Legacy Recordings

Despite critics’ cheerleading, breakthroughs for U.K.-based funk acts in America have been few and far between. Such heroes of the British Empire as Soul II Soul and Brand New Heavies came and went in a hurry in the country that invented soul music, thank you. Jamiroquai, representing what acid jazz might have sounded like in Stevie Wonder’s house circa 1976, operated true to form—big noise at home, cult item in America—until a track from 1996’s Travelling Without Moving became an MTV staple. “Virtual Insanity” featured a killer groove, clever lyrics and nimble, goofy-hatted sprite Jason Kay prancing about a shape-shifting house. Who could resist?
Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai
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