JCB (song)
{{Short description|2005 single by Nizlopi}}
{{about|the 2005 song|other|JCB (disambiguation)}}
{{Good article}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox song
| name = JCB
| cover = NizlopiJCBCover2.jpg
| alt = A solid yellow background with hand-drawn figures. At the bottom is a digger (backhoe loader) coloured yellow, with brown wheels. The letters "Jcb" are printed on the side of the vehicle. Inside the vehicle is a young boy wearing a red scarf. Snow is falling, with a short layer piled atop of the vehicle's hood. At the top right are three thin, parallel black lines. Written on and over the top line is "Nizlopi". At the top left is a white circle displaying information about the song, including the CD format, the video created by MonkeeHub, and a review from Janice Long of BBC Radio 2.
| type = single
| artist = Nizlopi
| album = Half These Songs Are About You
| released = {{start date|2005|6|6|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio = FDM Records
| genre = Folk-pop
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=47}}
| label = FDM
| composer = Nizlopi
| lyricist = Luke Concannon
| producer =
- Gavin "Captain Chaos" Monaghan
- Kieron Concannon ({{abbr|exec.|executive producer}})
| prev_title = Fine Story
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Girls
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|DQDnFTtr2UQ|"JCB"}}}}
}}
"JCB" (or "JCB Song") is a song by English folk music duo Nizlopi, written by members Luke Concannon and John Parker. Concannon wrote the lyric at his parents' house, drawing inspiration from his father, Kieron Concannon, and later composed the song with Parker. The theme of the song's lyric stems from a moment in Concannon's childhood when his father picked him up from school in a JCB digger (or backhoe loader) and his reflections on how his peers bullied him for having dyslexia. The song tells the story of a similar boy who is fascinated with both his father and the vehicle on which they ride. He imagines his father as a hero, comparing him to several famous figures such as Bruce Lee and B. A. Baracus, and pretends to torment bullying on the playground as a Tyrannosaurus rex. Nizlopi recorded the song at FDM Records' studio and included it on their debut album, Half These Songs Are About You, released in 2004.
Following several praised performances of the song, Nizlopi decided to release "JCB" as the album's second single through FDM Records in June 2005, but it did not make a major commercial impact. Over the next few months, the song began to circulate around the internet, attaining a cult following. Soon after its release, animation company MonkeeHub created and commissioned a music video later the same year, which further propelled the track into the public eye. Near the end of 2005, "JCB" became a contender for the 2005 UK Christmas number-one single and was re-released on 12 December 2005 to coincide with this event. This release received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics and peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, losing the position on Christmas Day to "That's My Goal" by X Factor series two winner Shayne Ward. The song remains Nizlopi's most successful.
Background
In an interview with Songwriting magazine, Luke Concannon explained that he and bandmate John Parker practiced writing songs separately. He first began to write the songs for Nizlopi's first studio album, Half These Songs Are About You in 2001, with "JCB" conceived in 2002. Twenty-one years old at the time, Concannon was living with his parents and could write music without interruption. He created the riff for the song based around its chord, which Concannon believed was Dmaj9. He decided against writing a song about romance, his typical style, and soon experienced a block, so he asked his father, Kieron, about what to write. Having used to work as a digger driver, Concannon's father suggested, "diggers," and following this recommendation, Concannon finished the initial song within the hour. A fan of UK garage music, he then decided to add a garage rap at the end of the song, which consists of the lines, "I'm Luke I'm five and my dad's Bruce Lee / drives me around in his JCB". After Nizlopi played the song at several gigs, they realised that they may have made a hit single, so they approached Warner Chappell Music, who published the song.{{cite web|url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/how-i-wrote/jcb-nizlopi|title=How I wrote 'JCB' by Nizlopi's Luke Concannon|author=Publisher|website=Songwriting|date=16 September 2018|access-date=13 March 2021}} It was produced by Gavin "Captain Chaos" Monaghan and executive produced by Kieron Concannon, who became Nizlopi's manager.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/who-the-hell-are-1.1173209|title=Who the Hell Are...|last=Courtney|first=Kevin|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=9 December 2005|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221939/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/who-the-hell-are-1.1173209|url-status=live}}
