This article is about the Fatboy Slim album. For the advertising jingle, see Virginia Slims § Marketing.
You've Come a Long Way, Baby is the second studio album by Fatboy Slim, a project of English electronic music producer Norman Cook. It was first released on 19 October 1998 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and a day later in the United States by Astralwerks. Cook recorded and produced the album at his home studio in Brighton, known as the House of Love,[3][4] using an Atari ST computer, Creator software, and floppy disks.[5][6] The photo on the album cover was originally taken at the 1983 Fat Peoples Festival in Danville, Virginia; for the North American release, the album cover was changed to an image of shelves stacked with records.
The title You've Come a Long Way, Baby was derived from a marketing slogan for Virginia Slims cigarettes.[10] The previously released "The Rockafeller Skank" single liner notes revealed that a once tentative title for the album had been Let's Hear It for the Little Guy.
Conceived by Red Design, the album's primary cover art features an obese young man dressed in a T-shirt bearing the words "I'm #1 so why try harder" while holding a cigarette in his left hand.[11][12] The original photograph was taken at the 1983 Fat People's Festival in Danville, Virginia and provided by the Rex Features photo library.[13] Despite a series of inquiries, the man has not been identified.[14]
Additional photography for the You've Come a Long Way, Baby liner notes was provided by Simon Thornton.[11] The cover image was changed in North America to an image of shelves stacked with records.
You've Come a Long Way, Baby received critical acclaim.[24] According to Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, it "came damn close to being the definitive big beat album... a seamless record, filled with great imagination, unexpected twists and turns, huge hooks, and great beats."[1] In 2000, the album was ranked number 81 in Q magazine's readers' poll of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever".[25] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[26]
"Right Here, Right Now" contains samples of "Ashes, the Rain, and I", written by Dale Peters and Joe Walsh, and performed by the James Gang.
"The Rockafeller Skank" contains samples of "Sliced Tomatoes", written by Winifred Terry and performed by the Just Brothers, and "Beat Girl", written and performed by John Barry.
"Gangster Trippin" contains samples of "Entropy", written and performed by DJ Shadow (Josh Davis), and "Beatbox Wash", written and performed by the Dust Junkys (Sam Brox, Ganiyu Pierre Gasper, Stephen Jones, Nicholas Lockett and Myke Wilson).
"Build It Up – Tear It Down" contains samples of "The Acid Test", written by Patricia Miller and performed by The Purple Fox.
"Soul Surfing" contains samples of "I'll Do a Little Bit More", written by Earl Nelson and Fred Smith, and performed by The Olympics.
"Praise You" contains samples of "Take Yo Praise", written and performed by Camille Yarbrough.
PersonnelEdit
Credits for You've Come a Long Way, Baby adapted from liner notes.[11]
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^""Fat Peoples Festival in Danville, Virginia, America – 1983" Set: 100734, Image: 100734b". Rex Features. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^Jonze, Tim (15 August 2013). "Fatboy Slim: 'My weirdest gig? The House of Commons'". 30 Minutes With ... The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2013. We still haven't ever found the fat kid from the cover of You've Come a Long Way, Baby. He's still never identified himself, despite me putting out appeals. I would actually like to give him some money!
