Jupiter (Benjamin Clementine song)
"Jupiter" is a song composed by English artist Benjamin Clementine. The song was released on 23 August 2017. It was released as the first single from his second studio album I Tell a Fly. The song marks Clementine's comeback since 2015's At Least for Now, although 2017 had seen the non-single release of the songs "Phantom of Aleppoville" and "God Save the Jungle", respectively. "Jupiter" was written and produced by Benjamin Clementine.
| "Jupiter" | ||||
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| Song by Benjamin Clementine | ||||
| from the album I Tell a Fly | ||||
| Released | 23 August 2017 (single version) | |||
| Recorded | January–September 2016 | |||
| Studio | Studio 13 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Benjamin Clementine | |||
| Producer(s) | Benjamin Clementine | |||
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Background and recording
"But aren’t we all, as human beings,
on foreign land? We’re not from here.
It takes an alien to tell an alien doesn’t it?
We have all had to travel.
Neanderthals had to move around,
birds go on epic migrations:
we’re always on the move,
we are always going somewhere.[1]
—Clash Magazine
Talking to Lauren Laverne on BBC 6 music,[2] Clementine explained that when he received his American O-1A visa, a visa that is famously known as the genius visa or Alien of extraordinary ability visa, it found him exploring questions of identity, both personal and universal. As Clementine puts it in the press release: "Seeing my visa just opened everything for me. Saying 'Jupiter' for me was like saying 'Europa,' or 'England,' or 'Edmonton'. Me wandering around in America."[3] In conversation with Milo Wasserman for Clash Magazine, Clementine stated that whilst he was in America, he stored this idea of being an alien, being in a foreign land.
Track listing
Digital release single
- "Jupiter" – 2:58
Personnel
- Benjamin Clementine – vocals, keyboards, bass, synths, harpsichord and production
- Alexis Brossard – drums
- Steve Sedgwick – recording engineer and mixer
- Max Anstruther - recording engineer
- Wes Maebe - recording engineer
- John Davis – mastering engineer