Junior Senior
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Background information | |
Origin | Thisted, Denmark |
Genres | Pop, rock, dance, electronic |
Years active | 1998–2008 |
Labels | EMI, Crunchy Frog, Atlantic |
Past members | Jesper Mortensen Jeppe Laursen |
Junior Senior were a Danish pop duo. The duo consisted of Jesper "Junior" Mortensen (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion) (born 7 February 1979[1]) and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen (vocals, programming) (born 25 December 1977[1]). They were well known for their 2002 single "Move Your Feet", which gained worldwide success in 2003, most notably in the United Kingdom.
History
Early career
Junior Senior formed in 1998 when Jesper Mortensen and Jeppe Laursen got back together after their previous band Ludo-X broke up in 1995. The band signed a deal with Danish label Crunchy Frog Records.
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
The band released their debut album
The follow-up single, "Rhythm Bandits", made the singles charts in the UK and Australia, and was included in the soundtrack of the game FIFA Football 2004.
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat was included in several publications' "Best Albums of 2003" lists, including Rolling Stone, NME, Entertainment Weekly and Blender. The Sunday Chronicle in San Francisco rated "Move Your Feet" as the single of the year, calling it "the best song ever".
The CD features the video to "Move Your Feet" (made by designer group Shynola) and a "Making Of" as enhanced content.
The single "Shake Your Coconuts" is available on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action soundtrack, and is used as the menu music in the game Worms 3D by Team17. It was also featured in the 2004 movie Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and Malcolm in the Middle's season 5 episode "Experiment". In addition, on 21 July 2017, the band Phish used the song as the kickoff for a 13-night run at Madison Square Garden dubbed The Baker's Dozen. The song coincided with free coconut donuts given to the audience.
The song "White Trash" from this album was used in the advertisement for music magazine TV show Popworld in the United Kingdom. The advert featured the two presenters of the show doing a synchronized dance routine to the song whilst wearing identical outfits.
Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
Junior Senior released their second album,
In February 2006 and March 2006 the band held a contest for fans to appear in a music video for their song "Can I Get Get Get". The song "Can I Get Get Get" has been used on the TV shows Ugly Betty, Cavemen, Castle, Eastbound & Down and was featured in the film What Happens in Vegas. This song was also featured on the Nordic edition of Lips as an on-disc song as well as downloadable content worldwide. The music video for this song was released on 25 July 2006.
"Hip Hop a Lula" was featured in a Sears back-to-school commercial in August 2007. It was used extensively in Network Ten Australia's advertising in 2008.
Disbandment
Mortensen and Laursen announced on their blog that they would split and pursue solo projects on 26 September 2008. which released the Big Lucky EP in May 2009.
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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DEN [5] |
JPN | UK [6] |
US [7] |
US Dance [8] | ||
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat |
|
— | — | 29 | 94 | — |
Hey Hey My My Yo Yo |
|
20 | 2 | — | — | 5 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
EPs
Title | Extended play details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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DEN
[5] | ||||||
Boy Meets Girl EP |
|
— | ||||
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye EP |
|
5 | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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DEN
[5] |
AUS [9] |
FRA
[10] |
UK
[6] |
US Dance [11] | |||
2002 | "Move Your Feet" | 4 | 20 | 11A | 3 | 45 | D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat |
2003 | "Rhythm Bandits" | — | 47 | — | 22 | — | |
"Shake Your Coconuts" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005 | "Itch U Can't Skratch" | — | — | — | — | — | Hey Hey My My Yo Yo |
"Can I Get Get Get" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Footnotes
- British chart reference[12]
- APeaked at number 29 in France originally in 2003 but reached number 11 in a re-release in 2013
Awards and nominations
Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2003 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Dance | Themselves | Nominated |
Best Nordic Act | Nominated | |||
Web Award | www.juniorsenior.com | Nominated | ||
Q Awards | Best Video | "Move Your Feet" | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b "Junior Senior". Discogs. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ a b "D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat by Junior Senior". Crunchy Frog on Bandcamp. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ Thompson, Paul (26 September 2008). "Junior Senior Split, Pursue Solo Projects". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 28 September 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
- ^ Thiessen, Brock (26 September 2008). "Exclaim: Junior Senior Part Ways". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
- ^ a b c "Danish Charts > Junior Senior". danishcharts.dk Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ a b "UK Charts > Junior Senior". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Junior Senior Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Junior Senior Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Australian Charts > Junior Senior". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "French Charts > Junior Senior". lescharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "Junior Senior Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.