Composition and lyrics
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"JCB" is a folk-pop song reminiscence of Concannon's childhood and reflects on the anguish he received because of his dyslexia.{{cite web|url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/music/review/nizlopi-jcb-song/|title=Nizlopi – JCB Song|last=Donnelly|first=John|publisher=The Digital Fix|date=2005|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221921/https://www.thedigitalfix.com/music/review/nizlopi-jcb-song/|url-status=live}} It is sung from the point of view of a young boy whose father picks him up from school in a JCB digger.{{cite web|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/nizlopi/music/nizlopix05x01x06|title=Nizlopi – JCB Song Single Review|last=Addison|first=Neal|website=Contactmusic.com|date=5 January 2006|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221930/https://www.contactmusic.com/nizlopi/music/nizlopix05x01x06|url-status=live}} The boy, sitting on a toolbox, and his father drive down a bypass, holding up traffic and laughing. Due to the personal empowerment the vehicle gives the boy, he imagines his father as famous figures such as B. A. Baracus and Bruce Lee and himself as a Tyrannosaurus rex, seeking vengeance on the bullies at his school.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/19/arts.christmas2005|title=Song about a JCB tipped for Christmas No 1|last=Honigsbaum|first=Mark|website=The Guardian|date=18 November 2005|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221931/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/19/arts.christmas2005|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4525112.stm|title=JCB song makes Westlife challenge|publisher=BBC News|date=13 December 2005|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221929/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/v51.js|url-status=live}}
The track is written in the key of D major and is set in common time ({{music|time|4|4}}), following a tempo of 104 beats per minute.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0069683|title=JCB Song by Nizlopi – Digital Sheet Music|last1=Concannon|first1=Luke|last2=Parker|first2=John|date=December 2008|publisher=Musicnotes|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221925/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0069683|url-status=live}} One of the lines featured in "JCB", "Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work", is a reference to the song "Don't Forget Your Shovel" by Irish singer-songwriter Christie Hennessy, who gave permission for the band to use the lyric. Parker describes "JCB" as a "heartfelt, family-oriented song", while Concannon states that it "taps into lots of deep emotions". In a 2015 Twitter comment, Concannon confirmed that the bypass mentioned in the song is the A46 road, which services Leamington Spa, where the band formed.{{cite tweet|user=NizlopiOfficial|title=@flahr totally is. Jp|author=Nizlopi|number=593014266720051200|date=28 April 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-news-nizlopi-jcb-christmas-10563029|title=When this Leamington band had a Christmas hit – about JCBs|last1=Gibbons|first1=Duncan|last2=Rodger|first2=James|website=Coventry Telegraph|date=12 December 2018|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221928/https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-news-nizlopi-jcb-christmas-10563029|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/2005/week-ending-december-24th-2005|title=Week Ending December 24th 2005|last=Masterton|first=James|author-link=James Masterton|publisher=Chart Watch UK|date=18 December 2005|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221930/https://chart-watch.uk/archives/2005/week-ending-december-24th-2005|url-status=live}}
Critical reception
British columnist James Masterton referred to "JCB" as one of the most "welcome, charming and downright cute" tracks to top the UK chart. Shortly before the song's re-release, Mark Honigsbaum of British newspaper The Guardian called the song "heartwarming" and noted it as a "welcome antidote" to commercial pop music. Bob Stanley of the same newspaper retrospectively panned the song as one of the worst number one singles of the 2000s, commenting: "You wait for the punchline on Nizlopi's JCB Song before realising, to your horror, that the weedy singing and naive lyric is not a Hoxton parody of outsider art but is meant to signify sincerity." He dismissed the song as resembling an attempt by English indie punk band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine to write a ballad.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/dec/17/noughties-number-one|title=Top of the Noughties Pop|last=Stanley|first=Bob|author-link=Bob Stanley (musician)|website=The Guardian|date=17 December 2009|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221936/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/dec/17/noughties-number-one|url-status=live}} Writing for Contactmusic.com, Neal Addison praised the nostalgic lyrics, calling it "endearing".
