"Cosmic Girl" is the second single from British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai's third studio album, Travelling Without Moving (1996).
It was written by Jay Kay and Derrick McKenzie, and produced by Rick Pope, achieving great chart success, peaking at No.
In 2006, it was reissued as part of the "Classic Club Mixes" series, which also included "Space Cowboy", "Deeper Underground", "Love Foolosophy" and "Alright".
[3][4][5] Justin Chadwick from Albumism wrote, "Replete with synth and string-blessed rhythms, the propulsive, disco-tinged "Cosmic Girl" finds Jay Kay serenading an irresistible, otherworldly woman akin to 'some baby Barbarella'.
The album version sparks with live instrumentation that breathes considerable depth into the chorus, while David Morales' remix has a more glossy tone that will sound awesome on a crowded club floor.
"[9] Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian stated that "Cosmic Girl", "which employs buoyant Earth, Wind and Fire-style harmonies, is fine".
They wrote, "Sends me into hyperspace when I see her pretty face... – and it's not just the lyrics that are harping back to some of disco's more amusing space-age phases on this Jamiroquai single.
The band's own mixes are totally groovy – combining some very funky sounds with some top disco strings and swirls and dusted lightly with the aforementioned silly but excellent vocals.
It depicts three famous supercars driving and racing each other through several highways and mountain roads across a desert landscape from clear daylight to dawn.
Jay Kay appears to be driving the purple Lamborghini with Stuart Zender on the co-pilot seat, but the driver of the black Ferrari is not shown in detail.
In a Top Gear interview, Jay Kay said that, before filming, one car had been totalled during transportation, and the windscreen of the second was smashed after one of the so-called precision drivers knocked the camera off the cliff.