Corner Of The Earth is the fourth single release from Jamiroquai's fifth studio album - A Funk Odyssey. The track was written by Jay Kay and Rob Harris, with backing vocals by Dee Lewis, string arrangement by Simon Hale and trumpet by Derek Watkins.
European release
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Radio Edit (3.56)
- 2. Bad Girls - Live at The Brits 2002 with Anastacia (4.14)
- Catalogue Number: 672821 1
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: CD
- Packaging: cardboard sleeve
European CD Extra Maxi #1 release
This release was available to buy in some parts of Europe from Friday 5 July 2002. It was released in Germany in early September 2002, together with the German-only release of the single (containing the Milk & Sugar remixes).
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Radio Edit (3.56)
- 2. Bad Girls - Live at the Brits 2002 with Anastacia (4.14)
- 3. Main Vein - Knee Deep Classic Mix (6.51)
- 4. Main Vein - Deep Swing's Jazzy Thumper Mix (7.22)
- 5. Corner Of The Earth - Video (3.56)
- Catalogue Number: 672821 2
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: CD
- Packaging: slimline jewel case
UK #1 release
Track one on this release is the album version. This release has remixes that differ from the usual house mixes, and is a pleasure to see these cool funky sounds on an official UK release.
The version of the Deep Swing Jazzy Thumpers mix on this release is approximately 30 seconds shorter than the UK promo vinyl (and CDR promo) version of the track.
- 1. Corner Of The Earth (5.41)
- 2. Main Vein - Knee Deep classic mix (6.51)
- 3. Main Vein - Deep Swing's jazzy thumper mix (7.21)
- Catalogue Number: 672788 2
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: CD
- Packaging: digipak
- Release date: 08 July 2002
- Highest Chart Position: 31 (14 July 2002)
- Chart Positions: 31, 50, 70
Following its entry in the UK charts at number 31 James Masterton wrote in his weekly chart commentary at www.dotmusic.com the following:
Jay Kay has been quite happily telling anyone who will listen that he regards this latest single as one of the best songs he has ever written. Fine it is indeed, especially when heard in the totally acoustic version that he performed to stunning effect on CD:UK this weekend. Sadly it seems he would have been better putting the message across to people who haven't yet bought the album as the single misses the Top 30 altogether, the first Jamiroquai single to do so since Emergency On Planet Earth (the title track from the debut album) hit Number 32 in August 1993.
UK CD Extra #2 release
Track one on this release is the album version. The live recording of Titan that is included on this release is from the 23 February 2002 concert at the Newcastle Telewest Arena in England.
The CD Extra component on this release does not contain the video, but does contain a gallery of stills from the video, the lyrics to Corner Of The Earth, and a computer wallpaper image.
- 1. Corner Of The Earth (5.40)
- 2. Bad Girls - Live at The Brits 2002 with Anastacia (4.13)
- 3. Titan - Live at Telewest Arena (3.25)
- Catalogue Number: 672788 5
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: CD
- Packaging: digipak
- Release date: 08 July 2002
Japanese release
Unlike the other Japanese single release from A Funk Odyssey, this was not released around the same time as in the UK, but was delayed until October 2002 to co-incide with the band's tour of Japan.
- 1. Corner Of The Earth (5.40)
- 2. Main Vein - Knee Deep Classic Mix (6.50)
- 3. Main Vein - Deep Swing's Jazzy Thumper Mix (7.23)
- 4. Titan - Live at Telewest Arena (3.24)
- 5. Corner Of The Earth - Video (4.06)
- 6. Love Foolosophy - Video (3.55)
- 7. Deeper Underground - Video (4.36)
- Catalogue Number: EIPC 145
- Label: Epic
- Year: 2002
- Format: CD
- Packaging: jewel case
- Release date: 09 October 2002
Australian release
The version of Bad Girls on this release plays much faster than it should do (compared with the European or UK CD Extra #2 releases which are 4.13 long).
Interestingly, the sticker on the front of the case of the CD uses the Jamiroquai text logo as seen on the Cosmic Girl single release in 1996.
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Radio Edit (3.56)
- 2. Bad Girls - Live at the Brits with Anastacia (3.54)
- 3. Love Foolosophy - Mondo Grosso Love Acoustic Mix (4.42)
- 4. Titan - Live at Telewest Arena (3.14)
- Catalogue Number: 672873 2
- Label: Columbia
- Year: 2002
- Format: CD
- Packaging: slimline jewel case
- Release date: 15 July 2002
German release
Mike 'Milk' Kronenberg and Steven 'Sugar' Harning (Milk & Sugar) are a producer-DJ team from Germany.
