Fatboy Slim discography explained

Artist:Fatboy Slim
Studio:4
Live:3
Compilation:2
Soundtrack:1
Ep:5
Singles:28
Music Videos:31
Video:3
Option:3
Option Name:Remix albums
1Option:6
1Option Name:Mix albums

The discography of Fatboy Slim, an alias of Norman Cook, an English DJ, big beat musician, and record producer, consists of four studio albums, three live albums, one soundtrack album, two compilation albums, three remix albums, six mix albums, three video albums, five extended plays, 28 singles (including one as a featured artist) and 31 music videos.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
IRL
[6]
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[9]
US
[10]
Better Living Through Chemistry
  • Released: 23 September 1996
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
69 50

Gold[11]

You've Come a Long Way, Baby
  • Released: 19 October 1998
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
1 2 13 10 15 19 27 1 23 34
  • BPI: 4× Platinum
  • ARIA

3× Platinum[12]

Gold[13]

Gold[14]

Platinum[15]

Platinum[16]

Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
  • Released: 6 November 2000
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
8 6 22 21 23 9 64 10 35 51
  • BPI: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold
Palookaville 14 51 35 59 67 63 83 40 28 149
  • BPI: Silver
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
Comp.

[17]
AUS
FRA
GER
SWI
US
US
Dance

[18]
On the Floor at the Boutique
  • Released: 25 August 1998
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD, cassette
59 173
Live on Brighton Beach
  • Released: 25 February 2002
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD, cassette
19 27 103 87 64 9
Big Beach Boutique II
  • Released: 7 October 2002
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD, cassette
11 150
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
IRL
NLD
US
Here Lies Love
(with David Byrne)
76 93 83 96

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
AUT
GER
IRL
NLD
NZ
SWI
US
Dance

The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder
  • Released: 19 June 2006
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 4 30 89 1 69 8 22 6

Gold[19]

Best of the Bootlegs
  • Released: 14 March 2011
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
US
Signature Series Volume 1
  • Released: 15 February 2000
  • Label: BML Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook Collection
  • Released: 21 March 2000
  • Label: Hip-O
  • Formats: CD, cassette
195
The Greatest Hits – Remixed
  • Released: 24 September 2007
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Fatboy Slim vs. Australia
  • Released: 19 January 2018[20]
  • Label: Loaded, Skint
  • Formats: Digital download
Fatboy Slim vs. New Zealand
  • Released: 25 January 2019
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: Digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Mix albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
Beat Up the NME
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: NME
  • Formats: Cassette
Bondi Beach: New Years Eve '06
  • Released: December 2005
  • Label: Addictive
  • Formats: CD
Fala aí
  • Released: 18 July 2006
  • Label: ST2
  • Formats: CD
  • Released: 15 October 2007
  • Label: Late Night Tales
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Dance Bitch
  • Released: 2 March 2009
  • Label: Liberator Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
42
The Legend Returns
  • Released: June 2010
  • Label: Mixmag
  • Formats: CD
Fatboy Slim Presents Bem Brasil
  • Released: 30 May 2014
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

Title! scope="col" style="width:16em;"
Album details
The Greatest Hits – Why Make Videos
  • Released: 19 June 2006
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: DVD-V, UMD
Big Beach Boutique II – The Movie
  • Released: 29 October 2006
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: DVD
Incredible Adventures in Brazil
  • Released: 4 March 2008
  • Label: ST2
  • Formats: DVD

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" style="width:16em;"
Details
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Guardian
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD
My Game
  • Released: November 2002
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD
Illuminati
  • Released: 19 November 2002
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD
Camber Sands
  • Released: 19 November 2002
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD
The Pimp
  • Released: 19 November 2002
  • Label: Skint
  • Formats: CD

