"(Don't) Give Hate A Chance" is the third and final single from British funk and acid jazz band

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's sixth studio album, ''

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'' (2005). The title is a reference to the song "

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" by

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, and was written by Jason Kay, Rob Harris and Matt Johnson. It was produced by Kay and

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. The single was released on 7 November 2005, peaking on the

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at number 27.

Music video

The video for "(Don't) Give Hate a Chance" is Jamiroquai's only computer-animated

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and pays homage to the Italian cartoon '' La Linea''. In the video, an animated version of Jay Kay himself (resembling Mr. Linea from the aforementioned show) sings and dances as it cuts to scenes with humanoids (who also resemble the same character) make war references. It also feature the hand from said show and even animated

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s. To promote the release of the video,

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organised the video to be projected on a number of outdoor venues around central

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, including the walls of the

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military grounds and a car park in the

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district. An alternate video released in late October, which included the ground being replaced by plants and rocks and significant changes to the final minute of the video.

Track listing

UK CD1 # "(Don't) Give Hate A Chance" – 3:50 # "(Don't) Give Hate A Chance" (Steve Mac Classic Radio Edit) – 5:04

References

Jamiroquai songs 2005 singles 2005 songs Anti-war songs Protest songs Songs against racism and xenophobia Songs written by Jason Kay Songs written by Matt Johnson (keyboardist) Sony BMG singles {{2000s-UK-single-stub