The Irish Times writer Kevin Courtney commented that "JCB" was a good choice for a Christmas single, noting its "fireside melody", theme about childhood nostalgia and innocence, and references to toys. John Winters of British webzine Drowned in Sound rated the song 7 out of 10, referring to the track as the "sinister kind of niceness" and noting its similarities to the UK Christmas number-one single of 2003: "Mad World" by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules. He also questioned the allusions to Transformers and Zoids, labelling them "uncomfortabl[e]", but stated that the song was the only logical choice for the Christmas number-one single.{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/6935/reviews/527058-nizlopi-jcb-song|title=Nizlopi – JCB Song|last=Winters|first=John|website=Drowned in Sound|date=15 December 2005|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221937/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/6935/reviews/527058-nizlopi-jcb-song|url-status=live}} The Digital Fix reviewer John Donnelly gave the song a 6 out of 10, comparing its acoustic qualities to those of American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. Simon Webb of RoomThirteen wrote that the song gave "sensitivity" to the Christmas music rush and named Nizlopi a "band to watch" in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.roomthirteen.com/cd_reviews/2860/JCB_Song_Nizlopi.html|title=Nizlopi – JCB Song|last=Webb|first=Simon|publisher=RoomThirteen|date=4 January 2006|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221957/http://www.roomthirteen.com/cd_reviews/2860/JCB_Song_Nizlopi.html|url-status=live}}
Release and promotion
=United Kingdom=
File:West life.jpg (pictured in 2006) challenged and lost the number-one spot to "JCB" with "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" the week before Christmas.|alt=A group of four men performing a song on a stage. The man on the far left is wearing a black jacket. The second-from-left is wearing an open black jacket over a white shirt. The third-from-left is wearing a red hoodie with peace symbols. The right man is wearing an open dark red jacket over a white shirt. All are dressed in blue jeans.]]
"JCB" was first released on Nizlopi's album Half These Songs Are About You in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/42163/Nizlopi-Half-These-Songs-Are-About-You/|title=Nizlopi – Half These Songs Are About You|author=MarvellousG|publisher=Sputnikmusic|date=2 March 2011|access-date=17 March 2021}} FDM Records originally issued "JCB" as a single in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2005, but it stalled at number 160 on the UK Singles Chart, selling only several hundred copies. Following its release, Nizlopi promoted the song by engaging in interviews and performing the song live on British radio station XFM and during several small gigs. The internet, as well as the band's devoted fandom, was a major catalyst in the song's promotion. MonkeeHub then requested to make an animated music video for the song, which drew further interest to the song. Toward the end of 2005, bookmakers began a push for the song to enter the bid for the UK Christmas number-one single of 2005, putting it into competition with new singles by Irish boy band Westlife and the yet unannounced winner of the second series of British music competition The X Factor. On 17 December 2005, the show announced English singer Shayne Ward as the winner, and his version of the winner's song, "That's My Goal", was released on 21 December 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.totallytimelines.com/x-factor-uk-2005/|title=X Factor UK 2005|last=Wheeler|first=Heather Y|website=totallytimelines.com|date=21 July 2016|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221933/https://www.totallytimelines.com/x-factor-uk-2005/|url-status=usurped}}
"JCB" was re-issued on 12 December 2005. According to British music and film retailer HMV, "JCB" marginally outsold Westlife's "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" during its first day of release, although sales of the latter were expected to grow over the week. On 18 December 2005, the week before Christmas, "JCB" entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, outselling "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" twofold, and also topped the Scottish and UK Indie charts. Bookmakers then shifted focus to "That's My Goal", which had four days to sell more copies than "JCB" before the next chart was published.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/battle-on-for-xmas-no1-slot-567563|title=Battle on for Xmas No1 Slot|author=Mirror.co.uk|website=Daily Mirror|date=2 December 2005|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221930/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/battle-on-for-xmas-no1-slot-567563|url-status=live}} On Christmas Day, "JCB" was pushed into second place by "That's My Goal".{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20051225/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100: 25 December 2005 – 31 December 2005|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=25 December 2005|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221930/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20051225/7501/|url-status=live}} Both songs held their positions for the next four weeks,{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17928/shayne-ward/|title=Shayne Ward|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221931/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17928/shayne-ward/|url-status=live}} and "JCB" finished 2005 as the UK's 12th-most-successful single. It is Nizlopi's highest-charting single in the UK, with follow-up "Girls" failing to reach the top 75. In April 2019, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the song a platinum certification for sales and streaming figures exceeding 600,000.
