"Corner of the Earth" is the fourth and final single from British

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

and acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, '' A Funk Odyssey'' (2001). The song was written by Jason Kay and Rob Harris and is a

bossa nova Bossa nova () is a style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovativ ...

–type track, reflecting on the problems that people of the Earth have to suffer. The song peaked at number 31 on the

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and was the last Jamiroquai single to use the DVD format. The video consists of Jay Kay sitting and dancing in a forest, wearing his trademark feather headdress. He does several other things, such as creating balls of light and making the moon come out.

Track listings

UK 12-inch single # "Corner of the Earth" (Radio Edit) – 3:55 # "Main Vein" (Deep Swing's Jazzy Thumper Mix) – 7:51 # "Main Vein" (Knee Deep Classic Mix) – 6:50 # "Main Vein" (Knee Deep Vocal Dub) – 6:57 Australia CD single # "Corner of the Earth" (Radio Edit) – 3:55 # "Bad Girls" (Live at

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2002; featuring

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) – 4:13 # "

Love Foolosophy "Love Foolosophy" is the third single from British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, ''A Funk Odyssey'' (2001). The song was written by Jason Kay and Toby Smith. The song's title is a play on words, using a made-up homop ...

" (Mondo Grosso Love Acoustic Mix) – 4:43 # "Titan" (Live at

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) – 3:25

Charts

References

Jamiroquai songs 2001 songs 2002 singles Songs written by Jason Kay S2 Records singles Bossa nova songs {{2000s-single-stub