Everybody Jam!

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Everybody Jam! is the 1996 album by Scatman John, the follow-up to 1995's highly successful Scatman's World. The album continues along the thematic lines of the first album but with an evolved sound, and certaintly cemented his popularity in Japan, released there with no less than five bonus tracks.

The album only had two single releases: the title track tribute to Louis Armstrong and "Let It Go", neither of which were particularly successful internationally. However, the Japanese bonus tracks "Pripri Scat" and "Su Su Su Super Kirei" charted successfully there as single releases. "The Invisible Man" is a cover of the Queen song, adding numerous ingredients not present in the original. Arguably the most popular song on the album is "U-Turn": a revamped version of "Hey You" which earlier appeared as the B-side to "Song of Scatland".

The album reached #17 on the Japanese charts and remained in the Top 40 for 9 weeks, selling just under 100,000 copies; a minor success compared to Scatman's World, but still an accomplishment for a foreign artist.

Track listing

1. "Stop the Rain" – 4:06
2. "Everybody Jam!" – 3:31
3. "The Invisible Man" – 3:26
4. "Let It Go" – 3:47
5. "Message to You" – 3:36
6. "(I Want To) Be Someone" – 3:17
7. "Scatmusic" – 3:57
8. "Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Mind" – 3:54
9. "(We Got To Learn To) Live Together" – 3:52
10. "Ballad of Love" – 3:42
11. "People of the Generation" – 3:44
12. "Lebanon" – 3:34
13. "U-Turn" – 3:47
14. "Everybody Jam!" [Club Jam] – 5:41
    Japanese bonus tracks:
15. "Paa Pee Poo Pae Po" – 3:50
16. "I'm Free" – 3:37
17. "Jazzology" – 3:53
18. "Pripri Scat" [Radio Edit] – 3:16
19. "Su Su Su Super Kirei" [Radio Edit] – 3:56