You've Come a Long Way, Baby

This article is about the musical album. For the advertising jingle, see Virginia Slims § Marketing.
You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Studio album by Fatboy Slim
Released October 19, 1998
Studio The House of Love
(Brighton, England)
Genre Big beat
Length 61:59
Label Skint
Producer Norman Cook
Fatboy Slim chronology
On the Floor at the Boutique
(1998)		 You've Come a Long Way, Baby
(1998)		 Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
(2000)
Alternate cover
North American cover
Singles from You've Come a Long Way, Baby
  1. "The Rockafeller Skank"
    Released: 8 June 1998
  2. "Gangster Tripping"
    Released: 5 October 1998
  3. "Praise You"
    Released: 4 January 1999
  4. "Right Here, Right Now"
    Released: 19 April 1999
  5. "Build It Up – Tear It Down"
    Released: 15 September 1999

You've Come a Long Way, Baby is the second studio album by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released on 19 October 1998 by Skint Records.[1] It was both a critical and commercial success, containing four top ten singles. The album was made at his home-studio The House of Love in Brighton.[2][3] The album was re-released as a deluxe 2 CD edition in 2009 and as a single album in July 2015.[4]

The four singles brought Fatboy Slim an international profile and You've Come a Long Way, Baby was described as his 'global break-through album'.[2] Its success earned him a Brit Award in 1999.[5]

Release

The album peaked at number one on the UK albums chart, number one in New Zealand, number two in Australia,[6] and number thirty-four on the US Billboard 200. Four singles were released from the album: "The Rockafeller Skank", "Gangster Tripping", "Praise You", and "Right Here, Right Now", each of which reached the top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.[7] "Build It Up – Tear It Down" was also released as a promo, but not as a commercial single.

You've Come a Long Way, Baby faced issues regarding the use of profanity, most notably on the track "Fucking in Heaven" (renamed "In Heaven" in North America, and "Illin in Heaven" on the censored version), where the word 'fucking' is spoken 108 times by DJ Freddy Fresh. The word "shit" is used in "Gangster Tripping" 57 times, which makes a total of 165 profanities. Because of this, the album was given a Parental Advisory sticker. It is possible that the repeated use of "druggy" in "Kalifornia" also required the sticker, which is not limited to simply profanity but also to drug references.

Title and artwork

The title You've Come a Long Way, Baby was derived from a marketing slogan for Virginia Slims cigarettes.[8] Conceived by Red Design, the album's primary cover art features an obese young man dressed in a T-shirt bearing the words "I'm No. 1 so why try harder".[9][10] The original photograph was taken at the 1983 Fat People's Festival in Danville, Virginia and provided by the Rex Features photo library.[11] Despite a series of enquiries, the man has not been identified.[12] Additional photography for the You've Come a Long Way, Baby liner notes was provided by Simon Thornton.[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
Christgau's Consumer Guide[14]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[15]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[16]
NME8/10[17]
Pitchfork Media8.2/10[18]
Q[19]
Rolling Stone[20]
Spin8/10[21]
Sunday Mirror8/10[22]

The album received critical acclaim, particularly for its beats and hooks, and is considered a benchmark album in big beat music. In 1999, it was certified 3× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), 3xPlatinum by the Australian Record Industry Association[6] and platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2000, the album was ranked number 81 in Q magazine's readers' poll of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever".[23] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[24]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Right Here, Right Now"  Norman Cook, Dale Peters, Joe Walsh 6:27
2. "The Rockafeller Skank"  Cook, John Barry, Winifred Terry 6:53
3. "Fucking in Heaven"  Cook 3:54
4. "Gangster Tripping"  Cook, Josh Davis, Sam Brox, Ganiyu Pierre Gasper, Stephen Jones, Nicholas Lockett, Myke Wilson 5:20
5. "Build It Up – Tear It Down"  Cook, Patricia Miller 5:05
6. "Kalifornia"  Cook, Mr. Natural 5:53
7. "Soul Surfing"  Cook, Earl Nelson, Fred Smith 4:56
8. "You're Not from Brighton"  Cook 5:20
9. "Praise You"  Cook, Camille Yarbrough 5:23
10. "Love Island"  Cook 5:18
11. "Acid 8000"  Cook 7:28
Total length:
 1:01:59
Sample credits[9]

Personnel

Credits for You've Come a Long Way, Baby adapted from liner notes.[9]

Charts

Chart (1998–99) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[25] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[26] 13
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[27] 27
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[28] 35
Canada (RPM)[29] 16
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[30] 29
France (SNEP)[31] 10
Germany (Media Control)[32] 15
Ireland (IRMA)[33] 19
Netherlands (MegaCharts)[34] 27
Norway (VG-lista)[35] 20
New Zealand (RIANZ)[36] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[37] 24
Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade)[38] 23
UK Albums Chart (OCC)[39] 1
US Billboard 200[40] 34

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog no.
United Kingdom 19 October 1998 Skint Records CD[41] BRASSIC 11CD
LP[42][43] BRASSIC 11LP
United States 20 October 1998 Astralwerks ASW 66247-1
Cassette[44] ASW 66247
CD[45] ASW 66247-2
United Kingdom 4 December 1998 Skint Records MiniDisc[46] BRASSIC 11MD
Japan 6 April 1999 CD[47] SKI 491973
13 July 1999 Sony Music Entertainment CD (limited edition)[48] ESCA 491973
United Kingdom 22 September 2009 Skint Records CD (deluxe edition)[49] BRASSIC 56CD

References

  1. ↑ "Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way, Baby". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. 1 2 Petridis, Alexis (2004-09-10). "How the Fatboy grew up". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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  4. ↑ "Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way, Baby". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  5. ↑ "Fatboy Slim: Superstar DJ who bounced back from rehab reveals secret of the five Fs". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  6. 1 2 "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
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  8. ↑ "Fatboy Slim Drops Beats on New Beautiful South Record". MTV. 11 September 1998. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 4 You've Come a Long Way, Baby (liner notes). Fatboy Slim. Skint Records. 1998. BRASSIC 11CD.
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  11. ↑ "Fat Peoples Festival in Danville, Virginia, America – 1983". Rex Features. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  12. ↑ Jonze, Tim (15 August 2013). "Fatboy Slim: 'My weirdest gig? The House of Commons'". 30 Minutes With …. The Guardian (Guardian News and Media). Retrieved 15 August 2013. We still haven't ever found the fat kid from the cover of You've Come a Long Way, Baby. He's still never identified himself, despite me putting out appeals. I would actually like to give him some money!
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  14. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-312-24560-2.
  15. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
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