Busy Earnin'

{{Infobox song

| name = Busy Earnin'

| cover = Busy Earnin' by Jungle.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jungle

| album = Jungle

| released = {{Start date|2014}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = R&B, neo soul

| length = 3:01

| label = XL

| writer = {{hlist|Josh Lloyd-Watson|Tom McFarland}}

| producer =

| prev_title = Platoon

| prev_year = 2013

| next_title = Time

| next_year = 2014

}}

"Busy Earnin'{{-"}} is a song by Jungle, released in 2014 as a single from their album Jungle. It peaked at number 19 on the UK Indie Chart, number 27 on Ultratop and number 118 on the French Singles Chart. The song was also used in the video game FIFA 15, in the movie Lift (2024), the American TV show “Superstore” during the “Black Friday” Episode, in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine Episode "Jake and Sophia" and in the opening of Tales from the Borderlands video game.

Background

"Busy Earnin{{' "}} is Jungle's third single from their eponymous debut album and was released digitally on 7 April 2014 and in vinyl format on 15 April on XL Recordings.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1667740/jungle-busy-earnin-video/video/ |title=Jungle – "Busy Earnin{{' "}} Video |publisher=Stereogum |first=Tom |last=Breihan |date=3 March 2014 |accessdate=10 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Busy-Earnin-VINYL-Jungle/dp/B00J2HMDK2/ |title=Busy Earnin [VINYL] by Jungle |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=10 October 2014}} It was premiered on Metropolis with Jason Bentley on KCRW,{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/metropolis/2014/02/18/279250307/song-premiere-jungle-busy-earnin|title=Song Premiere Jungle, 'Busy Earnin" : Metropolis|publisher=NPR}} and details the circumstances of spending too much time making money.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19600-jungle-jungle/|title=Jungle: Jungle {{!}} Album Reviews|website=Pitchfork}}

Chart performance

The song peaked at number 19 on the UK Indie Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20140309/130/ |title=2014-03-15 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=10 October 2014}} and at number 27 on the Ultratip chart in Belgian Flanders region in March,{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jungle+%5BUK%5D |title=Discografie Jungle [UK] |publisher=Ultratop.be. Hung Medien |accessdate=10 October 2014}} and at number 118 in France in July 2014.{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jungle+%5BUK%5D |title=Discographie Jungle [UK] |publisher=Lescharts.com. Hung Medien |accessdate=10 October 2014}}

Music video

A music video was released onto YouTube on 28 February 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsfftwLUf0 |title=Jungle – Busy Earnin' |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=10 October 2014}} It was directed by JLW and Oliver Hadlee Pearch and features the large dance ensemble featured on the band's debut album performing a choreographed routine in a large warehouse caused to shake by the track, and follows the theme of the first two videos "Platoon" and "The Heat".{{cite web|url=http://www.okayplayer.com/news/jungle-busy-earnin-official-video.html|title=JUNGLE – "Busy Earnin" [Official Video] (dir. JLW & Oliver Hadlee Perch)|publisher=Okayplayer.com}}

Live performances

The song and "Time" from the song's parent album were performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 16 June 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/jungle/77954|title=Jungle perform 'Busy Earnin' and 'Time' on Jimmy Kimmel – watch|website=NME}} while both "Busy Earnin{{' "}} and the album track "Julia" were performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers.{{cite web|url=http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2014/12/jungle-busy-earnin-julia-late-night-with-seth-meyers/|title=Watch Jungle Perform "Busy Earnin{{' "}} and "Julia" on Late Night with Seth Meyers|website=Pigeons and Planes}}

Accolades

"Busy Earnin{{' "}} was voted in at number 67 on the 2014 Triple J Hottest 100 countdown in Australia. It also appeared on NME{{'}}s "Top 50 Tracks of 2014" at number 13.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-top-50-tracks-of-2014/364505/1/1#38|title=Top 50 Tracks of 2014|website=NME|date=9 September 2014|accessdate=29 December 2014}}

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for "Busy Earnin'"

! scope="col"| Chart (2014)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA Hitseekers){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue1297.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20150109012935/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20150108-1009/Issue1297.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 January 2015|title=ARIA Report: Issue 1297|publisher=ARIA|access-date=16 November 2023}}

|10

{{single chart|Flanders Tip|27|artist=Jungle %5BUK%5D|song=Busy Earnin'|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2023}}
{{single chart|France|118|artist=Jungle %5BUK%5D|song=Busy Earnin'|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2023}}
scope="row"| Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jungle/chart-history/min/|title=Jungle Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay|magazine=Billboard|access-date=8 September 2023}}

|32

scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Tip){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Jungle+%5BUK%5D&titel=Busy+Earnin%27&cat=s|title=Jungle [UK] - Busy Earnin' - dutchcharts.nl|access-date=8 September 2023}}

| 2

{{singlechart|Scotland|86|date=2014-11-09|accessdate=8 September 2023|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140315cluk.txt |title=Chart: CLUK Update 15.03.2014 (wk10) |publisher=Zobbel.de |accessdate=8 September 2023 |author=Zywietz, Tobias }}

| 158

{{single chart|UKindie|19|date=20140309|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2023}}

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Jungle|title=Busy Earnin'|award=Gold|certyear=2023|relyear=2014|access-date=23 March 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Jungle|title=Busy Earnin'|award=Gold|certyear=2023|relyear=2014|source=radioscope|access-date=7 February 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Jungle|title=Busy Earnin'|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2014|certyear=2023|id=15177-3981-1|access-date=1 September 2023}}

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References