The Rockafeller Skank

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The Rockafeller Skank

Song Information

The Rockafeller Skank's banner.

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

The Rockafella Skank's banner.
  • In Dancing Stage Unleashed3, The Rockafeller Skank's title is shown as The Rockafella Skank.
  • The Rockafeller Skank uses its promotional video, eliminating any 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

Untranslated.

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