Busy Child
| "Busy Child" | ||||
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| Single by The Crystal Method | ||||
| from the album Vegas | ||||
| Released | 1997[1] | |||
| Genre | Electronic breakbeat | |||
| Label | Outpost Recordings | |||
| Writer(s) | Scott Kirkland, Ken D. Jordan | |||
| Producer(s) | The Crystal Method | |||
| The Crystal Method singles chronology | ||||
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"Busy Child" is a breakbeat single by The Crystal Method from the album Vegas. It is one of the group's most recognizable works, reaching #17 on Hot Dance Club Play charts, and remaining on even ten years later.[2]
Samples
The "I guess I didn't know..." vocal in "Busy Child" is sampled from the song "Know the Ledge" by Eric B. & Rakim.[3] The song also features a vocal sample from the DJ Pierre-produced house track, "Summertime (Is Get Busy Time)". The sample was made to sound like "Get busy, child!", in which the song's title is based on.[4]
Music videos
At least two music videos were made to promote the song.[5] The original 1997 version (directed by Lance Bangs and Eli Bonerz) was mostly CGI.[6] The second version (directed by Clark Eddy) is more recognizable and includes live concert footage interspersed with clips from the Lost in Space movie.[7]
Appearances
The song is featured on many film soundtracks and electronic compilations, including the soundtrack of the FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 video game. A shorter version of the song is featured as a playable song in the dancing video game DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution. The song is also used as a song on the Universal Studios ride Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit under the Club and Electronica genre, and it is the default song used when a patron enters an unavailable "hidden song" code.
Track listing
- "Busy Child" (radio edit)
- "Busy Child" (Vegas version)
- "Busy Child" (Taylor's Hope for Evolution)
- "Busy Child" (Uberzone mix)
Notes
- ↑ "Discography - The Crystal Method - Busy Child [US]". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ "Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales". Billboard.com. 2008-01-26. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ "The Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)". Arcticflare.com. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ The Crystal Method's Busy Child sample of Pierre's Phantasy Club's Summertime (Is Get Busy Time) (Club Mix) | WhoSampled
- ↑ "the Crystal Method". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ "the Crystal Method - "Busy child [version 1: CGI]"". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ "the Crystal Method - "Busy child [version 2: film]"". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 2009-02-27.