=International=
In Ireland, the song reached number one on the week before Christmas but lost the top position to a cover of Will Young's song "Leave Right Now" by Irish comedian Mario Rosenstock on Christmas week.{{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2005&year=2005&week=51|title=Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 22 December 2005|publisher=GfK Chart-Track|date=22 December 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011154449/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2005&year=2005&week=51|archive-date=11 October 2016|access-date=17 March 2021}} It then returned to the top spot for another week, its last at number one.{{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2005&year=2005&week=52|title=Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 29 December 2005|publisher=GfK Chart-Track|date=29 December 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011063528/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2005&year=2005&week=52|archive-date=11 October 2016|access-date=17 March 2021}} At the end of 2005, the Irish Recorded Music Association ranked it as Ireland's eight-most-successful song. "JCB" stayed on the Irish Singles Chart for 16 more weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=16|title=Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 20 April 2006|publisher=GfK Chart-Track|date=20 April 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221090546/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=16|archive-date=21 December 2018|access-date=20 December 2018}} On the Eurochart Hot 100, the song debuted at its peak of number six on 21 December 2005 and stayed in the top 15 for a further four issues, ranking at number 66 on the listing's year-end edition.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-01-28.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurocharts|magazine=Billboard|volume=118|issue=4|page=71|date=28 January 2006|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221929/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-01-28.pdf|url-status=live}} See last week column. In Australia, iTunes made a digital download of the song available on 17 June 2006, and the enhanced CD of "JCB" was re-released two days later, on 19 June.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/jcb-song-ep/153941096|title=JCB Song – EP|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=18 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221951/https://music.apple.com/au/album/jcb-song-ep/153941096|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue850.pdf|title=The ARIA Report – New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 19th June 2006|publisher=ARIA|page=28|date=19 June 2006|access-date=18 March 2021|archive-date=19 July 2006|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060719140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060720-0000/issue850.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} On 2 July 2006, the song debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number 45 and peaked at number 43 the next week. It then dropped out of the top 50. In an interview with Impact Magazine, Parker stated that is not bothered by the fact that Nizlopi are a one-hit wonder, with him saying, "It means a lot to a lot of people, a lot of people had it played at their funerals and it makes a lot of people think about their family life. It's an important song [...] We've always been proud of it."{{cite interview|last=Parker|first=John|interviewer=Liam Fleming|title=Interview: Nizlopi|url=https://impactnottingham.com/2015/11/interview-nizlopi/|website=Impact Magazine|location=University of Nottingham|date=10 November 2015|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221937/https://impactnottingham.com/2015/11/interview-nizlopi/|url-status=live}}
Music video
=Background and reception=
File:JCB song video screenshot.png, and a dinosaur eating two stick figures.|alt=A hand-drawn image on ruled paper. A frontal view of a yellow digger (backhoe loader) driving down a hilly country road. Occupying the vehicle's left side is a man wearing a yellow hardhat. To his right is a young boy holding up his right hand in front of him. Behind the digger is a red, blue and grey robotic vehicle. In the background is a grey dinosaur tossing two stick figures into the air, about to eat them. Three light-grey clouds are spread across the top-center and top-right of the drawing.]]
The song's animated music video was directed and animated by Laith Bahrani of MonkeeHub, with post-production handled by {{Proper name|H3O Media}} and Adam "Cactus" B. Other animators who contributed to the video were David Crawford, who drew the cows, and Nick Cooper, who created the opening scene.{{cite AV media|people=Bahrani, Laith (director)|title=JCB Song|type=Music video|time=4:09|year=2005|others=Animated by Laith Bahrani, David Crawford, and Nick Cooper; produced by {{Proper name|H3O Media}} and Adam "Cactus" B|publisher=FDM Records}} The video was commissioned in 2005. People began to share the video via e-mail (since video sharing websites such as YouTube were still in their infancy), and Nizlopi received many messages from parents who played the song and video for their children at night. The video was positively received, with Winters calling it "marvellous", Donnelly calling it "impressive", and Addison calling it "amazing".
