You've Come a Long Way, Baby is the second studio album of big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released on 12 October 1998 through the label Skint Records. The album liner notes state that the album was made at The House of Love. The album peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart and number thirty-four on the Billboard 200, and also produced five singles; "The Rockafeller Skank", "Gangster Trippin", "Praise You", "Right Here Right Now", and "Build It Up - Tear It Down".
You've Come a Long Way Baby faced issues regarding the use of foul language, most notably on the track "Fucking in Heaven" where the word "fucking" is spoken 108 times by DJ Freddy Fresh. Because of this, the album was given a Parental Advisory sticker. Nonetheless, critics praised the album's beats and hooks, the album, and the album is considered a benchmark album in big beat music. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it platinum in 1999. In 2000, the album was ranked number 81 on Q magazine's list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever."
The album's title is taken from a marketing slogan for cigarette company Virginia Slims, similar to how Fatboy Slim's debut album Better Living Through Chemistry borrowed chemical company DuPont's "Better Living Through Chemistry" tagline for its title.
Track listing
All songs produced by Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook).
| # |
Title |
Samples[1][2] |
Writer |
Time |
| 1 |
"Right Here, Right Now" |
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Fatboy Slim, Dale Peters, Joe Walsh |
6:27 |
| 2 |
"The Rockafeller Skank" |
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Fatboy Slim, John Barry, Winifred Terry, Robert Hall |
6:53 |
| 3 |
"Fucking in Heaven"[B] |
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Fatboy Slim |
3:54
3:47 (edited version) |
| 4 |
"Gangster Tripping" |
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Fatboy Slim, Dust Junkys, Josh Davis |
5:20 |
| 5 |
"Build It Up - Tear It Down" |
- "The Acid Test" by Leo Muller
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Fatboy Slim |
5:05 |
| 6 |
"Kalifornia" |
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Fatboy Slim, Mr. Natural |
5:53 |
| 7 |
"Soul Surfing" |
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Fatboy Slim, Earl Nelson, Fred Smith |
4:56 |
| 8 |
"You're Not from Brighton" |
- "The Groovy Thang" by Minimal Funk
- "Nobody's Business (Nosey Parker Mix)" by Peace by Piece
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Fatboy Slim |
5:20 |
| 9 |
"Praise You" |
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Fatboy Slim, Camille Yarbrough |
5:23 |
| 10 |
"Love Island" |
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Fatboy Slim |
5:18 |
| 11 |
"Acid 8000" |
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Fatboy Slim |
7:28 |
Bonus tracks
| # |
Title |
Writer |
Time |
| 12 |
"How Could They Hear Us" (only on Australian edition) |
Fatboy Slim |
6:27<[A] |
| 12 |
"The World Went Down" (only on Japanese edition; shortened version featured on 10th Anniversary Bonus Disc) |
Fatboy Slim |
6:41[A] |
Bonus disc on some editions
| # |
Title |
Samples[2] |
Writer |
Time |
| 1 |
"Everybody Loves a Carnival (Radio edit)" |
|
Fatboy Slim |
4:05 |
| 2 |
"Michael Jackson" |
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Fatboy Slim |
5:47 |
| 3 |
"Next to Nothing" |
- "Gravitational Arch of 10" by Vapourspace
|
Fatboy Slim |
7:15 |
| 4 |
"ES Paradis" |
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Fatboy Slim |
5:43 |
10th Anniversary Bonus Disc
| # |
Title |
Writer |
Time |
| 1 |
"Cowboy" (featuring Eve) |
Eve Jeffers, Jay "Icepick" Jackson, Kaseem Dean, Mashonda Tifrere |
5:33 |
| 2 |
"Radioactivity" |
Emil Schult, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter |
3:41 |
| 3 |
"Because We Can" |
Jim Broadbent, Marius Devrie, Norman Cook |
3:29 |
| 4 |
"Always Read the Label" |
Norman Cook |
5:52 |
| 5 |
"Tweakers Delight" |
Norman Cook |
3:08 |
| 6 |
"The World Went Down" |
Norman Cook |
3:29 |
| 7 |
"Jack It Up (DJ Delite)" |
Norman Cook |
4:05 |
| 8 |
"Don't Forget Your Teeth" |
Norman Cook |
5:41 |
| 9 |
"Praise You (Original version)" |
Camille Yarborough |
6:41 |
| 10 |
"Lounge Island" |
Norman Cook |
3:13 |
Charts
Reissues
| Region |
Date |
Label |
Format |
Catalog |
| United Kingdom |
22 September 1998 |
Skint Records |
Double CD |
BRASSIC 56CD |
Personnel
Information taken from Allmusic.[5]
- Band, producer - Fatboy Slim
- Engineer, mixing, photography - Simon Thornton
Notes and references
- A^ The Australian and Japanese releases of You've Come a Long Way, Baby each have a different bonus track, extending the album's runtime accordingly.
- B^ "Fucking in Heaven" is renamed "In Heaven" on the North American release of You've Come a Long Way, Baby.
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