Junior Senior

Biography

Junior Senior were a Danish pop duo. The duo consisted of Jesper "Junior" Mortensen (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion) (born 7 February 1979) and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen (vocals, programming) (born 25 December 1977). They became well known for their 2002 hit single "Move Your Feet×Move Your Feet10 June 2002 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Move Your Feet (radio edit)3:042Move Your Feet (extended play)4:183Move Your Feet (Filur move the club mix)6:144Move Your Feet (Filur Dark String dub)9:22", which gained worldwide success in 2003, most notably in the United Kingdom.

Early career

Junior Senior formed in 1998 when Jesper Mortensen and Jeppe Laursen got back together after their previous band Ludo-X broke up in 1995. The band signed a deal with Danish label Crunchy Frog Records.

D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat

The band released their debut album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat in 2002. The first single, "Move Your Feet×Move Your Feet10 June 2002 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Move Your Feet (radio edit)3:042Move Your Feet (extended play)4:183Move Your Feet (Filur move the club mix)6:144Move Your Feet (Filur Dark String dub)9:22", was one of the most played songs on Danish radio and eventually climbed the charts in over thirteen countries, including the United States, Australia, France, and the United Kingdom. The song was included on the soundtrack of the American television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, featured in the Northern American music video game Dance Dance Revolution Extreme for the PlayStation 2, and included in the Wii game, Just Dance 2. It is associated with its animated pixel art music video. It was also featured in the films White Chicks (2004), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), and How to Eat Fried Worms (2006) as the "finishing" song before and during the end credits.
The follow-up single, "Rhythm Bandits×Rhythm Bandits5 March 2003 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1Rhythm Bandits (Radio Edit)2:502Rhythm Bandits (Extended Version)4:013Rhythm Bandits (Santos Another Planet Remix)7:244Rhythm Bandits (Mint Royale Remix)3:295Rhythm Bandits (Santos Pandemonio Rock & Roll Remix)8:19", made the charts in the UK and Australia, and was included on the soundtrack of the game FIFA Football 2004]].
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat was included in several publications' "Best Albums of 2003" lists, including Rolling Stone, NME, Entertainment Weekly and Blender. The Sunday Chronicle in San Francisco rated "Move Your Feet" as the single of the year, calling it "the best song ever".
The CD features the video to "Move Your Feet" (made by designer group Shynola) and a "Making Of" as enhanced content.
The single "Shake Your Coconuts×Shake Your Coconuts20 January 2002 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1Shake Your Coconuts2:292Shake Your Coconuts (DFA mix)5:163Shake Your Coconuts (DFA instrumental mix)5:184Shake Your Coconuts (Djosos Krost remix - radio edit)3:055Cocodub2:28" is available on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action soundtrack, and is used as the menu music in the game Worms 3D by Team17. It was also featured in the 2004 movie Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and Malcolm in the Middle's season 5 episode "Experiment". In addition, on 21 July 2017, the band Phish used the song as the kickoff for a 13-night run at Madison Square Garden dubbed The Baker's Dozen. The song coincided with free coconut donuts given to the audience.
The song "White Trash" from this album was used in the advertisement for music magazine TV show Popworld in the United Kingdom. The advert featured the two presenters of the show doing a synchronized dance routine to the song whilst wearing identical outfits.

Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

Junior Senior released their second album, Hey Hey My My Yo Yo×Hey Hey My My Yo Yo24 August 2005 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Hello0:442Hip Hop a Lula3:133Can I Get Get Get3:134Take My Time3:495Itch U Can't Skratch3:076We R the Handclaps3:027I Like Music (W.O.S.B)3:448Ur a Girl3:019No No No's3:4710Dance, Chance, Romance3:2311Happy Rap3:22, on 24 August 2005 in Japan. It was released in the US in 2007. The first single from the album was "Itch U Can't Skratch". The track "Take My Time" features Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson of new wave band The B-52's. "Take My Time" has also been featured in the PSP video game Lumines II. Legendary Motown girl group The Velvelettes provided backing vocals on seven of the album tracks.
In February 2006 and March 2006, the band held a contest for fans to appear in a music video for their song "Can I Get Get Get×Can I Get Get Get9 December 2005 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Can I Get Get Get3:132Can I Get Get Get (extended)4:233Can I Get Get Get (Tore Johansson remix)2:50". The song "Can I Get Get Get" has been used on the TV shows Ugly Betty, Cavemen, Castle, Eastbound & Down and was featured in the film What Happens in Vegas. This song was also featured on the Nordic edition of Lips as an on-disc song as well as downloadable content worldwide. The music video for this song was released on 25 July 2006.
"Hip Hop a Lula" was featured in a Sears back-to-school commercial in August 2007. It was used extensively in Network Ten Australia's advertising in 2008.

Disbandment

Mortensen and Laursen announced on their blog that they would split and pursue solo projects on 26 September 2008. Both Junior and Senior have since launched new projects. In 2008, Mortensen released a 12" single called "Trust Tissue" under the moniker I Scream Ice Cream on Kitsune Records. In 2010, Mortensen formed the group MAKE OUT. Laursen began working on a debut album, which released the Big Lucky EP in May 2009.

Singles

Footnotes

British chart reference
APeaked at number 29 in France originally in 2003 but reached number 11 in a re-release in 2013