Fancy Footwork

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Fancy Footwork
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork.png
Studio album by
Chromeo
ReleasedMay 8, 2007 (2007-05-08)
Studio
  • DNA Productions, Mixart Studios (Montreal)
  • Third Side Studios (Paris)
Genre
Length39:53
Label
Producer Chromeo
Chromeo chronology
She's in Control
(2004)		Fancy Footwork
(2007)		 Business Casual
(2010)
Singles from Fancy Footwork
  1. "Fancy Footwork"
    Released: April 12, 2007
  2. "Tenderoni"
    Released: June 10, 2007
  3. "Bonafied Lovin"
    Released: November 1, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork Media 7.9/10 [6]
PopMatters 6/10 [7]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Stylus Magazine B [9]

Fancy Footwork is the second studio album by Canadian electro-funk duo Chromeo, released on May 8, 2007 by Turbo Recordings and Last Gang Records. The album spawned three singles: "Fancy Footwork", "Tenderoni", and "Bonafied Lovin". In the United States, Fancy Footwork reached number eleven on the Top Electronic Albums chart and number twenty-five on the Top Heatseekers chart.

Contents

A deluxe edition of the album was released in July 2008, containing a bonus disc of remixes and bonus tracks, as well as music videos. A special edition titled Fancier Footwork was released digitally in June 2008, consisting of three bonus tracks and fifteen remixes.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chromeo.

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"1:08
2."Tenderoni"4:14
3."Fancy Footwork"3:18
4."Bonafied Lovin (Tough Guys)"4:32
5."My Girl Is Calling Me (A Liar)"2:20
6."Outta Sight"2:36
7."Opening Up (Ce soir on danse)"4:58
8."Momma's Boy"2:49
9."Call Me Up"4:11
10."Waiting 4 U"3:47
11."100%"6:00
Deluxe edition bonus music videos [10]
No.TitleLength
12."Fancy Footwork"3:22
13."Bonafied Lovin"3:50
14."Tenderoni"3:34
15."Needy Girl"3:59
16."I Am Somebody" (DJ Mehdi featuring Chromeo)3:20
Deluxe edition bonus disc [11]
No.TitleLength
1."Needy Girl"4:17
2."Rage!"4:35
3."You're So Gangsta"4:03
4."I Am Somebody" (DJ Mehdi featuring Chromeo)3:10
5."Tenderoni" (MSTRKRFT Remix)4:45
6."Fancy Footwork" (Crookers Remix)5:28
7."Needy Girl" (Lifelike Remix)7:05
8."Bonafied Lovin" (Yuksek Remix)4:25
9."Me & My Man" (Whitey vs. Chromeo Fly Whitey Remix)4:03
10."You're So Gangsta" (Playgroup Remix)5:48
11."Destination: Overdrive" (DFA Remix)5:37
12."Fancy Footwork" (Laidback Luke Remix)6:37
13."Bonafied Lovin" (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)9:02
Fancier Footwork [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Needy Girl"4:17
2."Rage!"4:34
3."You're So Gangsta"4:01
4."Needy Girl" (Lifelike Remix)7:04
5."Me & My Man" (Whitey Remix)4:08
6."You're So Gangsta" (Playgroup Remix)5:58
7."Destination: Overdrive" (DFA Remix)5:48
8."Bonafied Lovin" (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)9:07
9."Bonafied Lovin" (Riot in Belgium & Ooh Ee Remix)4:55
10."Bonafied Lovin" (Les Petits Pilous Remix)3:37
11."Bonafied Lovin" (Sweetlight Remix)6:32
12."Tenderoni" (MSTRKRFT Remix)4:46
13."Tenderoni" (Étienne de Crécy Remix)6:00
14."Tenderoni" (Proxy Distort Mix)4:15
15."Tenderoni" (Sinden Remix)4:43
16."Fancy Footwork" (D.I.M. Remix)6:31
17."Fancy Footwork" (Tomas Barfod Remix)6:29
18."Fancy Footwork" (Surkin Rogue Teens Remix)5:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fancy Footwork. [13]

Charts

Chart performance for Fancy Footwork
Chart (2007)Peak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [14] 11
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [15] 25

Release history

RegionDateFormatEditionLabelRef.
CanadaMay 8, 2007
Standard
 [16] [17]
AustraliaMay 26, 2007 Modular [18] [19]
United StatesJune 19, 2007 Vice [20] [21]
GermanyJune 22, 2007CD
 [22]
JapanJuly 4, 2007
  • CD
  • digital download
KSR [23] [24]
United KingdomJuly 22, 2007Digital downloadBack Yard [25]
July 30, 2007CD [26]
CanadaJune 3, 2008Digital downloadFancier Footwork
  • Turbo
  • Last Gang
 [12]
July 3, 2008CDDeluxeVice [27]
United StatesJuly 8, 2008
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
 [11] [28] [29]

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