The Rockafeller Skank
The Rockafeller Skank
Song Information
Artist: Fatboy Slim
Composition/Lyrics: Fatboy Slim
Album: You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
BPM: 153
Length: 1:42 (Dancing Stage Unleashed3), 1:37 (DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS (America))
First Music Game Appearance: Dancing Stage Unleashed3
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Right about now The funk soul brother, check it out now The funk soul brother, right about now The funk soul brother, check it out now The funk soul brother Right about now The funk soul brother, check it out now The funk soul brother, right about now The funk soul brother, check it out now The funk soul brother Right about now The funk soul brother, right about now The funk soul brother, check it out now The funk soul brother, right about now The funk soul brother, check it out now The funk soul brother, right about now The funk soul brother, check it out now The funk soul brother, right about now The funk soul brother, check it out now The funk soul brother
Song Connections / Remixes
- Dancing Stage Unleashed3 and DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS (America) use different cuts of The Rockafeller Skank.
- The Rockafeller Skank samples Sliced Tomatoes by Just Brothers, I Fought the Law (and the Law Won) by Bobby Fuller, Beat Girl by John Barry and his Orchestra, and Peter Gunn by Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy. The vocals are sampled from Vinyl Dog Vibe by Vinyl Dogs.
- A remix of The Rockafeller Skank by PINK PONG, titled The Rockafeller Skank (PINK PONG Remix), appears on the FLASH CUBE-produced BEST OF ELECTRO STEP album.
Trivia
- In Dancing Stage Unleashed3, The Rockafeller Skank's title is shown as The Rockafella Skank.
- The Rockafeller Skank features its music video, eliminating all on-screen dancers.
- Dancing Stage Unleashed3 and DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS (America) use different cuts of the video, to match their different song cuts.
- The Rockafeller Skank received a new banner and a new set of stepcharts in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS (America).
- According to Fatboy Slim, he receives no royalties from The Rockafeller Skank, as he had to give 25% of the royalties to each of the sampled artists to release the song.
Song Production Information
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CS Information Data
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS (America)
"The Rockafeller Skank" hit dancefloors everywhere in 1998 and Fatboy Slim's unique breakbeat style took the world by storm. The song's memorable vocal line is sampled from D.I.T.C. rapper Lord Finesse. The funk is inescapable and the beat won't let you down.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
Old Charts
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 109 / 4 | 160 / 20 | 239 / 29 | 362 / 30 | - / - / - | 160 / 20 | 239 / 29 | 384 / 4 | - / - / - |
| Dancing Stage Unleashed3 | N/A | 4 | 6 | 7 | — | 4 | 5 | 8 | — |
New Charts
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 98 / 1 | 150 / 6 | 241 / 24 | 346 / 28 | - / - / - | 148 / 4 | 226 / 9 | 320 / 33 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS US | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | 4 | 5 | 8 | — |