Emergency On Planet Earth (song)
"Emergency on Planet Earth" is the fourth and final single released from British acid jazz band Jamiroquai's debut studio album, of the same name. The song was written by Jay Kay, and has a very environmentalist tone, urging the listener to "stop modernisation going on."
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