Gangster Tripping

"Gangster Trippin"
Single by Fatboy Slim
from the album You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Released	5 October 1998
Format	CD, 12"
Genre	Big beat, nu-funk, alternative hip hop
Length	5:20
Label	Skint
Writer(s)	Fatboy Slim Dust Junkys
Producer(s)	Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim singles chronology
"The Rockafeller Skank" (1998) "Gangster Trippin" (1998) "Praise You" (1999)

"Gangster Tripping" (released as a single under the name "Gangster Trippin") is a song by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim. It was released in October 1998 as the second single from his album You've Come a Long Way, Baby.

Samples

The song contains samples^[1] from "Entropy" by DJ Shadow,^[2] "Word Play" and "The Turntablist Anthem" by the X-Ecutioners,^[2] "Beat Box Wash" by the Dust Junkys (this track contains the song's chorus line),^[2] and "You Did It" by Ann Robinson. In the radio cut, the verse "We gotta kick that gangsta shit" was re-edited for censorship purposes. The song was featured on the 2006 PlayStation Portable game Lumines II and the 1999 film Go. The single peaked at No. 3 in the UK and No. 49 in Switzerland.

Track listing

1. "Gangster Trippin"
2. "The World Went Down"
3. "Jack It Up (DJ Delite)"

Music video

The music video for "Gangster Trippin", directed by Roman Coppola, consists simply of scenes of furniture sets exploding, shown from multiple angles, and often in slow-motion. Fatboy Slim himself makes a cameo in the video, being shown on a photograph on the mirror where a lady stands up from. According to MTV at the time, the script for the video contained just one line: "Blow stuff up".

The video shows certain similarities to the ending of Antonioni's Zabriskie Point where several pieces of furniture are blown up similarly in slow motion and from different angles. Director Coppola often praised the works of Antonioni in interviews.^[3][4]

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak Position
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5]	6
Germany (Official German Charts)[6]	98
Ireland (IRMA)[7]	17
Italy (FIMI)[8]	16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9]	68
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10]	32
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11]	49
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12]	49
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13]	3

References

1. Making of 'Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin' in Ableton by Sonic Academy
2. WhoSampled - Discover Fatboy Slim's Sample-Based Music and Cover Songs
3. "BBC - Films - interview - Roman Coppola". BBC.
4. "My '60s European Movie - One Q, One A with Roman Coppola". TheStranger.
5. "Fatboy Slim: Gangster Trippin" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
6. "Musicline.de – Fatboy Slim Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
7. "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
8. "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: F". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Fatboy Slim – Gangster Trippin" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
10. "Charts.org.nz – Fatboy Slim – Gangster Trippin". Top 40 Singles.
11. "Swedishcharts.com – Fatboy Slim – Gangster Trippin". Singles Top 100.
12. "Swisscharts.com – Fatboy Slim – Gangster Trippin". Swiss Singles Chart.
13. "Archive Chart: 1998-10-17" UK Singles Chart.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics