The Rockafeller Skank
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| "The Rockafeller Skank" | ||
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| Single by Fatboy Slim | ||
| from the album You've Come a Long Way, Baby | ||
| B-side(s) | "Always Read the Label", "Tweakers Delight" | |
| Released | 1998 | |
| Genre | Electronica, Trip hop | |
| Length | 6:53 | |
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| Fatboy Slim singles chronology | ||
| "Everybody Needs a 303 (Remix)" (1998) |
"The Rockafeller Skank" (1998) |
"Gangster Trippin'" (1998) |
"The Rockafeller Skank" is a song by British musician Fatboy Slim. It was a hit single on the 1998 album You've Come a Long Way, Baby. The song features the repeated line "Right about now, the funk soul brother. Check it out now, the funk soul brother" which is a vocal sample from D.I.T.C. rapper Lord Finesse.
This song features a sample of the song "Sliced Tomatoes" by the band Just Brothers (a popular Northern Soul track), as well as a sample of "Beat Girl" by John Barry and his Orchestra. The song is arguably the most famous track of the album.
It was featured as the intro soundtrack in the computer game FIFA '99. It was also featured in the soundtracks for Digimon: The Movie, She's All That, Bruce Almighty in many media promotions for Osmosis Jones and in advertisements for Suzuki Swift and Surge soda.
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered this song on his 2000 debut album Lounge Against the Machine.
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