"Jet Lag" | ||||
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Single by Simple Plan featuring Natasha Bedingfield or Marie-Mai | ||||
from the album Get Your Heart On! | ||||
Released | April 25, 2011 | |||
Format | Digital download, CD single | |||
Recorded | August–November 2010 | |||
Genre | Power pop, pop rock, pop punk | |||
Length | 3:25 | |||
Label | Lava, Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Brian Howes | |||
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French version
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"Jet Lag" a song by Canadian rock band Simple Plan. It was released on April 25, 2011 as the second single from their fourth studio album Get Your Heart On!.
Coeur de Pirate co-wrote the song Jet Lag with Simple Plan and a demo was recorded with her voice.
Four official versions exist, one featuring British singer Natasha Bedingfield providing guest vocals in English, another one featuring French-Canadian singer Marie-Mai, providing guest vocals in French; a version in Chinese featuring Chinese pop singer Kelly Cha, and an Indonesian version featuring Kotak lead vocalist Tantri Syalindri.
In a review in the Entertainment Weekly magazine, the song received a "B+" rating. The review commented that the song is a "surprisingly lovely pop-punk pounder about intercontinental relationships." Joe DeAndrea from Absolute Punk said that "Jet Lag is Simple Plan's first big single in a long time, almost in vein of No Pads' "I'd Do Anything." Not as rocking, but packs the same similar punch." Davey Boy from Sputnikmusic was also positive, saying that "English pop songstress Natasha Bedingfield fares best with the call and response vocals of 'Jet Lag' making for an effective radio pop-rocker that plies the oft-used theme of long-distance relationships."
The music video for "Jet Lag" was released on May 4, 2011 which features Natasha Bedingfield in a room at the Toronto Sheraton Gateway Hotel, and the band at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The band performs within the airport while Pierre Bouvier gets ready for boarding the flight to his girlfriend, who is played by Natasha Bedingfield.
The band also released a Mandarin Chinese version of "Jet Lag" featuring Chinese pop star Kelly Cha.
Another music video for Jet Lag which features Tantri Sylandri at Jakarta, Indonesia and next one with Marie Mai Bouchard replacing Natasha Bedingfield above with French next one with 2 Aussie girls at Sydney & Melbourne simultaneously