The band made their debut under Acid Jazz Records but subsequently found mainstream success under Sony. While under this label, three of their albums have charted at number one in the UK, including Emergency on Planet Earth (1993), Synkronized (1999) and A Funk Odyssey (2001). The band's 1998 single, "Deeper Underground", was also number one in their native country.
As of 2017, Jamiroquai had sold more than 26 million albums worldwide. Their third album, Travelling Without Moving (1996), received a Guinness World Record as the best-selling funk album in history. The music video for its lead single, "Virtual Insanity", also contributed to the band's success. The song was named Video of the Year at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards and earned the band a Grammy Award in 1998.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamiroquai
Studio albums
Emergency on Planet Earth (1993)
The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994)
Travelling Without Moving (1996)
Synkronized (1999)
A Funk Odyssey (2001)
Dynamite (2005)
Rock Dust Light Star (2010)
Automaton (2017)
Runaway
Jamiroquai Lyrics
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Got a one way ticket, baby don't you wanna ride?
Got to make it, make it to the other side
I've got demons snapping at my heels tonight
I just want to run away, turn me loose
Got people around running me down, I can't stay
I just want to get away, I just want to get away now
Can you feel it? I'm stuck inside in a hurricane
Chasing rainbows, can't you see I'm going insane?
I wanna be a free man but I'm spinning on this crazy wheel
I'm jumping for the high bar, can't you dig it?
No longer know what I feel, can't you see?
I just want to run away, turn me loose
Got people around running me down, I can't stay
I just want to get away, I just want to get away now
Get them off my back today
I just wanna run away
Turn me loose, turn me loose
Turn me loose, turn me loose
Got to make it, got to make it
Got to break it, got to make it
I just want to run away, I just want to run away
Got people around running me down I can't stay
Can't stay no more no
I just want to get away, I just got to get away
Get them off my back today
I just want to run away
I just want to get away
Turn me loose, run away run away
Got people around running me down I can't stay
Runnin' away, runnin' away
I just want to run away
Just got to get away
Turn me loose, run away
Get them off my back today
The lyrics of "Runaway" by Jamiroquai express the desire to escape the pressures and demons that are chasing the singer in his life. He longs for freedom and seeks to get away from the people who are constantly running him down. He feels like he's stuck inside a hurricane, chasing rainbows, spinning on a crazy wheel, no longer knowing what he feels. The repeated line "can't you dig it?" seems almost like a plea for understanding and validation from others. He wants permission to escape and be himself without condemnation.
The chorus emphasizes this desire to run away and break free. The repetition of "turn me loose" highlights this need to escape from whatever is holding him back. The bridge contains the key line "I'm jumping for the high bar," signifying the singer's aspiration to break out and achieve greater things. Yet despite this, he's still trapped in this cycle of feeling chased and wanting to get away, with no clear path forward.
Overall, "Runaway" is a deeply contemplative song about the struggle to find freedom and personal fulfillment in the face of external pressures and expectations.
Line by Line Meaning
Can you dig it? There's something in the air tonight
Do you sense it? There is an intangible energy in the atmosphere tonight.
Got a one way ticket, baby don't you wanna ride?
I have a ticket with no return trip, would you join me on this adventure?
Got to make it, make it to the other side
I must achieve my goal and reach the opposite side.
I've got demons snapping at my heels tonight
I am haunted by my personal demons chasing me relentlessly tonight.
I just want to run away, turn me loose
I desire to escape, release me from this situation.
Got people around running me down, I can't stay
People are criticizing and chasing me, I cannot remain here.
I just want to get away, I just want to get away now
I yearn to flee this circumstance immediately.
Get them off my back today
Please make them stop following me today.
Can you feel it? I'm stuck inside in a hurricane
Can you perceive it? I am trapped within a tumultuous storm.
Chasing rainbows, can't you see I'm going insane?
Pursuing an unattainable, imaginary goal is driving me crazy, don't you agree?
I wanna be a free man but I'm spinning on this crazy wheel
I wish for liberation, but I am caught up in this unpredictable situation.
I'm jumping for the high bar, can't you dig it?
I'm reaching for the maximum achievement, don't you comprehend?
No longer know what I feel, can't you see?
I am confused and unaware of my emotions, don't you notice?
Got to make it, got to make it, got to break it, got to make it
I must succeed, I must overcome obstacles and triumph.
Can't stay no more no
I can't remain here any longer.
I just want to run away, I just want to run away
My only desire is to escape and disappear.
Just got to get away, Turn me loose, run away run away
I must flee, let me go, run away from here quickly now.
Got people around running me down I can't stay
People are disapproving and hounding me, I cannot remain.
Runnin' away, runnin' away
I'm running away, I'm running away.
Get them off my back today
Please make them stop following me today.
Lyrics © DistroKid, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
Written by: Jason Kay, Johnson Matthew Johnson, Kenneth Robert Harris
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Can you dig it? There's something in the air tonight
Got a one way ticket, baby don't you wanna ride?
Got to make it, make it to the other side
I've got demons snapping at my heels tonight
I just want to run away, turn me loose
Got people around running me down, I can't stay
I just want to get away, I just want to get away now
Get them off my back today
Can you feel it? I'm stuck inside in a hurricane
Chasing rainbows, can't you see I'm going insane?
I wanna be a free man but I'm spinning on this crazy wheel
I'm jumping for the high bar, can't you dig it?
No longer know what I feel, can't you see?
I just want to run away, turn me loose
Got people around running me down, I can't stay
I just want to get away, I just want to get away now
Get them off my back today
I just wanna run away
Turn me loose, turn me loose
Turn me loose, turn me loose
Got to make it, got to make it
Got to break it, got to make it
I just want to run away, I just want to run away
Got people around running me down I can't stay
Can't stay no more no
I just want to get away, I just got to get away
Get them off my back today
I just want to run away
I just want to get away
Turn me loose, run away run away
Got people around running me down I can't stay
Runnin' away, runnin' away
I just want to run away
Just got to get away
Turn me loose, run away
Get them off my back today
Dean Wilson
Am I not the only one who feels that a collaboration between jamiroquai and daft punk would produce some of the very best music the galaxy will ever experience. And on the possibility that there is anyone up in outerspace listening, it would surely give them some faith in the qualities of humanity... that there is still beauty in our planet.
chester - 30M views
ah hell yeah. it sucks that jamiroquais a lot older now and daft punk has well... gone their ways.
WilmoTheBear
This comment is now a tragedy.
Gabe Roles
Rip daft punk
Jacob Beran
Here after the break up :(
Ghost Peppers Today
Fyy
PersonOfDisinterest
Years later and that is still one of the FUNKIEST bass lines out there
Industrial Cheese
Dude is one of the funkiest men on the planet.
Industrial Cheese
@remiem6070 I'm aware of this.
remiem6070
You mean the group. The lead is Jason Kay aka Jay Kay. The band is Jamiroquai.