The Spirit (formerly known as Give Us Back The Music) is a formerly unidentified house song by British duo Me & Mr. Jones.
Search History[]
The was posted to YouTube on November 10th 2010 by user Wohnzimmerschrauber. The song was played in a cassette tape monitor which shows the music bars flashing on and off.
On March 5th, 2025, the song was identified by user TechnooiD as The Spirit by Me & Mr. Jones. There’s a YouTube upload of the song, but it’s only a snippet of the song.
Lyrics[]
Give us back the music! x12
Get it on!
Give us back the music!
Get it on, Get it on!
Give us back the music! x2
Get down to the rhythm
No need to stay
Show me your expression
Good time to be all the same
Action will be taken
[?] alive
[?] do some more
You will see what's in store
Spirit in the music
Makes me feel this way x2
Woo! x4
Does it make me feel good?
Keep on clapping hands
Spinning to the beat now
I'm thinking 'bout all the [love]
I'm about to go
Will you stop? No one knows
Carry on and do nothing
I see your [?] stop something
Spirit x3
Oh yeah!
Spirit in the music x8
Me & Mr. Jones[]
Me & Mr. Jones was a house and smooth jazz duo from the UK.
The duo consisted of Renè Runge and Stefan Bossems.
In 1996, they released their first single, this song, with three remixes.
- The Spirit (Executive Extended Mix)
- The Spirit (Kao Mix)
- The Spirit (Hard Steppin’ Mix)
In 1996, they released their second single, Keep On - Be Strong, with four remixes.
- Keep On - Be Strong (Vocal Radio Edit)
- Keep On - Be Strong (Long Cut)
- Keep On - Be Strong (Matrix Cut)
- Keep On - Be Strong (Short Cut)
In 2012, they released their first and only album, Murder.
Shortly after, the duo disbanded, but Stefan is still active today.