"Plug It In" is a song by British electronic music duo Basement Jaxx featuring American recording artist JC Chasez. It was released on 4 April 2004 as the third single from their album third studio album, Kish Kash, and debuted at 22 in the United Kingdom.

There are various versions of the song, including a radio edit which was featured on The Singles.

JC Chasez was said to be "in town looking for producers for his own album." Buxton admits to The Scotsman that initially they didn’t think the collaboration with Chasez would work. "We thought he would be just another puppet who wanted to sound cool so he could be liked by tastemakers. But he was very humble and understood the irony of taking on a song about the masquerade of celebrity because it could have been written about him. And what’s more, he’s got a great voice."

Lisa Kekaula from Los Angeles, California, planned to sing “Plug It In” but it didn’t work out, so they wrote a new song for her on the spot, the cyber-Motown song “Good Luck”. "We thought we’d better write a song otherwise we’ve wasted all our money," said Felix.

John Bush from AllMusic picked the song as one of the highlights of Kish Kash, stating that Chasez "is a surprising success" on the song and calling it "beguiling."

The music video, directed by Traktor, features two security guards testing out new lifelike female robots.

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