November 2005: Dynamite single, Linea video, London projections
(Don’t) Give Hate a Chance is the third UK single from Jamiroquai’s sixth studio album Dynamite, released on 7 November 2005 by Sony BMG. Jay Kay co-wrote it with Rob Harris, Matt Johnson, Sola Akingbola and Derrick McKenzie. Kay and Mike Spencer produced. The album recording runs just over five minutes. The video edit trims to 3:46. The bass drum stays regular. The chorus still stacks several voices.
The lyric turns John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance into a street-level line: don’t give hate a chance. The arrangement is aimed at clubs. It is brighter than the slower songs on Odyssey. The chorus is built to be chanted outdoors. An animated video in the manner of Linea, plus projections on London streets, matched that public setting. The song was pointed at the pavement, not only at the DJ booth.
Kay repeats the title. He does not add a speech around it. On the Dynamite campaign this single followed the funkier opening tracks. The ask stays one line. The rhythm under it is busy: regular bass drum, the chorus piled up, the five-minute album version left intact for people who play the record rather than the clip.
Compilations keep the short edit. Album listeners get the longer build, just over five minutes down to the 3:46 video cut and back again depending on the release. The London projections and the Linea-style animation sat with the outdoor chorus. Sony BMG issued the single on 7 November 2005.
Don’t give hate a chance.
(Lyric from (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance, Dynamite, 2005)
As a late Dynamite single, the track showed Jamiroquai chasing radio with a title that carries a message, rather than with another song about a car. The writers are Kay, Rob Harris, Matt Johnson, Sola Akingbola and Derrick McKenzie. Production is Kay and Mike Spencer. The chorus is still the Lennon line, turned.
The video edit is 3:46 and keeps the regular bass drum. On the album the same track runs a little past five minutes. Projections in London and the animated Linea-style clip put that chorus outside. The single was the third in the UK from the album.
Dynamite is Jamiroquai’s sixth studio album. Sony BMG released (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance as its third UK single on 7 November 2005. The writing credit is Jay Kay with Rob Harris, Matt Johnson, Sola Akingbola and Derrick McKenzie. Kay produced with Mike Spencer. The lyric takes John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance and turns it to a street line, don’t give hate a chance. Kay repeats that title. He does not build a speech around it.
The arrangement aims at clubs and sits brighter than the slower songs on Odyssey. The chorus is written to be chanted outside, which is what the London street projections and the Linea-style animation were built around. On the album campaign this single followed the funkier openers. Compilations keep the 3:46 edit. The album recording keeps the longer build, a little past five minutes, with the regular bass drum and the piled-up chorus still in place. Sony BMG’s UK date stays 7 November 2005.
Sam W. | 6 October 2026
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Bass line on (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance is the whole argument. Rest is decoration. Needed that.
Jules M. | 7 October 2026
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I argued with my brother about (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance for years. This is my exhibit A.
Sofi | 7 October 2026
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i came for Jamiroquai, stayed for how clean this write-up is. (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance hits different after reading. Might be recency bias but I do not care today. Just saying.
Bruno | 8 October 2026
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First time I heard (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance was on a burned CD. Still got the scratches in my head.
Tom Riff | 9 October 2026
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Opened the article, heard the riff in my head before the embed loaded. Classic. I told my coworker and they shrugged. Their loss.
Amy | 10 October 2026
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Radio killed (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance for me for years. Came back last month. Instant regret for waiting. Anyway.
Nina Bass | 11 October 2026
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Simple song, big feeling. (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance still does that. Coffee got cold while I finished the article. Acceptable.
Marc G. | 11 October 2026
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Read this, then put (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance on loud. That was the move. I told my coworker and they shrugged. Their loss.
Anne | 13 October 2026
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Read this, then put (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance on loud. That was the move. Fight me.
Elena N. | 13 October 2026
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The production notes here made me replay (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance twice. Nice catch. Sharing this in the group chat. Expect chaos.
Diego | 13 October 2026
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I came for Jamiroquai, stayed for how clean this write-up is. (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance hits different after reading. Anyway.
Marie-Claire | 14 October 2026
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The production notes here made me replay (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance twice. Nice catch. More of this please.
Nadia | 15 October 2026
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People sleep on how weird (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance actually is. This article gets it.