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This article is about the Fatboy Slim album For the advertising jingle see Virginia Slims Marketing You ve Come a Long Way Baby is the second studio album by Fatboy Slim a project of English electronic music producer Norman Cook It was first released on 19 October 1998 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and a day later in the United States by Astralwerks Cook recorded and produced the album at his home studio in Brighton known as the House of Love 3 4 using an Atari ST computer Creator software and floppy disks 5 6 The photo on the album cover was originally taken at the 1983 Fat Peoples Festival in Danville Virginia for the North American release the album cover was changed to an image of shelves stacked with records You ve Come a Long Way BabyStudio album by Fatboy SlimReleased19 October 1998StudioThe House of Love BrightonGenreBig beat 1 techno 2 Length62 00LabelSkintAstralwerksProducerNorman CookFatboy Slim chronologyBetter Living Through Chemistry 1996 You ve Come a Long Way Baby 1998 Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars 2000 Alternative coverNorth American coverSingles from You ve Come a Long Way Baby The Rockafeller Skank Released 8 June 1998 Gangster Tripping Released 5 October 1998 Praise You Released 4 January 1999 Right Here Right Now Released 19 April 1999 Build It Up Tear It Down Released 15 September 1999You ve Come a Long Way Baby proved to be Cook s global breakthrough album 3 peaking at number one on the UK Albums Chart and number 34 on the US Billboard 200 7 Praised by critics for its sound and style the album brought international attention to Cook earning him a Brit Award in 1999 8 and was later certified four times platinum by the BPI and platinum by the RIAA Four singles were released from the album The Rockafeller Skank Gangster Tripping Praise You and Right Here Right Now all of which peaked within the top ten on the UK Singles Chart 9 Build It Up Tear It Down was also released as a promotional single citation needed Contents 1 Title and artwork 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 5 1 Weekly charts 5 2 Year end charts 6 Certifications 7 Release history 8 References 9 External linksTitle and artwork EditThe title You ve Come a Long Way Baby was derived from a marketing slogan for Virginia Slims cigarettes 10 The previously released The Rockafeller Skank single liner notes revealed that a once tentative title for the album had been Let s Hear It for the Little Guy Conceived by Red Design the album s primary cover art features an obese young man dressed in a T shirt bearing the words I m 1 so why try harder while holding a cigarette in his left hand 11 12 The original photograph was taken at the 1983 Fat People s Festival in Danville Virginia and provided by the Rex Features photo library 13 Despite a series of inquiries the man has not been identified 14 Additional photography for the You ve Come a Long Way Baby liner notes was provided by Simon Thornton 11 The cover image was changed in North America to an image of shelves stacked with records Critical reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 Entertainment WeeklyB 15 The Independent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 16 Muzik nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 17 NME8 10 18 Pitchfork8 2 10 19 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 20 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 21 Select5 5 22 Spin8 10 23 You ve Come a Long Way Baby received critical acclaim 24 According to Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic it came damn close to being the definitive big beat album a seamless record filled with great imagination unexpected twists and turns huge hooks and great beats 1 In 2000 the album was ranked number 81 in Q magazine s readers poll of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever 25 The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 26 In 1999 it was certified 3 platinum by the British Phonographic Industry BPI 3 Platinum by the Australian Record Industry Association 27 and platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Right Here Right Now Norman CookDale PetersJoe WalshCook6 272 The Rockafeller Skank CookJohn BarryWinifred TerryCook6 533 Fucking in Heaven renamed In Heaven and Illin in Heaven on the North American version CookCook3 554 Gangster Tripping CookJosh DavisSam BroxGaniyu Pierre GasperStephen JonesNicholas LockettMyke WilsonCook5 205 Build It Up Tear It Down CookPatricia MillerCook5 056 Kalifornia CookMr NaturalCook5 537 Soul Surfing CookEarl NelsonFred SmithCook4 568 You re Not from Brighton CookCook5 209 Praise You CookCamille YarbroughCook5 2310 Love Island CookCook5 1811 Acid 8000 CookCook7 28Total length 1 02 00 Australian edition bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length12 How Could They Hear Us Cook5 08Total length 1 07 08 Japanese edition bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length12 The World Went Down Cook6 43Total length 1 08 43 UK limited edition bonus discNo TitleWriter s Length1 Everybody Loves a Carnival radio edit CookEdwin Starr4 052 Michael