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Milk & Sugar radio reconstruction mix (4.02)
- 2. Corner Of The Earth - Milk & Sugar club mix short edit (3.26)
- 3. Corner Of The Earth - Milk & Sugar club mix (7.43)
- Catalogue Number: 672821 5
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: CD
- Packaging: slimline jewel case
- Release date: 02 September 2002
UK Promo release
- 1. Corner Of The Earth (3.52)
- Catalogue Number: XPCD 2671
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: CD
- Packaging: digipak
UK promo CDR (3 Tracks) release
This CDR from the Sony Music Studios in Whitfield Street, London is the same as the UK release of Corner Of The Earth. Containing mixes (mislabeled on the packaging as shown in the tracklist) by Knee Deep and Deep Swing.
The Deep Swing Jazzy Thumpers mix is the vinyl version of the track (which is the same as on the Main Vein UK promo 12" #2 release) which is 30 seconds longer than the version included on the UK CD #1 release. The difference on this release is an additional 30 seconds lead-out at the end (for mixing purposes).
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Edit (3.53)
- 2. Main Vein - Deep Knee Classic Remix - (Main) (6.50)
- 3. Main Vein - Deepswing Jazzy Thumpers Mix (7.51)
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: CDR
- Packaging: plastic sleeve
UK Promo CDR release
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Radio Edit (3.56)
- 2. Bad Girls - Live at the Brits with Anastacia (4.14)
- 3. Main Vein - Knee Deep Classic Mix (6.51)
- 4. Main Vein - Deep Swing's Jazzy Thumper Mix (7.22)
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: CDR
- Packaging: plastic sleeve
UK Promo (Radio 2 Edit) CDR release
This promo contains a special edit of the track for UK radio station BBC Radio 2.
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Radio 2 Edit (3.40)
- Catalogue Number: none
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: CDR
- Packaging: plastic sleeve
French promo release
This promo is released on the SMALL label (Sony Music Associated & Limited Labels).
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Milk & Sugar Radio Reconstruction (3.59)
- Label: SMALL
- Year: 2002
- Format: CDR
- Packaging: plastic sleeve
Australian promo release
This promo has the same track listing as the commercial Australian release.
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Radio Edit (3.56)
- 2. Bad Girls - Live at the Brits with Anastacia (3.54)
- 3. Love Foolosophy - Mondo Grosso Love Acoustic Mix (4.42)
- 4. Titan - Live at Telewest Arena (3.14)
- Catalogue Number: SAMP 2466
- Label: Columbia
- Year: 2002
- Format: CD
Australian promo CDR (Milk & Sugar remixes) release
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Milk & Sugar Club Mix Short Mix (3.27)
- 2. Corner Of The Earth - Milk & Sugar Club Mix (7.39)
- 3. Corner Of The Earth - Milk & Sugar Club Mix Instrumental (7.41)
- Catalogue Number: none
- Label: Sony Music Studios Sydney
- Year: 2002
- Format: CDR
- Packaging: white die-cut cardboard stickered sleeve
UK DVD release
Because of the UK chart rules, a UK DVD single release can contain (if it is to be included in the charts) in addition to the main video for the single, no more than 2 minutes of additional video footage. This is why there is only 2 minutes of video from the Brit Awards on this release.
This is a region free PAL video format DVD.
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Video (3.54)
- 2. Bad Girls - Live at The Brits 2002 with Anastacia (4.20)
- 3. Love Foolosophy - Mondo Grosso love acoustic mix (4.53)
- 4. Bad Girls - Video Footage from Brits 2002 (2.00)
- Catalogue Number: 672788 9
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: DVD
- Packaging: digipak
- Release date: 08 July 2002
European 12" #1 Vinyl release
There is a printing mistake on this release - track two on side b is really the Knee Deep Dub, and not the vocal version as printed on the packaging.
- Side A
- 1. Corner Of The Earth (3.52)
- 2. Main Vein - Deep Swing's Jazzy Thumper Mix (7.51)
- Side B
- 3. Main Vein - Knee Deep Classic Mix (6.49)
- 4. Main Vein - Knee Deep Vocal Dub (6.57)
- Catalogue Number: 672821 6
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: vinyl
- Packaging: picture sleeve
German Vinyl release
- Side A
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Milk & Sugar Club Mix
- Side B
- 2. Corner Of The Earth - Milk & Sugar Reconstruction Mix
- Catalogue Number: 672821 8
- Label: Sony Soho Square
- Year: 2002
- Format: Vinyl
German Promo 12" (Milk & Sugar remix) Vinyl release
Mike 'Milk' Kronenberg and Steven 'Sugar' Harning (Milk & Sugar) are a producer-DJ team from Germany.
- Side A
- 1. Corner Of The Earth - Milk & Sugar remix (7.40)
- Catalogue Number: SAMPMS 11868.6
- Label: Epic
- Year: 2002
- Format: vinyl