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This article is about the album. For the song, see Scatman's World (song).
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Scatman's World is an album by American musician Scatman John, recorded after the worldwide success of his debut single "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)". It is somewhat of a concept album dealing with an imaginary Utopian society named "Scatland". He speaks about this at length in the liner notes: "If you're wondering where Scatland is, you don't have to look too far; it's between your deepest dreams and warmest wishes".

Scatman's World was very popular internationally, particularly in Japan, where it reached No. 2 and stayed on the charts for 40 weeks, selling more than 1,560,000 copies overall, ranking among the top twenty best-selling albums of all time in that country recorded by non-Japanese artists.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Larkin except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Welcome To Scatland" 0:49
2."Scatman's World"Antonio Nunzio Catania, John Larkin3:40
3."Only You" 3:42
4."Quiet Desperation" 3:51
5."Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)"Catania, Larkin3:30
6."Sing Now!" 3:38
7."Popstar" 4:13
8."Time (Take Your Time)" 3:41
9."Mambo Jambo" 3:30
10."Everything Changes" 4:38
11."Song of Scatland" 5:05
12."Hi, Louis" 2:34
13."Scatman (Game Over Jazz)" 5:03

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[17] Gold 185,000[16]
Japan (RIAJ)[18] Million 1,560,000[19]
Poland (ZPAV)[20] Gold 50,000*
Sweden (GLF)[21] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Ultratop.be – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  5. ^ "Scatman John: Scatman's World" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  6. ^ "Lescharts.com – Scatman John – Scatman's World". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  7. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  8. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Scatman John – Scatman's World". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  9. ^ スキャットマン・ジョン-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "Highest position and charting weeks of Scatman's World by Scatman John". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved March 12, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Scatman John – Scatman's World". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Scatman John – Scatman's World". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  12. ^ "1995年 アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1995] (in Japanese). Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  13. ^ "Les Albums (CD) de 1995 par InfoDisc" (in French). infodisc.fr. Archived from the original (PHP) on April 7, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Hitparade.ch - Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1995". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  15. ^ "1996年 アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1996] (in Japanese). Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  16. ^ "Les Albums Or". infodisc.fr (in French). SNEP. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "French album certifications – Scatman John – Scatman's World" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  18. ^ 年度別ミリオンセラー一覧　1995年 [Million-certified Singles and Albums: 1995]. Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  19. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  20. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 1995 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  21. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved March 2, 2013.


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