The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder

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The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder
Compilation album by Fatboy Slim
Released	19 June 2006 (UK) 20 June 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded	1996-2006
Genre	Dance
Length	65:46
Label	Skint Records (UK) Astralwerks (U.S.)
Producer	Fatboy Slim
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) 27 June 2006 PopMatters (7/10) 19 June 2006 Q The Times link
Fatboy Slim chronology
Bondi Beach: New Years Eve 06 (2005) The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder (2006) The Greatest Hits - Remixed (2007)
U.S. cover

The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder is a 2006 compilation album by Fatboy Slim, released in June 2006. In addition to previously released material, this album includes two new tracks: "Champion Sound" and "That Old Pair of Jeans". A collection of music videos titled The Greatest Hits - Why Make Videos was also released in 2006.

To save space on the audio disc, the versions of the songs are the shorter radio edits (The profanity in "Wonderful Night" remains intact in the United Kingdom edition) with the exception of the final track. "Champion Sound" is significantly different on the United States edition, having whole verses that do not appear on the UK release. The album sold 20,014 copies in Japan in its first week.

For the U.S. release, the front cover was altered to that of Christopher Walken from the "Weapon of Choice" music video. The title of the compilation comes from the slogan on the T-shirt of the obese man who adorns the non-U.S. covers of both this album and You've Come a Long Way, Baby, "I'M #1 SO WHY TRY HARDER".

Contents 1 Track listings 1.1 UK version 1.2 U.S. version 2 Singles 3 DVD: The Greatest Hits - Why Make Videos 3.1 DVD bonus features 4 External links

[edit] Track listings

[edit] UK version

1. "The Rockafeller Skank" (edit) – 3:56
2. "Praise You" (radio edit) – 3:47
3. "Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)" (with Cornershop) – 4:00
4. "Weapon of Choice (Attack Hamster Edit)" (ft. Bootsy Collins) – 3:39
5. "Gangster Trippin" (edit) – 3:31
6. "I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim Remix)" (edit) (with Groove Armada) – 3:30
7. "Wonderful Night" (dirty edit) (ft. Lateef The Truth Speaker) – 2:44
8. "Right Here, Right Now" (edit) – 3:55
9. "Going Out of My Head" (edit) – 3:42
10. "Sunset (Bird of Prey)" (edit) – 3:59
11. "Everybody Loves A Carnival" (radio edit) – 4:04
12. "Don't Let the Man Get You Down" (edit) – 3:18
13. "Demons" (shorter radio version) (ft. Macy Gray) – 3:14
14. "Sho Nuff" (edit) – 3:20
15. "Slash Dot Dash" – 2:55
16. "Santa Cruz" (edit) – 4:17
17. "Champion Sound" (ft. Lateef the Truth Speaker) – 2:59
18. "That Old Pair of Jeans" (ft. Lateef the Truth Speaker) – 4:43

[edit] U.S. version

1. "The Rockafeller Skank" (edit) – 3:56
2. "Praise You" (radio edit) – 3:47
3. "Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)" (with Cornershop) – 4:00
4. "Weapon of Choice (Attack Hamster Edit)" (ft. Bootsy Collins) – 3:39
5. "Gangster Trippin" (edit) – 3:31
6. "I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim Remix)" (edit) (with Groove Armada) – 3:30
7. "Wonderful Night" (clean edit) (ft. Lateef The Truth Speaker) – 2:44
8. "Right Here, Right Now" (edit) – 3:55
9. "Going Out of My Head" (edit) – 3:42
10. "Sunset (Bird of Prey)" (edit) – 3:59
11. "Everybody Loves A Carnival" (radio edit) – 4:04
12. "Don't Let The Man Get You Down" (edit) – 3:18
13. "Demons" (shorter radio version) (ft. Macy Gray) – 3:14
14. "Sho Nuff" (edit) – 3:20
15. "Slash Dot Dash" – 2:55
16. "Santa Cruz" (edit) – 4:17
17. "Champion Sound" (U.S. version) (ft. Lateef the Truth Speaker and Sharon Woolf) – 3:21
18. "That Old Pair of Jeans" (ft. Lateef the Truth Speaker) – 4:43

[edit] Singles

"That Old Pair of Jeans" June 26, 2006 UK #39

"Weapon of Choice (Remix)" July 2006 UK #137

[edit] DVD: The Greatest Hits - Why Make Videos

1. "Praise You"
2. "The Rockafeller Skank"
3. "Weapon of Choice" (Starring Christopher Walken)
4. "Gangster Trippin’"
5. "Wonderful Night"
6. "Right Here, Right Now"
7. "Going Out of My Head"
8. "Everybody Loves a Carnival"
9. "Don’t Let the Man Get You Down" (Swimming Ending)
10. "Demons"
11. "Slash Dot Dash"
12. "Santa Cruz"
13. "Ya Mama"
14. "Star 69"
15. "The Joker"
16. "That Old Pair of Jeans"

[edit] DVD bonus features

Rare and Unseen Videos

1. "Star 69" (Animated Version)
2. "Everybody Needs a 303" (Pigboy)
3. "The Rockafeller Skank" (Spike Jonze Audition Demo Version)
4. "Build It Up, Tear It Down"

Documentary: Why Make Videos
Special Bonus Section

1. "Are We Having Fun Yet?"
2. "Live from Brighton, Brazil & Brixton"

[edit] External links

• Why Try Harder: The Greatest Hits at MusicBrainz

v • d • e Fatboy Slim Albums Studio albums: Better Living Through Chemistry · You've Come a Long Way, Baby · Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars · Palookaville Live albums: On the Floor at the Boutique · Live on Brighton Beach · Big Beach Boutique II · Bondi Beach: New Years Eve 06 Compilation albums: The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder · Signature Series Volume 1 · The Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook Collection · A Break from the Norm · Late Night Tales: Fatboy Slim Remix albums: Fala aí! · The Greatest Hits - Remixed Other albums: Skip to My Loops · Pizzamania · Southern Fried House · Beat Up the NME Singles "Everybody Needs a 303" · "Punk to Funk" · "Going Out of My Head" · "Everbody Needs a 303 (Remix)" · "The Rockafeller Skank" · "Gangster Trippin" · "Praise You" · "Right Here Right Now" · "Build It Up - Tear It Down" · "Badder Badder Schwing" · "Sunset (Bird of Prey)" · "Demons" · "Star 69 / Weapon of Choice" · "Song for Shelter / Ya Mama" · "Song for Shelter (Remix)" · "Drop the Hate" · "Retox" · "Everybody Loves a Carnival" · "Talkin' Bout My Baby" · "Slash Dot Dash" · "Wonderful Night" · "The Joker" · "Don't Let the Man Get You Down" · "That Old Pair of Jeans" · "Weapon of Choice (Remix)" · "Champion Sound" · "Radioactivity" EPs: Illuminati · Camber Sands · The Pimp · My Game DVDs Big Beach Boutique II - The Movie · The Greatest Hits - Why Make Videos Related articles The Housemartins · Beats International · Freak Power · "I See You Baby" · "Dub Be Good to Me" · "Michael Jackson" · "Sho Nuff" · Lateef