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[21]
AUS
[22]
AUT
FRA
GER
[23]
IRL
NLD
NZ
SWI
US
[24]
"Everybody Needs a 303"1996191 Better Living Through Chemistry
"Punk to Funk"177
"Going Out of My Head"199757
"The Rockafeller Skank"19986 32 23 69 28 15 45 17 24 76
  • BPI: Platinum
You've Come a Long Way, Baby
"Gangster Trippin"3 75 98 17 68 32 49
  • BPI: Silver
"Praise You"19991 28 31 55 6 46 11 44 36
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
"Right Here, Right Now"2 28 56 47 13 56 25
  • BPI: Platinum
"Build It Up – Tear It Down"[25]
"Sunset (Bird of Prey)"20009 63 97 80 25 91 49 77 Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
"Demons"
(featuring Macy Gray)
200116 78 43 78
"Star 69" / "Weapon of Choice"10 23 81 21 85
"Ya Mama" / "Song for Shelter"30 59
"Slash Dot Dash"200412 Palookaville
"Wonderful Night"51
"The Joker"200532 63 29 99
"Don't Let the Man Get You Down"153
"That Old Pair of Jeans"200639 31 The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder
"Champion Sound"88
"Radioactivity"2007Late Night Tales: Fatboy Slim
"Please Don't"
(with David Byrne featuring Santigold)
2010Here Lies Love
"Machines Can Do the Work"[26]
(with Hervé)
rowspan="5"
"Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat"
(with Riva Starr, featuring Beardyman)
20133 47 96 18 2
  • BPI: Silver
"Where U Iz"2017
"Boom F**king Boom"
(featuring Beardyman)
"All the Ladies"[27]
(with Eats Everything)
2020
"Speed Trials on Acid"[28]
(with Carl Cox, featuring Dan Diamond)
2022Electronic Generations
"Role Model"[29]
(featuring Dan Diamond and Luca Guerrieri)
2024
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
"Badder Badder Schwing"
(Freddy Fresh featuring Fatboy Slim)
199934The Last True Family Man
"Bristol to Brighton"
(Eats Everything featuring Fatboy Slim)
2022
"Praising You"
2023You & I
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

As lead artist

Title! scope="col"
YearDirector(s)
"Santa Cruz"1997James Hyman[30]
"Going out of My Head"Doug Aitken
"Everybody Needs a 303" (version 1)Ron Kurtz
"Everybody Needs a 303" (version 2)David Slade
"Everybody Needs a 303" (Remix – Everybody Loves a Carnival)Ashley Slater, Tim Day[31]
"The Rockafeller Skank" (version 1)1998Spike Jonze
"The Rockafeller Skank" (version 2)Doug Aitken
"Gangster Trippin"Roman Coppola
"Build It Up – Tear It Down"Patrick Tichy
"Praise You"Spike Jonze[32]
(credited to "Torrance Public Film Productions"[33])
"Right Here, Right Now"1999Hammer & Tongs
"Sunset (Bird of Prey)"2000Blue Source
"Demons"
(featuring Macy Gray)
Garth Jennings
"Star 69" (version 1)2001Damian Harris, Tim Fleming
"Star 69" (version 2)v
"Weapon of Choice"Spike Jonze[34]
"Ya Mama"Traktor
"Planet of the Phatbird"
(with Leftfield)
2002Russell Thomas
"Don't Let the Man Get You Down" (version 1)2003Brian Belectic
"Don't Let the Man Get You Down" (version 2)
"Don't Let the Man Get You Down" (version 3)
"Don't Let the Man Get You Down" (version 4)
"Don't Let the Man Get You Down" (version 5)
"Don't Let the Man Get You Down" (version 6)
"Slash Dot Dash"2004Tim Pope
"Wonderful Night"Jon Watts
"The Joker"
"That Old Pair of Jeans" (version 1)2006
"That Old Pair of Jeans" (version 2)Steve Glashier
"Champion Sound"

As featured artist

Title! scope="col"
YearDirector(s)
"Badder Badder Schwing"
(Freddy Fresh featuring Fatboy Slim)
1999

