The sales of all versions are combined enabling it to have sold in excess of 1,800,000 copies, receiving a triple Platinum certification, despite never reaching the top twenty of the UK Singles Chart.
[1] The official music video was filmed at the Brownsville Project in Brooklyn and captures some performances by American Double Dutch champions, Jumpers in Command.
Fraser McAlpine of BBC Chart Blog gave the song a positive review stating: Sometimes the brightest gems are right in front of your eyes, hiding in plain sight.
With this song, and its fantastic video, I will admit that my attention was miles away, probably raking through some slower, drabber, less fun things (ie: ANYTHING ELSE).
I had no idea something this ker-ay-zee, this life-affirming, this astonishingly chipper was released across on my beloved internet just seven days ago, until a friend dragged me over to look at what he called "the skipping video" on his phone.