=Synopsis=
The opening scene, which takes place in an office, depicts a grown man sitting at a desk. After he leaves, the camera zooms in on a drawing of a yellow digger occupied by a young boy and his father on a piece of ruled paper. The drawing begins to animate, showing the digger driving down a roadway as the boy sings. An angry driver soon drives up behind them, yelling at the twosome until the second verse begins, when the digger pulls aside to let the line of cars pass. The page flips, changing from a side view to a frontal view. In this scene, two Transformers appear, one of them Optimus Prime, driving behind the digger. In the background, a grey dinosaur eats two stick figures and wanders away. The scene changes to a side view once more for the second chorus, panning out to show the van of the A-Team. As the chorus ends, the father pulls the digger over, allowing Optimus Prime and the A-Team van to pass by. During the rap segments and final chorus, the digger sprouts wings, a rear engine, and an umbrella, then cruises down the road, eventually lifting off and driving through the sky. The final image features a message from one of the animators: "I must never make another animated video again it is a lot of work."{{cite AV media|people=Bahrani, Laith (director)|title=JCB Song|type=Music video|time=4:26|year=2005|others=Animated by Laith Bahrani, David Crawford, and Nick Cooper; produced by {{Proper name|H3O Media}} and Adam "Cactus" B|publisher=FDM Records}}
Track listings
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UK and Irish CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=JCB Song|others=Nizlopi|year=2005|type=UK & Irish CD1 liner notes|publisher=FDM Records|id=FDMNIZ004}}
- "JCB Song" – 3:47
- "Clear" (live) – 3:40
Scandinavian CD single and Australian digital download{{cite AV media notes|title=JCB Song|others=Nizlopi|year=2005|type=Scandinavian CD single liner notes|publisher=Bonnier Music|id=33441691}}
- "JCB Song" – 3:47 (3:49 on download)
- "Clear" (live) – 3:40
- "Helen" – 4:05 (4:07 on download)
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Enhanced CD single (UK and Irish CD2){{cite AV media notes|title=JCB Song|others=Nizlopi|year=2005|type=UK & Irish CD2 liner notes|publisher=FDM Records|id=FDMNIZ008}}
- "JCB Song" – 3:47
- "Clear" (live) – 3:40
- "Helen" – 4:05
- "JCB Song" (video animation)
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Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the Scandinavian CD single liner notes.
Studios
- Recorded and mixed at FDM Records (London, England)
- Mastered at Loud Mastering (Taunton, Somerset, England)
Personnel
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- Nizlopi – music
- Luke Concannon – words, musician
- John Parker – musician
- Christie Hennessy – writer of "don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work"
- Gavin "Captain Chaos" Monaghan – production
- Andy Taylor – engineering and Pro Tools
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- John Dent – mastering
- Kieron Concannon – executive producer, musician
- MonkeeHub – images
- Anna Chopping – artwork design
- Helen Evenden – photography
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+Weekly chart performance for "JCB" !scope="col"|Chart (2005–2006) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"{{single chart|Australia|43|artist=Nizlopi|song=The JCB Song|access-date=20 November 2011|refname="aus"}} |
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| scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-01-07.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurocharts|magazine=Billboard|volume=118|issue=1|page=55|date=7 January 2006|access-date=18 April 2020|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221936/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-01-07.pdf|url-status=live}} See last week column.
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| scope="row"{{single chart|Ireland2|1|artist=Nizlopi|song=JCB Song|access-date=21 January 2020|refname="ire"}} |
| scope="row"{{single chart|Scotland|1|artist=Nizlopi|song=JCB Song|date=20051224|access-date=8 July 2018|refname="scot"}} |
| scope="row"{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=Nizlopi|artistid=15990|access-date=28 November 2020|refname="uk"}} |
| scope="row"{{single chart|UKindie|1|artist=Nizlopi|song=JCB Song|date=20051224|access-date=20 October 2018|refname="uki"}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "JCB"}}
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Release history
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| scope="row" rowspan="3"|UK and Ireland
|CD |rowspan="3"|FDM |rowspan="2"|FDMNIZ004 |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|12 December 2005
|CD re-release |
| rowspan="5"|Enhanced CD
|FDMNIZ008 |
| scope="row"|Australia
|rowspan="4"|2005 |{{hlist|FDM|Liberation Music}} |LIBERATOR1CD |{{cite AV media notes|title=JCB Song|others=Nizlopi|year=2005|type=Australian CD single|publisher=FDM Records, Liberation Music|id=LIBERATOR1CD}} |
| scope="row"|Germany
|FDM |0030215MA1 |
| scope="row"|Netherlands
|V2 |VVR5039463 |{{cite AV media notes|title=JCB Song|others=Nizlopi|year=2005|type=Dutch CD single|publisher=V2 Records|id=VVR5039463}} |
| scope="row"|Scandinavia
|33441691 |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"|Australia
|Digital download EP |Liberation Music |{{n/a}} |
| 19 June 2006
|Enhanced CD re-release |{{hlist|FDM|Liberation Music}} |LIBERATOR1CD |
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