Johann Sebastian Bach
They (song)
"They" is the first single released from Welsh singer Jem's debut album, Finally Woken (2004). It includes a sample of the Swingle Singers' 1963 adaptation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude in F
Music videos#
Jem released two music videos for “They”. The UK version, directed by Laurent Briet, features Jem stripping herself in a spaceship in the style of Jane Fonda in the opening scene of Barbarella (although she remains covered by strategically placed light based holograms of planetary orbital paths); this is actually a boy dreaming about her as he constructs a model of the same spaceship back on Earth. The US version features Jem walking at a park while being accompanied by a number of children. She then encounters several signs and decides to disobey them. Some intercut scenes show her at a roundabout being spun by children.
Track listings#
UK CD1 # “They” # “Maybe I’m Amazed” (Paul McCartney) UK CD2 and Australian CD single # “They” (original version) # “They” (Cut Chemist remix) # “They” (MDK & Ayesha Mix) (Eye in the Sky mix) # “They” (video)
Credits and personnel#
Credits are lifted from the Finally Woken album booklet. Locations * Vocals recorded in Jem’s mother’s spare bedroom * Mixed and mastered at Sanctuary Townhouse Studios (London, England) Personnel * Jem – writing (as Jem Griffiths), production, arrangement * Gerard Young – writing * Yoad Nevo – instruments, production, arrangement, mixing, mastering * Ge-ology – production * Andy Saunders – mixing assistance * Dan Porter – mixing assistance
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach