Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)

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"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)"
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Single by Scatman John
from the album Scatman's World
Released November 30, 1994
Format
Genre Eurodance
Length 5:03
3:30 (radio edit)
Label RCA Records
Writer(s)
  • John Larkin
  • Antonio Nunzio Catania
Producer(s)
  • Antonio Nunzio Catania
  • Ingo Kays
Scatman John singles chronology
"Scatman
(Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)"
(1994)		 "Scatman's World"
(1995)

"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" is a song by American Eurodance artist Scatman John (real name John Paul Larkin). The song was released in November 1994 as the lead single from his second album Scatman's World. Sales were slow at first, but the song was picked up by many radio stations and eventually became very successful internationally, reaching number one in many parts of Europe and charting in Australia, New Zealand and in Japan. Counter to standard practice, Larkin performed the song live on Top of the Pops. It was also used in the popular Good Humor ice cream advertising campaign of 1995–96, sung as "I'm a Good Humor Man".

Content

The lyrics detail how Scatman John overcame his difficulties with stuttering.

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "Scatman" (Basic-Radio) – 3:30
  2. "Scatman" (Jazz-Level) – 3:41
  3. "Scatman" (Second-Level) – 5:40
  4. "Scatman" (Third-Level) – 5:46
  5. "Scatman" (Game-Over-Jazz) – 5:03
CD maxi 2
  1. "Scatman" (new radio edit) – 3:21
  2. "Scatman" (Pech Remix) – 4:55
    • Remixed by Pech
  3. "Scatman" (Arena di Verona Mix) – 6:04
  4. "Scatman" (extended radio version) – 5:11

Charts and sales

Chart successions

Preceded by Danish Singles Chart number-one single
March 4, 1995 – April 1, 1995 (5 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Sarajevo's børn - Gi dem et håb" by Various
Preceded by Norwegian VG-Lista number-one single
9/1995 (1 week)
12/1995 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Think Twice" by Céline Dion
Preceded by Austrian number-one single
April 9, 1995 – May 14, 1995 (6 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)" by Sin with Sebastian
Preceded by Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
April 15, 1995 (1 week)
May 27, 1995 – June 17, 1995 (4 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Back for Good" by Take That
"Scream/Childhood" by Michael and Janet Jackson
Preceded by Swiss number-one single
April 30, 1995 – June 25, 1995 (9 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams
Preceded by Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single
May 6, 1995 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" by Céline Dion
Preceded by Irish IRMA number-one single
May 20, 1995 – May 27, 1995 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2
Preceded by Belgian (Flanders) number-one single
May 20, 1995 – May 27, 1995 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Think Twice" by Céline Dion
Preceded by French SNEP number one single
July 1, 1995 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" by Céline Dion
Preceded by Canadian RPM Dance chart number-one single
August 28, 1995 – September 18, 1995 (4 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Fat Boy" by Max-A-Million

In film

Soundtrack was featured as background for some of the scenes in 1997 film Nothing to Lose.[25] It was also featured in the 1998 film BASEketball.[26]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 6, 2008)
  2. ↑ RPM: issue date November 6, 1995
  3. ↑ RPM: issue date September 4, 1995
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Finnish peak
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Billboard: Hits of the World, May 13, 1995
  10. ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  12. ↑ 1995 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  13. ↑ 1995 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  14. ↑ 1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  15. ↑ 1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  16. ↑ Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1995
  17. ↑ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)
  18. ↑ 1995 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  19. ↑ 1995 Swedish Singles Chart
  20. ↑ Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  21. ↑ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no (Retrieved July 10, 2008)
  24. ↑ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved July 24, 2008)
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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