, we got emergency on planet Earth
Yes, we have
[Verse 2]
Think we're standing for injustice
White gets two and black gets five years
Well, it took me quite a while to suss this
Now I know my head is cleared
And a little boy in hungry land
Is just a picture in the news
I won't see him in the TV advertising
Cause it might put you off your food
[Chorus]
Now we got emergency
Oh, we got emergency on planet Earth
Oh, now we got emergency
Oh, we got emergency on planet Earth
Come on
[Post-Chorus]
Is anybody out there?
Is anybody out there?
Is anybody out there, yeah?
Oh, we got emergency on planet Earth
Ah, yes, we have
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Say what we got
Emergency on planet Earth is what we got
Oh, I'll tell you what we got now
Emergency on planet Earth is what we got
Is someone out there? Yeah
Emergency on planet Earth is what we got
Tell you what we got now
Oh, somebody, help me
Come on, somebody help me now
'Cause we got emergency
[Outro]
Come on, somebody help us now
Oh, we need you
Oh, somehow the help has left me needing
Emergency On Planet Earth was written by Toby Smith & Jay Kay.
Emergency On Planet Earth was produced by Mike Nielsen.
Jamiroquai released Emergency On Planet Earth on Mon Jun 14 1993.