Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane

Song

"Big Jet Plane" is a song written by Australian singer and songwriter Angus Stone, originally recorded under the stage name "Lady of the Sunshine" for his 2009 album Smoking Gun.

It was then re-recorded the following year by Stone and his sister Julia as a duo. On 26 January 2011, Australian radio station Triple J announced that the Angus & Julia Stone version of "Big Jet Plane" was the winner of its 2010 Hottest 100 countdown.

Angus & Julia Stone version

"Big Jet Plane" was re-recorded by Angus & Julia Stone and released in May 2010 as the third single from the duo's second studio album Down the Way. The song peaked at number 21 in Australia and has been certified platinum. Additionally, the song has peaked inside the 40 in New Zealand, France and Belgium.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010, "Big Jet Plane" won the ARIA Award for Single of the Year. On 26 January 2011, the song was voted number 1 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2010. On 14 March 2020, the song was voted number 9 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s.

It gained additional success, especially in Europe, when it was remixed in 2011 as a house track by Australian DJs Goodwill and Hook N Sling, under the title "Take You Higher".

Appearances in media

The song was used in TV series including 90210, One Tree Hill, Parenthood, and Suits. It also appears on the soundtrack of French film Romantics Anonymous. A music video featuring scenes from the film was released on 9 November 2010. "Big Jet Plane" was also used in the films Easy A and The Edge of Seventeen.

The duo performed the song on French television show Taratata on 19 May 2010.

The song is heard in a Maybelline Fit Me commercial.

Album

Down the Way is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter duo Angus & Julia Stone. It was released on 12 March 2010 in Australia through EMI Music Australia and debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Charts.

The physical CD release (including an untitled bonus track appended to track 13) was released in two formats: standard CD jewel case or deluxe version with gold embossed text on a ribbon-tied, peach-coloured, fabric covered digipak hard-book which includes the additional Red Berries bonus disc and a 20-page lyric book.

Red Berries is a collection of bonus tracks from the previous EPs and includes one previously unreleased track "This Way". The song "Santa Monica Dream" was also featured in the 2015 video game Life Is Strange.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010, the album won the ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Best Adult Alternative Album, Best Cover Art while Angus and Julia won the ARIA Award for Producer of the Year for their work on this album.

At the J Awards of 2010, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.

Artist

Angus & Julia Stone è un duo australiano proveniente da Newport, sulle spiagge a nord di Sydney. Si sono formati nel 2005, i loro genitori erano entrambi musicisti e suonavano musica folk prima ancora che Angus e Julia nascessero.

Angus e Julia cominciarono a collaborare, con i loro rispettivi stili musicali, all'inizio del 2006. Prima di questo, si esibivano come artisti solisti, soprattutto nelle serate "open mic", ovvero degli eventi dove musicisti e cantanti sconosciuti possono iscriversi per cantare e suonare dal vivo.

Suonarono per la prima volta insieme al Coogee Bay Hotel a Sydney, nel 2005, con Julia che fece da supporto ad Angus. Sia Angus che Julia hanno un particolare stile vocale, molto apprezzato dalla critica internazionale.