Jackson Cook5 473 Next to Nothing Cook7 154 Es Paradis Cook5 43Total length 22 50 Tenth anniversary deluxe edition bonus discNo TitleWriter s Length1 Cowboy featuring Eve CookKaseem DeanEve JeffersJay Icepick JacksonMashonda Tifrere5 342 Radioactivity featuring Myriam Tisler Ralf HutterFlorian SchneiderEmil Schult3 413 Because We Can CookJim BroadbentMarius de Vries3 294 Always Read the Label Cook5 425 Tweakers Delight Cook3 086 The World Went Down Cook6 437 Jack It Up DJ Delite Cook4 058 Don t Forget Your Teeth Cook5 419 Praise You original version CookYarbrough6 4110 Lounge Island Cook3 13Total length 48 07 Sample credits 11 Right Here Right Now contains samples of Ashes the Rain and I written by Dale Peters and Joe Walsh and performed by the James Gang The Rockafeller Skank contains samples of Sliced Tomatoes written by Winifred Terry and performed by the Just Brothers and Beat Girl written and performed by John Barry Gangster Trippin contains samples of Entropy written and performed by DJ Shadow Josh Davis and Beatbox Wash written and performed by the Dust Junkys Sam Brox Ganiyu Pierre Gasper Stephen Jones Nicholas Lockett and Myke Wilson Build It Up Tear It Down contains samples of The Acid Test written by Patricia Miller and performed by The Purple Fox Soul Surfing contains samples of I ll Do a Little Bit More written by Earl Nelson and Fred Smith and performed by The Olympics Praise You contains samples of Take Yo Praise written and performed by Camille Yarbrough Personnel EditCredits for You ve Come a Long Way Baby adapted from liner notes 11 Norman Cook performer production Red Design photography Simon Thornton engineering mixing photography Eve provides the vocals for the song Cowboy Freddy Fresh provides the vocal sample for the song Fucking in Heaven Myriam Tisler provides the vocals for the song Radioactivity Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1998 2001 Peak positionAustralian Albums ARIA 28 2Australian Dance Albums ARIA 29 1Austrian Albums O3 Austria 30 13Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 31 27Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 32 35Canadian Albums Billboard 33 19Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 34 29French Albums SNEP 35 10German Albums Offizielle Top 100 36 15Irish Albums IRMA 37 19New Zealand Albums RMNZ 38 1Norwegian Albums VG lista 39 20Scottish Albums OCC 40 1Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 41 24Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 42 23UK Albums OCC 43 1UK Independent Albums OCC 44 1US Billboard 200 45 34US Heatseekers Albums Billboard 46 2US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 47 17 Year end charts Edit Chart 1998 PositionUK Albums OCC 48 50Chart 1999 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 49 10Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 50 70Dutch Albums Album Top 100 51 81French Albums SNEP 52 44German Albums Offizielle Top 100 53 48UK Albums OCC 54 13US Billboard 200 55 93Chart 2000 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 56 83UK Albums OCC 57 85Chart 2018 PositionUS Vinyl Albums Billboard 58 11Certifications EditCertifications for You ve Come a Long Way Baby Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 59 3 Platinum 210 000 Canada Music Canada 60 Platinum 100 000 France SNEP 61 Platinum 300 000 Japan RIAJ 62 Gold 100 000 Netherlands NVPI 63 Gold 50 000 New Zealand RMNZ 64 4 Platinum 60 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 65 Gold 25 000 United Kingdom BPI 66 4 Platinum 1 200 000 United States RIAA 68 Platinum 1 400 000 67 SummariesEurope IFPI 69 2 Platinum 2 000 000 Worldwide 5 000 000 70 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Release history EditRegion Date Label Format Catalog no United Kingdom 19 October 1998 Skint Records CD 71 BRASSIC 11CDLP 72 73 BRASSIC 11LPUnited States 20 October 1998 Astralwerks ASW 66247 1Cassette 74 ASW 66247CD 75 ASW 66247 2United Kingdom 4 December 1998 Skint Records MiniDisc 76 BRASSIC 11MDJapan 6 April 1999 CD 77 SKI 49197313 July 1999 Sony Music Entertainment CD limited edition 78 ESCA 491973United Kingdom 22 September 2009 Skint Records CD deluxe edition 79 BRASSIC 56CDReferences Edit a b c Erlewine Stephen Thomas You ve Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim AllMusic Retrieved 15 September 2011 Blender Staff May 2003 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die Blender New York Dennis Publishing Ltd Retrieved 1 April 2023 a b Petridis Alexis 10 September 2004 How the Fatboy grew up The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 12 March 2016 Marcus Tony April 1998 Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy p 86 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help DJ Mag Game Changers Fatboy Slim Praise You YouTube Retrieved 12 October 2016 Top 2000 a gogo Fatboy Slim The Rockafeller Skank The story behind the song YouTube Retrieved 9 August 2022 Fatboy Slim Chart History Billboard Retrieved 27 July 2018 Fatboy Slim Superstar DJ who bounced back from rehab reveals secret of the five Fs The Independent 16 May 2015 Archived from the 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