Get Born is the 2003 debut album by
Australian rock band
Jet which, as of November 2006, has sold 3.5
million copies throughout the world.
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Making of the album
Jet
entered the Sunset Sound
Studios in Los Angeles
with Dave Sardy to
produce their debut album Get Born. Sardy had
previously produced records for
Marilyn Manson and
the Dandy Warhols. The band left the
recording studios halfway through recording the album to fly back
to support
the Rolling Stones on
their 2003 Australian tour.
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl?", from this album, was voted number one
in the 2003
Triple J Hottest
100.
Get Born also has a song, "Timothy," dedicated to
guitarist Cameron Muncey's brother, who died when he was a baby.
The track "Radio Song" was written about when they were an unsigned
band in Melbourne seeking attention, and "Rollover DJ" was written
about the difficulty they encountered when trying to play gigs
because of the takeover of dance music.
The title of the album, "Get Born" comes from a line in
Bob Dylan's "
Subterranean Homesick
Blues".
Reception
The album was praised and criticised for being derivative of many
classic rock artists such as
The
Rolling Stones,
The Beatles and
AC/DC.
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However, in an
Allmusic review of "Are You
Gonna Be My Girl", the song was praised for its immediate appeal
despite its resemblance to "Lust for Life", saying "Whether 'Are
You Gonna Be My Girl?' (sic) is creatively bankrupt, or just an
extreme example of how all music is influenced by what came before
it, is up for debate... Either way, the song is impossible to
ignore."
[67676]The beat was found to be common in '60s
Motown artists, including "I'm Ready For Love" by Martha And The
Vandellas and "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes.
Chris Cester debunked the media debacle
in a Jared story interview for
Uptown Magazine Online, clarifying it
was taken from
Motown, complaining that Indie
critics knew
Iggy Pop and
Lust for Life, better than
You Can't Hurry Love by
The Supremes,
stating: "It's funny because I asked him point blank about that. He
said I was crazy. He said that when he and David Bowie were writing
Lust for Life, they were ripping off Motown's beat. It's funny that
he said that to me because we also thought we were ripping off
Motown more than Lust for Life. To be honest with you that kind of
annoyed me a lot, because I always thought it was really lazy.
People just go well Lust for Life is more well-known so that's what
they go for, but if you listen to a song like You Can't Hurry Love
(The Supremes) I think you'll find its closer to Are You Gonna Be
My Girl than Lust for Life ever was. And that's what Iggy said as
well."
Track listing
B-Sides
- "Hold On" - featured on the soundtrack for the movie
Spider-Man 2
- "Hey Kids" - B-side to "Are
You Gonna Be My Girl"; also featured on the soundtrack to the
movie Elektra and later as a
bonus track on their 2006 album Shine On.
- "You Were Right" - B-side to "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
- "Everlovin Man" - B-side to "Cold
Hard Bitch"
- "Aint That A Lotta Love" - B-side to "Cold Hard Bitch"
- "You Don't Look The Same" - B-side to "Cold Hard Bitch"
- "Bruises" - B-side to "Look
What You've Done"
- "Cigarettes And Cola" - B-side to "Look What You've Done"
- "Backdoor Santa" - B-side to "Rollover
DJ"
- "Sgt. Major" - B-side to "Rollover DJ", Bonus track in limited
editions of Get Born
- "That's All Right Mama" - Featured on bonus disc in limited
editions of Get Born
Note: Live versions of "Cold Hard Bitch", "Move On", "Are You Gonna
Be My Girl", "Get Me Outta Here" and "Last Chance" are featured on
a bonus DVD or CD on limited editions of
Get Born
Personnel
Additional Musicians
Producer: Dave Sardy
Charting positions
Get Born debuted at #3 and peaked at #1 on Australia's
ARIAnet Albums Chart as of May 2004 (so far
being certified 8X Platinum), #17 on the
UK Albums Chart (#14 after a re-entry in
June 2004), and has peaked at #26 on the U.S.
Billboard 200 Albums Chart (so far being
certified Platinum).
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" also peaked at #20 and certified gold
on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart, #23 on the
UK Singles Chart in September 2003 (#16
after a re-release in May 2004), and #29 on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.
The second single, "Rollover DJ", was released in Australia and the
UK, and peaked at #31 and #34 respectively.
The third single released in Australia and the UK was "Look What
You've Done", peaking at #14 and #28 respectively. It was also
released as the third single in the U.S. in January 2005, and
reached #37 as of March 2005.
In the U.S., "Cold Hard Bitch" has been released as the second
single reaching number one on the Billboard Modern Rock and
Mainstream Rock charts and number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 as of
May 2004. In Australia, it was released as the fourth single in
July 2004, and has reached #33 in August 2004, and in the UK, it
reached #34 in September 2004.
A fifth single also charted in the UK, this being "Get Me Outta
Here", reaching #37 in December 2004.
The week ending on 11/09/2006 on the ARIA Charts,
Get Born
re-entered at a position of #46. This is probably due to the fact
that Jet have released their new single off their forthcoming
second album.
Album
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 2003 |
Billboard Heatseekers |
#1 |
| 2003 |
The Billboard 200 |
#85 |
| 2004 |
The Billboard 200 |
#26 |
| 2004 |
UK Album Chart |
#14 |
| 2004 |
ARIA Top 40 |
#1 |
| 2004 |
Italian Albums Chart |
#14 |
Singles
| Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 2003 |
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
#29 |
| 2003 |
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
#13 |
| 2004 |
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" |
Billboard Hot 100 |
#29 |
| 2004 |
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
#7 |
| 2004 |
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
#3 |
| 2004 |
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" |
UK Singles Chart |
#16 |
| 2004 |
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" |
ARIA Singles Chart |
#20 |
| 2004 |
"Cold Hard Bitch" |
Billboard Hot 100 |
#55 |
| 2004 |
"Cold Hard Bitch" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
#1 |
| 2004 |
"Cold Hard Bitch" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
#1 |
| 2004 |
"Cold Hard Bitch" |
UK Singles Chart |
#34 |
| 2004 |
"Cold Hard Bitch" |
ARIA Singles Chart |
#33 |
| 2004 |
"Rollover DJ" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
#14 |
| 2004 |
"Rollover DJ" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
#14 |
| 2004 |
"Rollover DJ" |
UK Singles Chart |
#34 |
| 2004 |
"Rollover DJ" |
ARIA Singles Chart |
#31 |
| 2004 |
"Look What You've Done" |
Billboard Hot 100 |
#37 |
| 2004 |
"Look What You've Done" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
#33 |
| 2004 |
"Look What You've Done" |
Modern Rock Tracks |
#3 |
| 2004 |
"Look What You've Done" |
UK Singles Chart |
#28 |
| 2004 |
"Look What You've Done" |
ARIA Singles Chart |
#14 |
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