| Slash Dot Dash | |
| Cover: | SlashDotDash-FatboySlim.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Fatboy Slim |
| Album: | Palookaville |
| Released: | [1] |
| Length: | 2:53 |
| Label: | Skint |
| Producer: | Fatboy Slim |
| Prev Title: | Talkin' bout My Baby |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | Wonderful Night |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
"Slash Dot Dash" is a song by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released as a single from his album Palookaville. Cook himself plays bass guitar on the track. It also appeared on Fatboy Slim's greatest hits album The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder.[2] The single peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, number six in Spain, and number 27 in Italy. The original version of the track, contained on an advance US copy of the album, uses a different vocal sample which was possibly changed due to sample clearance issues.
"Slash Dot Dash" garnered negative reviews upon its release, with some critics feeling that the song was too similar to Fatboy Slim's previous work.[3] Entertainment Weekly's review of "Palookaville" noted that "'Slash Dot Dash' and its high-BPM (beats-per-minute) ilk — feel(s) half-cocked, like Cook can’t quite commit to the moment."[4] Pitchfork's Johnny Loftus was equally critical of the track, stating that the song is "as empty as the vacuum after the dot-com bust, a tinfoil crumple of store-bought spy guitar and a vocal sample that needles three times sharper than the funk soul brother."[5]
A music video, directed by Tim Pope,[6] was released, featuring people vandalizing and dancing in a bathroom.[7]
Despite the song's poor critical reception, it performed well commercially in the United Kingdom, debuting at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and spending a total of three weeks in the Top 50. The song also entered the top 30 in Italy, where it reached number 27, and in Spain, where it reached number six.
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