"Busy Child" is a breakbeat single by The Crystal Method

The Crystal Method

The Crystal Method is an American electronic music duo that was created in Los Angeles, California by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland in the early 1990s. The Crystal Method's music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, video games, and advertisements. The most prominent is the US television...

 from the album Vegas. It is one of the group's most recognizable works, reaching #17 on Hot Dance Club Play charts, and remaining on even ten years later. It is also featured on many film soundtracks and electronic compilations.

Sample

The "I guess I didn't know..." in "Busy Child" is sampled

Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...

 from the song "Know the Ledge

Know the Ledge

"Know the Ledge", originally released on the soundtrack for the film Juice under the title "Juice ", is a 1992 single released from hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim. It was the theme song for the film and a single released from the duo's 1992 album Don't Sweat the Technique. The song became one of Eric B...

" by Eric B. & Rakim

Eric B. & Rakim

Eric B. & Rakim were a hip-hop duo composed of DJ Eric Barrier and MC Rakim .Hailing from Long Island, New York, the pair are generally considered by hip hop enthusiasts to be one of the most influential and innovative groups in the genre...

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Music videos

At least two music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s were made to promote the song. The original 1997 version (directed by Lance Bangs

Lance Bangs

Lance Bangs is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and music video director who has created videos for Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Green Day, the Arcade Fire, the Shins, The Thermals, Belle & Sebastian, Menomena, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, R.E.M., Mike Watt, Death Cab for Cutie, The Black Keys, Kanye West, and...

 & Eli Bonerz) was mostly CGI. The second version (directed by Clark Eddy) is more recognizable and includes live concert footage interspersed with clips from the Lost in Space

Lost in Space (film)

Lost in Space is a 1998 American science fiction film starring Gary Oldman and William Hurt. The film was shot in London and Shepperton, and produced by New Line Cinema. The plot is adapted from the 1965–1968 CBS television series Lost In Space...

movie.

Tracklisting

1. "Busy Child" (Radio Edit)
2. "Busy Child" (Vegas Version)
3. "Busy Child" (Taylor's Hope for Evolution)
4. "Busy Child" (Uberzone Mix)