Praise You

"Praise You"
Single by Fatboy Slim
from the album You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Released
  • 4 January 1999 (1999-01-04) (UK)
  • 16 February 1999 (1999-02-16) (US)
Recorded 1998
Genre Big beat
Length
  • 5:23 (album version)
  • 3:48 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Norman Cook
Fatboy Slim singles chronology
"Gangster Trippin"
(1998)		 "Praise You"
(1999)		 "Right Here, Right Now"
(1999)
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"Praise You" is a song by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim. It was released as the third single from his second studio album, You've Come a Long Way, Baby, in 1999. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, number four in Canada, number six in the Republic of Ireland and number 36 in the United States.

As of 1999 it has sold over 150,000 units in United States. [1]

Samples

The song features a prominent vocal sample from the opening of "Take Yo' Praise" by Camille Yarbrough,[2] as well as a prominent piano sample from the track "Balance and Rehearsal" from a test album entitled Sessions released by audio electronics company JBL.[3] The song also features a guitar sample from the opening of "It's a Small World" from the Disneyland Records-released album Mickey Mouse Disco[4] and the theme from the cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.[5]

Music video

The accompanying video for "Praise You" was directed by Spike Jonze with Roman Coppola.[6] Jonze starred in the film under the pseudonym Richard Koufey, along with a fictional dance group: The Torrance Community Dance Group.[6] The video intro described it as "A Torrance Public Film Production".[7]

The video was shot guerrilla-style – that is, on location without obtaining permission from the owners of the property – in front of puzzled onlookers outside a movie theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.[8] In the video, Jonze and the dance group, acting as a flash mob, dance to "Praise You", much to the chagrin of a theatre employee who turns off their portable stereo. One of the actor-dancers in the fictional dance group, Michael Gier, documents the making of the "Praise You" video on his website.[8]

The "Praise You" video was made only because Jonze, unable to work with Fatboy Slim on the video for "The Rockafeller Skank", recorded and sent his own solo dance video to "Skank" as a gift; Jonze's 'alternate' music video was so well received by Slim that Jonze's fictional Torrance Community Dance Group was green-lighted for the official video for "Praise You".[9]

Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) is briefly seen in the video as one of the many onlookers, with the clearest view shown at the conclusion of the video, while Jonze claims his "b-boy moves" came from living in New York. Cook curiously peers over Jonze to catch a glimpse of the camera before walking off to the right.

The video reportedly cost only US$800 to produce.[10]

The video won three major awards at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards: Breakthrough Video, Best Direction (awarded to "Torrance Community Dance Group"), and Best Choreography (awarded to "Richard Koufey & Michael Rooney"). It was also nominated for, but did not win, Best Dance Video. The group also put on a dance performance to the song at the awards.[11] In 2001, it was voted number one of the 100 best videos of all time, in a poll to mark the 20th anniversary of MTV.[12]

Year Nominee/work Award Result
1999 MTV Video Music Award[13] Best Dance Video Nominated
Breakthrough Video Won
Best Direction Won
Best Choreography Won
MTV Video Music Award Best Video Nominated
2000 Grammy Award Best Dance Recording Nominated

Charts

Other versions

A 2017 version, recorded by Hannah Grace and the London Contemporary Voices Choir, was used by Lloyds Bank in an advertising campaign.[34] In November 2017, an American TV advertisement for Forevermark Diamonds featured a version sung by Jon Kenzie.[35]

References

  1. ↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (25 December 1999). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Presenting Camille Yarbrough: The Featured Voice on Fatboy Slim's Praise You". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Sample Details". whosampled.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Sample Details". whosampled.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Mark Schwartz. "Various Artists 'The Perfect Beats: New York Electro Hip-Hop and Underground Dance Classics: 1980–1985'". Vibe (December 1998 – January 1999). Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  6. 1 2 Smith, Ethan. "Spike Jonze Unmasked". New York. New York Media (25 October 1999). Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Praise You - Fatboy Slim". YouTube. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  8. 1 2 Gier, Michael. "Fatboy Slim's Music Video "Praise You"". michaelgier.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "FATBOY SLIM ROLLS WITH JONZE - NME". NME. 1998-05-12. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  10. ↑ Hewitt, Ben. "7 strange quirks in pop videos that you can't unsee". BBC Music. BBC. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Spike Jonze Highlights Fatboy Slim's VMA "Performance"". mtv.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  12. ↑ "Fatboy Slim's Praise You voted best video". The Guardian. 2001-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  13. ↑ "1999 MTV Video Music Awards". rockonthenet.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Fatboy Slim – Praise You". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  15. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Fatboy Slim – Praise You" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  16. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 69, No. 6, May 31, 1999". RPM. Walt Grealis. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  17. ↑ "Musicline.de – Fatboy Slim Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  18. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  19. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 36, 1999" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  20. ↑ "Charts.nz – Fatboy Slim – Praise You". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  21. ↑ "Notowanie nr 893 – z dnia 12.03.1999" (in Polish). Polskie Radio. Nowe Media. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  22. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  23. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Fatboy Slim – Praise You". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  24. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Fatboy Slim – Praise You". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  25. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  26. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  27. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  28. ↑ "Fatboy Slim Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  29. ↑ "Fatboy Slim Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  30. ↑ "Fatboy Slim Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  31. ↑ "Fatboy Slim Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  32. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999". RPM. 13 December 1999. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  33. ↑ "British single certifications – Fatboy Slim – Praise You". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Praise You in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  34. ↑ "Fatboy Slim 'Praise You' covered for Lloyds Bank". U Music Pub.
  35. ↑ "The Forevermark Tribute Collection TV Commercial, 'For All You Are'" iSpot.tv
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