"King for a Day" is the fourth single from British funk and acid jazz band

Jamiroquai Jamiroquai () are an English funk and acid jazz band from London. Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk and acid jazz movement of the 1990s. They built on their acid jazz sound in the ...

's fourth studio album, ''

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'' (1999). The song was written by

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and is a "tribute" to bassist Stuart Zender, who left the band shortly before ''Synkronized'' was completed. Jay Kay subsequently rerecorded all the songs on the album without Zender, and added "King for a Day" as the final track on the album. Upon its release on 29 November 1999, the song reached number 20 on the

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. The video features Jay Kay walking around an old mansion, where each room has a member of the band.

Track listings

UK CD1 (667973 2) # "King for a Day" – 3:38 # "Planet Home" (Trabant Brothers Inc. Remix) – 7:20 # "Supersonic" (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Ace Klub Mix) – 6:58 UK CD2 (667973 5) # "King for a Day" – 3:38 # "Canned Heat" (

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Extended Master Mix) – 6:29 # "Supersonic" (Radio Edit) – 3:40 # "Supersonic" (Video) – 3:56

Charts

References

Jamiroquai songs 1999 singles 1999 songs Songs written by Jason Kay Songs written by Toby Smith S2 Records singles {{1990s-single-stub