Talk:Cosmic Girl (song)

Composition
I'm not an expert but I think we should probably add more to the composition section. Apparently this song is quite innovative, musically speaking. The song is not in the key of G, but is actually in the key of Em, there is a distinction. The verses are largely a jazz ii V i progression (actually i ii V) or Em7 F#m7 B7#5 The B7#5 is standard but not often used in jazz, most often there's a 9th involved somewhere. There are lots of other chords used but that is the main progression. The Chorus is (iii ii V vi) or G#m7 F#m7 B7 C#m7 If someone with more musical knowledge than me can give some insight here, I'd be very greatful.


 * (addendum: written by IP  16:11, 24 July 2015 )


 * There are obviously parallels between the song Super Strut (written & released 1973) by Eumir Deodato and Cosmic Girl.
 * --Neun-x (talk) 19:11, 15 June 2019 (UTC)


 * The middle eight keyboard part also sounds suspiciously like the main riff from the Rolling Stones' 'Miss You'. Worth mentioning? 1.145.194.103 (talk) 12:58, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 6 December 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved to Cosmic Girl (song). A dab page will be created at Cosmic Girl. Jenks24 (talk) 13:10, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Cosmic Girl → Cosmic Girl (Jamiroquai song) – to accommodate the existence of the new Cosmic Girl (airplane) article. Proposing that this article be moved and then "Cosmic Girl" be changed into a disambiguation page, which would include Cosmic Girl (airplane), whatever this article is renamed to, and possibly a wikilink to Year of the Dragon (Modern Talking album), which contains a song called "Cosmic Girl". My reasoning is that I think neither Cosmic Girl (airplane) nor this page is the primary topic. /wia  /tlk  17:44, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * To clarify, a move to either Cosmic Girl (Jamiroquai song) or Cosmic Girl (song) would be fine by me. /wia   /tlk  18:19, 6 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Support move to Cosmic Girl (song) and leave the hatnote for the other. I don't see the Modern Talking song being notable enough to warrant further disambiguation. PC78 (talk) 07:46, 7 December 2015 (UTC)


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Real strings were used for "Cosmic GIrl"
The claim from the CMJ New Music Monthly review that this song uses "disco-style string parts also produced by synthesizers" is directly contradicted by other sources, including the song's credits at Discogs's pages including https://www.discogs.com/Jamiroquai-Cosmic-Girl/master/93413 and https://www.discogs.com/Jamiroquai-Cosmic-Girl/release/298152 and https://www.discogs.com/Jamiroquai-Cosmic-Girl/release/2668770 that state that the strings were arranged by Jay Kay and Simon Hale and conducted by Simon Hale, that is, real instead of synthesized. musicalbacon.com/Simon-Hale.html states that Hale was "conductor, instrument arranger" on this specific song "Cosmic Girl". Plus, I don't hear string-like sounds on the B-side of the single, "Slipin 'N' Slidin'", and there is no reference at Discogs to a synthesizer being used for either track. Also, less directly, see the article from Keyboard magazine, February 1997, pages 56-57 that includes a sentence indicating that Hale's crew around this time used real string instruments on live concert versions of its album's songs that was used to substitute for Jay's voice when he had shingles and couldn't perform live: 'from listening to Jamiroquai's third album, Travelling Without Moving, it's clear that there's a whole lot for him to accomplish live. "It gets a bit tricky, 'cause I've got two hands, haven't I? Most of the time it's all right. The strings I have the DJ play. We have a DJ who plays various aspects of the album on vinyl." The string parts were arranged by Simon Hale, who assembled 12 string players and translated Jay's vocal ideas into parts for violins, violas, and cellos.'2600:1000:B12B:EE82:571:7E82:20D5:B83F (talk) 06:42, 28 September 2021 (UTC)