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"Scatman"
Song

"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" is a song by American Eurodance artist Scatman John (real name John Paul Larkin). The song was released in November 1994 as the lead single from his second album Scatman's World. Sales were slow at first, but the song was picked up by many radio stations and eventually became very successful internationally, reaching number one in many parts of Europe and charting in Australia, New Zealand and in Japan. Counter to standard practice, Larkin performed the song live on Top of the Pops. It was also used in the popular Good Humor ice cream advertising campaign of 1995–96, sung as "I'm a Good Humor Man".

Content

The lyrics detail how Scatman John overcame his difficulties with stuttering.

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "Scatman" (Basic-Radio) – 3:30
  2. "Scatman" (Jazz-Level) – 3:41
  3. "Scatman" (Second-Level) – 5:40
  4. "Scatman" (Third-Level) – 5:46
  5. "Scatman" (Game-Over-Jazz) – 5:03
CD maxi 2
  1. "Scatman" (new radio edit) – 3:21
  2. "Scatman" (Pech Remix) – 4:55
    • Remixed by Pech
  3. "Scatman" (Arena di Verona Mix) – 6:04
  4. "Scatman" (extended radio version) – 5:11

Charts and sales

Chart successions

Preceded by Danish Singles Chart number-one single
March 4, 1995 – April 1, 1995 (5 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Sarajevo's børn - Gi dem et håb" by Various
Preceded by Norwegian VG-Lista number-one single
9/1995 (1 week)
12/1995 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Austrian number-one single
April 9, 1995 – May 14, 1995 (6 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
April 15, 1995 (1 week)
May 27, 1995 – June 17, 1995 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Swiss number-one single
April 30, 1995 – June 25, 1995 (9 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single
May 6, 1995 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Irish IRMA number-one single
May 20, 1995 – May 27, 1995 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Belgian (Flanders) number-one single
May 20, 1995 – May 27, 1995 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by French SNEP number one single
July 1, 1995 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Canadian RPM Dance chart number-one single
August 28, 1995 – September 18, 1995 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Fat Boy" by Max-A-Million

In film

Soundtrack was featured as background for some of the scenes in 1997 film Nothing to Lose.[25] It was also featured in the 1998 film BASEketball.[26]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 6, 2008)
  2. ^ RPM: issue date November 6, 1995
  3. ^ RPM: issue date September 4, 1995
  4. ^ Billboard 25 March 1995. Billboard. 1995-03-25. Retrieved 2010-12-01. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Finnish peak
  6. ^ "Scatman John singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  7. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  8. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1995" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  9. ^ Billboard: Hits of the World, May 13, 1995
  10. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  11. ^ a b c d e Billboard AllMusic (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  12. ^ 1995 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  13. ^ 1995 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  14. ^ 1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  15. ^ 1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  16. ^ Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1995
  17. ^ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)
  18. ^ 1995 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  19. ^ 1995 Swedish Singles Chart
  20. ^ Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  21. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  22. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Scatman')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  23. ^ Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no (Retrieved July 10, 2008)
  24. ^ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  25. ^ "Nothing to Lose (1997)- Soundtracks - Internet Movie Database".
  26. ^ "BASEketball (1998) - Soundtracks - Internet Movie Database".
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