The Year Is 2003!
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In 2003 Jet entered Sunset Studios in Los Angeles to record their debut full-length with producer Dave Sardy. Halfway through the recording process, a big-break came in the form of a call from The Rolling Stones offering Jet a support spot on the Australian leg of their upcoming tour. The album Get Born was completed and released later that year, and the band’s popularity soared on the back of singles like “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” and “Rollover DJ.” The record would go on to sell well over three million copies worldwide.
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Jet took their name from their favorite song from Paul McCartney And Wings. Previous names they toyed with included Duosonic, Mojo Filter and High Fidelity.
- In 2011, with Jet on an unspecified hiatus, Chris Chester and Marc Wilson formed the “doom disco” side-project DAMNDOGS.
- This song took a lot of criticism its main riff, which sounds very close to the song “Lust For Life” by Iggy Pop. Much of Get Born took some heat for sounding like other classic rock songs.
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This was Jet’s first hit song. It was also the first song to be used in the popular iPod commercials, where a black shadow of a person, listening to a white iPod danced to this tune in front of colorful backgrounds. These ads helped boost sales of iPods and of Jet albums.
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