Junior Senior

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Junior Senior
Junior Senior at Roskilde, 2005
Background information
Origin	Jutland, Denmark
Genre(s)	Dance, pop, disco revival, dance punk, funk
Years active	1998–present
Label(s)	EMI, Crunchy Frog
Website	www.juniorsenior.com
Members
Jesper Mortensen Jeppe Laursen

Junior Senior is a pop musical duo from Denmark. The duo consists of keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist Jesper "Junior" Mortensen (born February 7, 1977) and vocalist Jeppe "Senior" Laursen (born December 25, 1975).

1 History
2 Discography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] 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. Although Laursen is gay the band has not played any gay-specific events except for Copenhagen Pride as the expense of the touring band is too much to warrant traveling beyond their traditional touring schedule with stops in Japan, Denmark and throughout the United States.^[1]

[edit] D-D-Don't Stop the Beat

The band released their debut album D-D-Don't Stop the Beat in 2003. The first single, "Move Your Feet", 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, the United Kingdom and Denmark. The single is also available on the soundtrack of the popular American television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. "Move Your Feet" has also been included in the US version of the hit music video game Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME for the PlayStation 2. It is often associated with its pixelated music video, as seen in the VH1 commercial for I Love the 90's: Part Deux and in the background of its Dance Dance Revolution: DDR Extreme dance.

The follow up single, "Rhythm Bandits," made the singles charts in the UK and Australia, and was included in the soundtrack of the game FIFA 2004.

D-D-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" is available on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action soundtrack, and is used as the menu music in the game Worms 3D by Team17 Software.

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.

[edit] Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

Bassist of Junior Senior at Roskilde Festival, 2005

Junior Senior released their second album, Hey Hey My My Yo Yo on August 24, 2005 in Japan, where it went to #2 on the charts. The first single from the album, "Itch U Can't Skratch," is currently available in Japan and Denmark. 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.

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". The song "Can I Get Get Get" has been used on the T.V show Ugly Betty and Cavemen. The band released the video on July 25, 2006.

"Hip Hop a Lula" was featured in a Sears back-to-school commercial in August 2007. It is also the current centre of Network Ten Australia's advertising.