They (song)


"They" is the first single released from Welsh singer Jem's debut album, Finally Woken. It includes a sample of the Swingle Singers' 1963 adaptation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude in F minor from their album Jazz Sebastian Bach. Jem recorded the song's vocals in her mother's spare bedroom.
"They" was released in the United States in February 2004 and was issued worldwide the following year. The song became Jem's most successful single, reaching number six on the UK Singles Chart, number one in Hungary, and the top 10 in Greece, Ireland, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Music videos

Jem released two music videos for "They". The UK version, directed by Laurent Briet, features Jem stripping herself in a spaceship in the style of Jane Fonda in the opening scene of Barbarella ; this is actually a boy dreaming about her as he constructs a model of the same spaceship back on Earth. The US version features Jem walking at a park while being accompanied by a number of children. She then encounters several signs and decides to disobey them. Some intercut scenes show her at a roundabout being spun by children.

Track listings

UK CD1
  1. "They"
  2. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
UK CD2 and Australian CD single
  1. "They"
  2. "They"
  3. "They"
  4. "They"

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Finally Woken album booklet.
Locations
Personnel
  • Jem – writing, production, arrangement
  • Gerard Young – writing
  • Yoad Nevo – instruments, production, arrangement, mixing, mastering
  • Ge-ology – production
  • Andy Saunders – mixing assistance
  • Dan Porter – mixing assistance