"You Can't Control it" | ||||
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Single by Jack Johnson | ||||
from the album All the Light Above It Too | ||||
Released | August 25, 2017 | |||
Format | Digital, CD, 10" EP | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
Studio | Mango Tree Studio | |||
Length | 4:09 | |||
Label | Brushfire | |||
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Producer(s) | Robbie Lackritz | |||
Jack Johnson singles chronology | ||||
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"You Can't Control It" is a song by American musician Jack Johnson from his 2017 album All the Light Above It Too. The song was released on August 25, 2017, and is the third single from the album. The song was written about the pollution in the ocean and on beaches.
The song's music video was released exclusively on Entertainment Weekly on August 24, 2017. The music video features a time-lapse of Johnson and volunteer workers at a beach in Hawaii collecting plastic within a 90-meter radius, and turning it into art. The art is also featured as his album cover on All the Light Above It Too. The video was then released on Johnson's Vevo channel on August 25.
On August 25, 2017, the song was released as a CD single, and digital download to anyone who pre-ordered the album. Also on August 25, a limited edition 10" vinyl EP was released exclusively in select US retailers, and in Peru to help support Jack's concert at Jockey Club del Perú for his All the Light Above it Too Tour.
CD single
Vinyl 10" EP