Doctor Jones
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"Doctor Jones" is a song by Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 dance-pop
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...

 group Aqua
Aqua (band)
Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1989 and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with their first three singles. The group released two...

, released as the band's fifth single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 overall, and the second UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 release. The single is their second United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 number one. The follow-up to their most successful song "Barbie Girl
Barbie Girl
"Barbie Girl" is a song by the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua, who released the song in 1997 as their third single overall, and the first United Kingdom release...

" in many places, "Doctor Jones" was a similarly pop-oriented hit which sold well across the globe and ended the assumptions that Aqua would be a one-hit wonder
One-hit wonder
A one-hit wonder is a person or act known mainly for only a single success. The term is most often used to describe music performers with only one hit single.-Characteristics:...

.

"Doctor Jones" was released around the world in a number of months, with the first release being in October 1997. Most of the releases would be in November 1997, with it hitting the charts in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

 and mainland Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 in that month. December 1997 saw the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n release achieve a successful chart placing at No. 1 for 7 consecutive weeks, before the song made its impact in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 in February of the following year.

The music video implies the song is based around the Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones
Colonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...

 character from the film series of the same name
Indiana Jones franchise
The Indiana Jones franchise is an entertainment franchise, based on the historical fantasy adventures of Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, a fictional archaeologist. It began in 1981 with the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. A prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, followed in 1984 and the sequel...

, with René Dif
René Dif
René Dif is a musician and actor, best known as the male vocalist in the Danish pop-dance group Aqua.-Biography:...

 playing Jones and rescuing his fellow band members from a stereotypical voodoo tribe. The title logo is written in a similar form to that of the Indiana Jones logo. There is also a shot of airplane's flight path over a map, which is used in the film series. The lyric "Dr. Jones, wake up now" may also be a reference to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 American adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second film in the Indiana Jones franchise and prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark . After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone...

where Short Round implores Indiana Jones to "wake up" after being brainwashed by the blood of Kālī Ma, or during a scene on an airplane when Willie Scott says, "Calling Dr. Jones, wake up!".

The video was one of five Aqua
Aqua (band)
Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1989 and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with their first three singles. The group released two...

-videos directed by Peder Pedersen, who would later spoof the Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones
Colonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...

-movies again in his computer-animated short film Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick
Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick
Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick is a 3-D computer-animated Lego movie directed by Peder Pedersen. It combines details from all four Indiana Jones features into one continuous adventure with a humorous twist, and includes several inside-jokes for fans of both the Indiana Jones...

(2008).

In Japan, "Doctor Jones" was released along with "Lollipop (Candyman)
Lollipop (Candyman)
"Lollipop " is the fourth single to be released by the Danish dance-pop group Aqua overall, and the follow-up to their most successful song "Barbie Girl" in many countries...

".

Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....

 film actress and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer Vicki Zhao, or Zhao Wei
Zhao Wei
Zhao Wei is a mainland Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao...

, covered this song with Chinese lyrics called Magic of Love (爱情大魔咒) on her second album, Magic of Love in 1999.

Australia

  1. "Doctor Jones" (Radio edit) – 3:22
  2. "Doctor Jones" (Extended version) – 5:10
  3. "Barbie Girl" (Extended version) – 5:14
  4. "My Oh My" (Club version) – 7:00
  5. "Barbie Girl" (Dirty Rotten Scoundrel 12" Mix) – 8:37

CD 1

  1. "Doctor Jones" (Radio edit) – 3:22
  2. "Doctor Jones" (Extended mix) – 5:13
  3. "Doctor Jones" (Adrenalin Club Mix) – 6:21
  4. "Doctor Jones" (Molella and Phil Jay Mix) – 5:19
  5. "Doctor Jones" (Antiloop Club Mix) – 10:00
  6. "Doctor Jones" (D-Bop Prescription Mix) – 8:02

CD 2

  1. "Doctor Jones" (Radio edit) – 3:22
  2. "Doctor Jones" (Metro 7's Edit) – 3:36
  3. "Doctor Jones" (Metro's X-Ray Dub) – 6:22
  4. "Doctor Jones" (Metro's Full CD-ROM video)

CD single
  1. "Doctor Jones" (Radio edit) – 3:22
  2. "Doctor Jones" (Extended mix) – 5:13
  3. "Doctor Jones" (Adrenalin Club Mix) – 6:21
  4. "Doctor Jones" (Molella and Phil Jay Mix) – 5:19
  5. "Doctor Jones" (MPJ Speed Dub) – 5:35
  6. "Doctor Jones" (Antiloop Club Mix) – 10:00
  7. "Doctor Jones" (D-Bop Prescription Mix) – 8:02

12" vinyl
Side A
  1. "Doctor Jones" (Original Extended Mix)
Side B
  1. "Doctor Jones" (E-Motion Lost Ark Mix)

Japan

  1. "Lollipop (Candyman)" – 3:37
  2. "Lollipop (Candyman)" (Original extended mix) – 5:26
  3. "Doctor Jones" (Radio edit) – 3:23
  4. "Doctor Jones" (Extended version) – 5:10

European 12" vinyl

Side A
  1. "Doctor Jones" (Antiloop Club Mix) – 10:00
Side B
  1. "Doctor Jones" (Adrenalin Club Mix) – 6:21
  2. "Doctor Jones" (Metro's X-Ray Dub) – 6:22

Release history

Country Release Date
Australia
Europe
Japan
United States

Charts

Chart (1997-98) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

1
Austrian Singles Chart 8
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

3
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

5
Dutch Singles Chart 3
Finnish Singles Chart 6
New Zealand Singles Chart 2
Swedish Singles Chart 2
Swiss Singles Chart 11
UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

1

Covers

"Doctor Jones" was covered by dance metal band Xe-NONE
Xe-NONE
Xe-NONE are a Russian Dance Metal band from Kirov. They emerged in mid-2004 when Lexy Dance and Newman worked on the crossing of a modern metal and electronic dance sound, with influences of such acts as Cradle of Filth, Scooter, Fear Factory and 2 Unlimited.-2004:The band was formed by Lexy...

 on their 2009 EP, Dance Inferno Resurrection.
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