Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
| "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" | ||||
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| Single by Scatman John | ||||
| from the album Scatman's World | ||||
| Released | November 30, 1994 | |||
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| Genre | Eurodance | |||
| Length |
5:03 3:30 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
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| Scatman John singles chronology | ||||
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"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" is a song by American Eurodance artist Scatman John. The song was released in November 1994 as the lead single from his second album Scatman's World. Sales were slow at first, but the song was picked up by many radio stations, and eventually became very successful internationally, reaching number one in many parts of Europe and charting in Australia, New Zealand and in Japan.
Counter to standard practice, Larkin performed the song live on Top of the Pops. It was also used in the popular Good Humor ice cream advertising campaign of 1995–96, sung as "I'm a Good Humor Man".
Content
The lyrics outline how Scatman John overcame his difficulties with stuttering and childhood obesity.
Track listings
- CD maxi
- "Scatman" (Basic-Radio) – 3:30
- "Scatman" (Jazz-Level) – 3:41
- "Scatman" (Second-Level) – 5:40
- "Scatman" (Third-Level) – 5:46
- "Scatman" (Game-Over-Jazz) – 5:03
- CD maxi 2
- "Scatman" (new radio edit) – 3:21
- "Scatman" (Pech Remix) – 4:55
- Remixed by Pech
- "Scatman" (Arena di Verona Mix) – 6:04
- "Scatman" (extended radio version) – 5:11
Charts and sales
Peak positions
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Year-end charts
Certifications
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Chart successions
In other media
Soundtrack was featured as background for some of the scenes in the 1997 film Nothing to Lose.[25] It was also featured in the 1998 film BASEketball.[26]
The American Dad! episode "Fathers Daze" featured the song quite prominently.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 6, 2008)
- ↑ RPM: issue date November 6, 1995
- ↑ RPM: issue date September 4, 1995
- ↑ Billboard 25 March 1995. Billboard. 1995-03-25. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
- ↑ Finnish peak
- ↑ "Scatman John singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
- 1 2 "Single top 100 over 1995" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Billboard: Hits of the World, May 13, 1995
- ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
- 1 2 3 4 5 Billboard AllMusic (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
- ↑ 1995 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
- ↑ 1995 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
- ↑ 1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
- ↑ 1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
- ↑ Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1995
- ↑ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)
- ↑ 1995 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
- ↑ 1995 Swedish Singles Chart
- ↑ Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
- ↑ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
- ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Scatman')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
- ↑ Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no (Retrieved July 10, 2008)
- ↑ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
- ↑ "Nothing to Lose (1997)- Soundtracks - Internet Movie Database".
- ↑ "BASEketball (1998) - Soundtracks - Internet Movie Database".
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