Busy Child
{{infobox song
| name = Busy Child
| cover = Busychild.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Crystal Method
| album = Vegas
| released = August 15, 1997{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-crystal-method/chart-history/ |title=Discography - The Crystal Method - Busy Child [US] |work=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2009-02-27 |archive-date=2021-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121094421/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-crystal-method/chart-history/ |url-status=dead }}
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| genre = Electronic breakbeat
| length =
| label = Outpost Recordings
| writer = Scott Kirkland, Ken D. Jordan
| producer = The Crystal Method
| prev_title = Come2gether
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = High Roller
| next_year = 1997
}}
"Busy Child" is a breakbeat single by The Crystal Method from the album Vegas. It is one of the group's most recognizable works, reaching #17 on Hot Dance Club Play charts, and remaining on even ten years later.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2008-01-26/dance-club-play-songs |title=Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales |work=Billboard.com |date=2008-01-26 |accessdate=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227003940/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2008-01-26/dance-club-play-songs |archivedate=December 27, 2013 }}
Music videos
At least two music videos were made to promote the song.{{MVDBase|space=person|id=A2394|title=the Crystal Method|access-date=2009-02-27}} The original 1997 version (directed by Lance Bangs and Eli Bonerz) was mostly CGI.{{MVDBase|space=video|id=6914|title=the Crystal Method - 'Busy child [version 1: CGI]'|access-date=2009-02-27}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20050915000000*/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=6914 Archived] from the original on 2005-11-27. The second version (directed by Clark Eddy) is more recognizable and includes live concert footage interspersed with clips from the Lost in Space movie.{{MVDBase|space=video|id=6916|title=the Crystal Method - 'Busy child [version 2: film]'|access-date=2009-02-27}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20051111230535/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=6916 Archived] from the original on 2005-11-11.
Track listing
- "Busy Child" (radio edit)
- "Busy Child" (Vegas version)
- "Busy Child" (Taylor's Hope for Evolution)
- "Busy Child" (Uberzone mix)
In popular culture
"Busy Child" is prominently featured in the opening sequence of the 2000 action film Gone in 60 Seconds and is a selectable song to play while aboard the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
It is also featured in EA Sports video game FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 .
Notes
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