"Cloud 9" is a song by English

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band

Jamiroquai Jamiroquai ( ) are an English acid jazz and funk 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 th ...

. It was released as the second single from their eighth studio album, ''

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'', on 10 February 2017. The song peaked at number 19 in France, number 35 in Spain, and number 77 in Scotland.

Music video

The music video for "Cloud 9" was released on 22 February 2017. Directed by

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, director of the music video for the band's previous single "

", the video was shot in Spain and stars band frontman

Jay Kay Jason "Jay" Kay (born Jason Luís Cheetham, 30 December 1969) is a British singer and songwriter. In 1992, he co-founded the acid jazz and funk band Jamiroquai and still serves as their lead vocalist. As of 2017, the band had sold more than 26 ...

alongside Mónica Cruz. Some of the scenes throughout the video have been noted as being similar to the work of

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, and there are references to the music video for a past song by the band, " Cosmic Girl". The video was filmed at the

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, in Spain.

Track listing

Charts

References

{{authority control 2017 singles 2017 songs Jamiroquai songs Songs written by Jason Kay Songs written by Matt Johnson (keyboardist) Virgin EMI Records singles