Song for Shelter / Ya Mama

"Song for Shelter" / "Ya Mama" is a song by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released as a double A-side single in September 2001. Both songs are on his 2000 album Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. "Ya Mama" is on the Charlie's Angels soundtrack and film and in a trailer for Spy Kids. The single peaked at No. 30 on the UK singles chart.

The CD2 single is led by the Chemical Brothers' remix of "Song for Shelter".

"Song for Shelter"

"Song for Shelter" is the first song on the single and the final and longest song on the album Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, lasting over 11 minutes, with the last two and a half minutes being what is essentially a separate track, "Talkin' bout My Baby (Reprise)". "Song for Shelter" features Roger Sanchez and Roland Clark. A remix for the song by The Chemical Brothers was made and released as a separate single.

The song's vocals are sampled from Roland Clark's song "I Get Deep". The song was featured over the credits on several episodes of Green Wing.

When reviewing follow-up album Palookaville, Stylus Magazine said the song was "undoubtley" Fatboy Slim's "finest moment to date", noting "the ten-minute house anthem “Song for Shelter”, whose redemptive power was so awesome that it almost saved Larry Clark’s inconceivably atrocious film Bully simply by gracing the last scene."^[1]

"Ya Mama"

"Ya Mama", often mistitled "Push the Tempo", is the second song on the single and is featured on the soundtrack of Charlie's Angels.

The song contains various samples; the guitar riffs are sampled from "The Kettle" by Colosseum. The "push the tempo" vocals are taken "Let the Rhythm Pump" by Doug Lazy. The "shake what ya mama gave ya" vocals are sampled from "Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya" by Stik E & The Hoodz. Part of the drum sample was taken from Block Rockin' Beats by The Chemical Brothers.

Sometimes, the single is known as "Ya Mama/Song for Shelter" instead of the titles appearing the other way around. This title is given to several import editions.

Music video

The music video of "Ya Mama" was produced by Traktor, a collective also known for producing Basement Jaxx' "Where's Your Head At?" video and Madonna's music video for "Die Another Day". The song's music video is centered on a tape of the song which makes its listeners unwillingly enter into chaotic uncontrolled arm movements, trembling, dancing, to their own amazement as well as the other persons'. Tom and Jerry short Baby Puss can be heard in the background whenever the tape isn't playing. It was filmed in Carriacou in the Grenadines, where a complete town market was built and destroyed.^[2]

Track listing

CD

CD1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ya Mama"	5:40
2.	"Song for Shelter" (original)	7:18
3.	"Illuminati" (from the film Tomb Raider)	3:13
4.	"Ya Mama" (video)	4:51

CD2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Song for Shelter (Chemical Brothers remix)"	7:03
2.	"Song for Shelter (The 20:20 Vision Rollin' Mix)"	9:40
3.	"Ya Mama" (edit)	3:15

12"

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ya Mama"
2.	"Song for Shelter" (original)
3.	"Song for Shelter (Chemical Brothers remix)"

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak Position
UK Singles Chart	30

References

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Fatboy Slim

Studio albums	Better Living Through Chemistry You've Come a Long Way, Baby Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars Palookaville Here Lies Love

Live albums	On the Floor at the Boutique Live on Brighton Beach Big Beach Boutique II

Remix albums	The Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook Collection

Compilation albums	The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder

DJ sets	Late Night Tales: Fatboy Slim

EPs	My Game Illuminati Camber Sands The Pimp

Videos	Big Beach Boutique II – The Movie The Greatest Hits – Why Make Videos

Related articles	Discography Norman Cook discography The Housemartins Beats International Pizzaman Freak Power The Brighton Port Authority Think Tank

Fatboy Slim singles

Better Living Through Chemistry	"Everybody Needs a 303" "Punk to Funk" "Going Out of My Head"

You've Come a Long Way, Baby	"The Rockafeller Skank" "Gangster Trippin" "Praise You" "Right Here, Right Now" "Build It Up – Tear It Down"

Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars	"Sunset (Bird of Prey)" "Demons" "Star 69"/"Weapon of Choice" "Song for Shelter"/"Ya Mama" "Drop the Hate" "Retox" "Talkin' Bout My Baby"

Palookaville	"Slash Dot Dash" "Wonderful Night" "The Joker" "Don't Let the Man Get You Down"

The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder	"That Old Pair of Jeans" "Champion Sound"

Late Night Tales: Fatboy Slim	"Radioactivity"

Here Lies Love	"Please Don't"

Other singles	"Everybody Needs a 303 (Remix — Everybody Loves a Carnival)" "Badder Badder Schwing" "Are We Having Fun Yet?" "Machines Can Do the Work" "Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat"

The Chemical Brothers

Tom Rowlands Ed Simons

Studio albums	Exit Planet Dust Dig Your Own Hole Surrender Come with Us Push the Button We Are the Night Further Born in the Echoes

Soundtracks	Hanna

Compilation albums	Live at the Social Vol 1 Singles 93-03 Brotherhood

Remix albums	Radio 1 Anti-Nazi Mix Brothers Gonna Work It Out In Glint

Live albums	Don't Think

EPs	Fourteenth Century Sky (as The Dust Brothers) My Mercury Mouth E.P (as The Dust Brothers) Loops of Fury Live 05

Singles	"Song to the Siren" (as The Dust Brothers) "Leave Home" "Life Is Sweet" "Setting Sun" "Where Do I Begin" "Block Rockin' Beats" "Elektrobank" "The Private Psychedelic Reel" "Hey Boy Hey Girl" "Let Forever Be" "Out of Control" "Music: Response" "Asleep from Day"/"Music: Response" "It Began in Afrika" "Star Guitar" "Come with Us"/"The Test" "The Golden Path" "Get Yourself High" "Galvanize" "Believe" "The Boxer" "Do It Again" "The Salmon Dance" "Midnight Madness" "Escape Velocity" "Swoon" "Another World" "Horse Power" "Go" "Under Neon Lights"

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