Nizlopi тобының "JCB" әні туралы

2005 single by Nizlopi
the 2005 song

"JCB" (or "JCB Song") is a song by English folk music duo Nizlopi, written by members Luke Concannon and John Parker. Concannon wrote the lyric at his parents' house, drawing inspiration from his father, Kieron Concannon, and later composed the song with Parker. The theme of the song's lyric stems from a moment in Concannon's childhood when his father picked him up from school in a JCB digger (or backhoe loader) and his reflections on how his peers bullied him for having dyslexia. The song tells the story of a similar boy who is fascinated with both his father and the vehicle on which they ride. He imagines his father as a hero, comparing him to several famous figures such as Bruce Lee and B. A. Baracus, and pretends to torment bullying on the playground as a Tyrannosaurus rex. Nizlopi recorded the song at FDM Records' studio and included it on their debut album, Half These Songs Are About You, released in 2004. Following several praised performances of the song, Nizlopi decided to release "JCB" as the album's second single through FDM Records in June 2005, but it did not make a major commercial impact. Over the next few months, the song began to circulate around the internet, attaining a cult following. Soon after its release, animation company MonkeeHub created and commissioned a music video later the same year, which further propelled the track into the public eye. Near the end of 2005, "JCB" became a contender for the 2005 UK Christmas number one single and was re released on 12 December 2005 to coincide with this event. This release received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics and peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, losing the position on Christmas Day to "That's My Goal" by X Factor series two winner Shayne Ward. The song remains Nizlopi's most successful.

In an interview with Songwriting magazine, Luke Concannon explained that he and bandmate John Parker practiced writing songs separately. He first began to write the songs for Nizlopi's first studio album, Half These Songs Are About You in 2001, with "JCB" conceived in 2002. Twenty one years old at the time, Concannon was living with his parents and could write music without interruption. He created the riff for the song based around its chord, which Concannon believed was Dmaj9. He decided against writing a song about romance, his typical style, and soon experienced a block, so he asked his father, Kieron, about what to write. Having used to work as a digger driver, Concannon's father suggested, "diggers," and following this recommendation, Concannon finished the initial song within the hour. A fan of UK garage music, he then decided to add a garage rap at the end of the song, which consists of the lines, "I'm Luke I'm five and my dad's Bruce Lee / drives me around in his JCB". After Nizlopi played the song at several gigs, they realised that they may have made a hit single, so they approached Warner Chappell Music, who published the song. It was produced by Gavin "Captain Chaos" Monaghan and executive produced by Kieron Concannon, who became Nizlopi's manager.

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The track is written in the key of D major and is set in common time , following a tempo of 104 beats per minute. One of the lines featured in "JCB", "Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work", is a reference to the song "Don't Forget Your Shovel" by Irish singer songwriter Christie Hennessy, who gave permission for the band to use the lyric.

British columnist James Masterton referred to "JCB" as one of the most "welcome, charming and downright cute" tracks to top the UK chart. Writing for Contactmusic. com, Neal Addison praised the nostalgic lyrics, calling it "endearing". The Digital Fix reviewer John Donnelly gave the song a 6 out of 10, comparing its acoustic qualities to those of American singer songwriter Tracy Chapman.

"JCB" was first released on Nizlopi's album Half These Songs Are About You in 2004. FDM Records originally issued "JCB" as a single in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2005, but it stalled at number 160 on the UK Singles Chart, selling only several hundred copies. "JCB" was re issued on 12 December 2005. On Christmas Day, "JCB" was pushed into second place by "That's My Goal". Both songs held their positions for the next four weeks, and "JCB" finished 2005 as the UK's 12th most successful single. It then returned to the top spot for another week, its last at number one. At the end of 2005, the Irish Recorded Music Association ranked it as Ireland's eight most successful song. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the song debuted at its peak of number six on 21 December 2005 and stayed in the top 15 for a further four issues, ranking at number 66 on the listing's year end edition. On 2 July 2006, the song debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number 45 and peaked at number 43 the next week. It then dropped out of the top 50.

The song's animated music video was directed and animated by Laith Bahrani of MonkeeHub, with post production handled by and Adam "Cactus" B. Other animators who contributed to the video were David Crawford, who drew the cows, and Nick Cooper, who created the opening scene. The video was commissioned in 2005. People began to share the video via e mail (since video sharing websites such as YouTube were still in their infancy), and Nizlopi received many messages from parents who played the song and video for their children at night.

+Release dates and formats for "JCB"RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)IDRef. (Reference(s))UK and Ireland6 June 2005GermanyFDM0030215MA1NetherlandsV2VVR5039463ScandinaviaBonnier Music33441691Australia17 June 2006Digital download EPLiberation Music19 June 2006Enhanced CD re releaseFDM, Liberation MusicLIBERATOR1CD