Busy Earnin'
"Busy Earnin'" is a 2014 single by Jungle. It peaked at number 19 on the UK Indie Chart, number 27 on Ultratip and number 118 on the French Singles Chart.
"Busy Earnin'" | ||||
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Single by Jungle | ||||
from the album Jungle | ||||
Released | 2014 | |||
Genre | R&B, neo soul | |||
Length | 3:01 | |||
Label | XL | |||
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Jungle singles chronology | ||||
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Background
"Busy Earnin'" is Jungle's third single from their eponymous debut album and was released digitally on 7 April 2014 and in vinyl format on 15 April on XL Recordings.[1][2] It was premiered on Metropolis with Jason Bentley on KCRW,[3] and details the circumstances of spending too much time making money.[4]
Music video
A music video was released onto YouTube on 28 February 2014.[5] It was directed by JLW and Oliver Hadlee Pearch and features the large dance ensemble featured on the band's debut album performing a choreographed routine in a large warehouse caused to shake by the track, and follows the theme of the first two videos "Platoon" and "The Heat".[6]
Chart performance
The song peaked at number 19 on the UK Indie Chart[7] and at number 27 on Ultratip chart in Belgian Flanders region in March,[8] and at number 118 in France in July 2014.[9]
Appearances in other media
"Busy Earnin'" is also included in the playlists of FIFA 15 and Forza Horizon 2 and it was featured in the opening sequence and credits for Episode 1 of Tales from the Borderlands and it played as a background music in a bar in Season 2 Episode 6 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It was also featured in the Showtime program House of Lies during the sixth episode of season four; and during the pilot episode of British comedy show Chewing Gum (TV series). It was also voted in at Number 67 in the 2014 Triple J Hottest 100 Countdown in Australia. It also appeared on NME's "Top 50 Tracks of 2014" at #13.[10] It and Time from the song's parent album were performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 16 June 2014,[11] while Busy Earnin' and the album track Julia were performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers.[12]
In April 2017 Busy Earnin' was used for the Toyota Yaris Hybrid TV advert. [13]
In May 2018 the song was used during an advertisement for NPR's Marketplace.
The Song was also used in the penultimate episode of season 10 of American Television Series Shameless.
References
- Breihan, Tom (3 March 2014). "Jungle – "Busy Earnin'" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "Busy Earnin [VINYL] by Jungle". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "Song Premiere Jungle, 'Busy Earnin" : Metropolis". NPR.
- "Jungle: Jungle | Album Reviews". Pitchfork.
- "Jungle – Busy Earnin'". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "JUNGLE – "Busy Earnin" [Official Video] (dir. JLW & Oliver Hadlee Perch)". Okayplayer.com.
- "2014-03-15 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "Discografie Jungle [UK]". Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "Discographie Jungle [UK]". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "Top 50 Tracks of 2014". NME. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- "Jungle perform 'Busy Earnin' and 'Time' on Jimmy Kimmel – watch". NME.
- "Watch Jungle Perform "Busy Earnin'" and "Julia" on Late Night with Seth Meyers". Pigeons and Planes.
- "TV Ad Songs". TV Ad songs. Retrieved 2017-05-09.