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fatboy Slim . . 4 September 2010 . select "Albums" tab . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615125708/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/fatboy%20slim/ . 15 June 2011 .
  2. Peak chart positions for albums in Australia:
  3. Web site: Discographie Fatboy Slim . Hung Medien . austriancharts.at . 4 September 2010.
  4. Web site: Discographie Fatboy Slim . Hung Medien . lescharts.com . 25 October 2011 . fr.
  5. Web site: Chartverfolgung / Fatboy Slim / Longplay . . musicline.de . 25 October 2011 . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217084406/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Fatboy+Slim/?type=longplay . 17 December 2014 . dead .
  6. Web site: Discography Fatboy Slim . Hung Medien . irish-charts.com . 4 September 2010.
  7. Web site: Discografie Fatboy Slim . Hung Medien . dutchcharts.nl . 4 September 2010.
  8. Web site: Discography Fatboy Slim . Hung Medien . charts.nz . 4 September 2010.
  9. Web site: Discographie Fatboy Slim . Hung Medien . swisscharts.com . 25 October 2011 . select "Charts" tab.
  10. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=fatboy slim|chart=Billboard 200}} Fatboy Slim – Chart History: Billboard 200 ]. . . 25 October 2011.
  11. United Kingdom. Fatboy Slim. March 6, 2024.
  12. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums . . 4 September 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611211848/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2000.htm . 11 June 2011 .
  13. Web site: The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Fatboy Slim) . Hung Medien . swisscharts.com . 25 October 2011.
  14. Web site: Goud/Platina . . 27 August 2018 . nl . enter "Fatboy Slim" into the "Artiest of Titel" box . 4 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180704212857/https://nvpi.nl/nvpi-audio/marktinformatie/goud-platina/ . dead .
  15. United States. Fatboy Slim. 25 October 2011.
  16. Web site: Certifications Albums Platine - année 2002. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. 2002. fr. 25 October 2011.
  17. Web site: Tobias . Zywietz . Chart Log UK: Various Artists (Compilations) . zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz . 2 May 2012.
  18. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=fatboy slim|chart=Dance/Electronic Albums C}} Fatboy Slim – Chart History: Dance/Electronic Albums ]. . . 4 May 2012.
  19. Australia. Fatboy Slim. album. 2006. 27 December 2021.
  20. Web site: Fatboy Slim vs. Australia on Apple Music. iTunes. 19 January 2018 . 31 January 2018.
  21. Peak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
    • All except "Everybody Needs a 303", "Punk to Funk", "Song for Shelter" (Remix), "Drop the Hate", "Talkin' Bout My Baby" and "Don't Let the Man Get You Down": Web site: Fatboy Slim . . 4 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615125708/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/fatboy%20slim/ . 15 June 2011 .
    • "Everybody Needs a 303", "Punk to Funk", "Song for Shelter" (Remix), "Drop the Hate", "Talkin' Bout My Baby" and "Don't Let the Man Get You Down": Web site: Chart Log UK: Adam F – FYA . zobbel.de . Tobias Zywietz . 9 January 2012 .
  22. Peak chart positions for singles in Australia:
    • All except "Gangster Trippin", "Sunset (Bird of Prey)", "Demons" and "Song for Shelter" / "Ya Mama": Web site: Discography Fatboy Slim . Hung Medien . australian-charts.com . 4 September 2010 .
    • "Gangster Trippin'" and "Sunset (Bird of Prey)": Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
    • "Demons": Web site: The ARIA Report: Issue 574 (Week Commencing 26 February 2001) . . 9 June 2012 . 5 . bot: unknown . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue574.pdf . 21 February 2002 .
    • "Song for Shelter" / "Ya Mama": Web site: The ARIA Report: Issue 604 (Week Commencing 24 September 2001) . . 9 June 2012 . 2 . bot: unknown . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue604.pdf . 21 February 2002 .
  23. Web site: Chartverfolgung / Fatboy Slim / Single . . musicline.de . 25 October 2011 . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217072316/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Fatboy+Slim/?type=single . 17 December 2014 . dead .
  24. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=fatboy slim|chart=Hot 100}} Fatboy Slim – Chart History: Hot 100 ]. . . 15 September 2011.
  25. Fatboy Slim . 1999 . Build It Up – Tear It Down . track listing . . 667885 2.
  26. Web site: Machines Can Do the Work (Fatboy Slim vs. Hervé) – Single by Fatboy Slim & Hervé . . . March 9, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130118081944/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/machines-can-do-work-fatboy/id373755885 . January 18, 2013.
  27. Web site: Listen to Fatboy Slim and Eats Everything's new track, 'All The Ladies' . Wheeler . Seb . March 10, 2020 . Mixmag . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320100247/https://mixmag.net/read/fatboy-slim-eats-everything-new-track-ladies-news . March 20, 2020 . March 20, 2020.
  28. Web site: Carl Cox And Fatboy Slim Talk ‘Speed Trials On Acid,’ Being A Firefighter And Their Long-Standing Friendship . Kocay . Lisa . April 27, 2022 . . April 27, 2022.
  29. Web site: Fatboy Slim’s 500th Single “Role Model” – A Milestone Celebration on Southern Fried Records . May 17, 2024 . Tune in May . May 19, 2024.
  30. Web site: mvdbase.com - Fatboy Slim. mvdbase.com. 11 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20170203081037/http://www.mvdbase.com/person.php?id=A3600. February 3, 2017.
  31. The Greatest Hits – Why Make Videos . . 2006 . liner notes . Skint . Brassic40DVD.
  32. Web site: Spike Jonze Unmasked . . 3 May 2012 . Smith, Ethan.
  33. Web site: Praise You Fatboy Slim. https://web.archive.org/web/20081206115238/http://www.mtv.com/videos/fatboy-slim/18124/praise-you.jhtml. dead. December 6, 2008. MTV Music. MTV Networks. 3 May 2012.
  34. Web site: Weapon of Choice Fatboy Slim. https://web.archive.org/web/20081101054754/http://www.mtv.com/videos/fatboy-slim/10885/weapon-of-choice.jhtml. dead. November 1, 2008. MTV Music. MTV Networks. 3 May 2012.