Over the past few weeks much of Europe has been locked in a fuel crisis. The situation in the UK hasn't been much better and Heat magazine (UK) reported that Jay had to cancel a car race he was going to be competing in on Saturday because he couldn't buy any petrol.
Today in 1999, Canned Heat, the first single from Synkronized, had its first play on UK radio. It wasn't long after that the track was at number 1 in the airplay charts.