Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"
Single by Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Released 14 August 2000
Format
Recorded 1999
Genre
Label Positiva
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Certification
Spiller chronology
"Mighty Miami EP"
(2000)		 "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"
(2000)		 "Cry Baby"
(2002)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor chronology
"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"
(2000)		 "Take Me Home"
(2001)
Alternative covers
French CD single cover

"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" is a song by Italian electronic music producer Spiller, featuring vocals from British singer and songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor. The single was released in August 2000 by Positiva Records. It peaked at number one in the UK,[2] New Zealand, Ireland and Australia, as well as charting at number three on the American Hot Dance Chart. On 15 September 2000, the song was certified gold record status by the British Phonographic Industry, and was certified platinum on 22 July 2013. Various versions of the single were later featured on the German reissue and some UK editions of Ellis-Bextor's debut solo album, Read My Lips.

Background

The track was originally created by Spiller in 1999 as an instrumental, with no singing, and was included on the Mighty Miami EP. It is mainly built upon samples from "Love Is You", a disco song originally performed by Carol Williams with the Salsoul Orchestra. In order to make the track more palatable for airplay, as the instrumental is somewhat repetitive, Positiva asked British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, formerly with indie rock band theaudience, to provide lyrics and vocals for the song. Before recording, the lyric was partly reworked by Rob Davis, who replaced Ellis-Bextor's proposed hook "And so it goes..." with the line "If this ain't love...", thereby providing the song with its subtitle. Boris Dlugosch produced the vocal portions added to the track. Sharon Scott is the back-up vocalist. The track has been remixed by Boris Dlugosch and Michi Lange, Todd Terry, Solar, Ramon "Ray Roc" Checo and Ernest St. Laurent.[3]

According to technology journalist Steven Levy, "Groovejet" was the first song ever to be played on an iPod, specifically on a prototype unit in August 2001.[4] Upon its inclusion on Now 46 in the UK, released a month before the single, it became only one in a few songs to be included on a Now album before it had been released as a single. The booklet write-up correctly predicted it to be a hit.

Commercial performance

In the UK, the single was first released in the same week as "Out of Your Mind", Victoria Beckham's first song since the breakup of her group, the Spice Girls. "Out of Your Mind" held the midweek number one in the UK singles chart until Saturday, when "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" overtook it in sales; it was hyped by the media as a personal battle between the two artists.[5][6] The song was the 8th best selling of 2000 in the UK. A live version of the track appeared as a B-side to Ellis-Bextor's single Music Gets The Best of Me, and in 2003, "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" was re-released as part of Positiva Records 'Remixed' series.[7]

The song was ranked at number 486 in Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s.[8]

In April 2015, the Official Charts Company announced that "Groovejet" was the biggest-selling vinyl single of the millenium in the UK.[9]

Music video

The video for the song shows Spiller and Sophie making their way separately around Bangkok. Spiller meets people and signs autographs, while finding his height makes life there difficult; Sophie sings wistfully at various tables in bars. Spiller takes a taxicab while Sophie takes a tuk-tuk, and eventually they meet at a nightclub.

Track listing

UK CD single
  1. "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (radio edit) – 3:47
  2. "Groovejet" – 6:18
  3. "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (Solar's Jet Groove Dub Mix) – 8:18
UK Cassette single
  1. "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (radio edit) – 3:47
  2. "Groovejet" – 6:18
  3. "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (Spiller's Extended Vocal Mix) – 7:27

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2000–01) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] 16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[12] 15
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13] 13
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 6
France (SNEP)[15] 17
Germany (Official German Charts)[16] 14
Ireland (IRMA)[17] 1
Italy (FIMI)[18] 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[19] 13
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[20] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[21] 4
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[22] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 28
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[25] 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[26] 3
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[27] 27

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[28] 2× Platinum 140,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[29] Platinum 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Platinum 600,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Beautiful Day" by U2		 Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
29 October 2000 – 12 November 2000 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus
Preceded by
"I Turn to You" by Melanie C		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
20 August 2000 – 27 August 2000 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Music" by Madonna
Preceded by
"Music" by Madonna		 Recorded Music NZ number-one single
8 October 2000 – 19 November 2000 (7 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Who Let the Dogs Out?" by Baha Men

References

  1. ↑ ""Gotta Get Thru This": Dom Passantino's Survey of the New Millenium's UK #1 Singles - Article - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 650. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ↑ "Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  4. ↑ "Wired 14.11: The Perfect Thing". Wired.com. 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  5. ↑ "Spiller star slams Posh campaign". BBC News. 2000-08-18. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  6. ↑ "Posh suffers chart failure". BBC News. 2000-08-20. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  7. ↑ "Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2003-10-20. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  8. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/
  9. ↑ Copsey, Rob (16 April 2015). "The Biggest Selling Vinyl Singles and Albums of the Millennium". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  11. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  14. ↑ "Spiller: Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  15. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (in French). Les classement single.
  16. ↑ "Musicline.de – Spiller Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  17. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". Irish Singles Chart.
  18. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". Top Digital Download.
  19. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Spiller search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  20. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". Top 40 Singles.
  21. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". VG-lista.
  22. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2000-08-20". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  23. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". Singles Top 100.
  24. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". Swiss Singles Chart.
  25. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2000-08-20" UK Singles Chart.
  26. ↑ "DJ Spiller | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  27. ↑ "Spiller | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  28. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  29. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  30. ↑ "British single certifications – Spiller – Spiller". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 September 2013. Enter Spiller in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
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