Fat Cop

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"Fat Cop"
Fat Cop by Regurgitator.png
Single by Regurgitator
from the album Eduardo and Rodriguez Wage War on T-Wrecks
ReleasedJune 2001
Length3:22
Label Warner Music Australasia
Songwriter(s) Ben Ely
Producer(s) Ben Ely, Quan Yeomans
Regurgitator singles chronology
"Crush the Losers"
(2000)
"Fat Cop"
(2001)
"Super Straight"
(2001)

"Fat Cop" is a song by Australian rock band Regurgitator. The song was released in June 2001 as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album Eduardo and Rodriguez Wage War on T-Wrecks . The single peaked at number 34 in Australia and it ranked at number 27 on Triple J's Hottest 100 in 2001. [1]

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In 2019, Tyler Jenke from The Brag ranked Regurgitator's best songs, with "Fat Cop" coming it at number 8. Jenke called the song "memorable" calling it "...a rap-rock influenced gem that tells the tale of the titular fat cop." [2]

Track listings

Australian CD Single
No.TitleLength
1."Fat Cop"3:22
2."Baby Steps"3:55
3."Killer Budd"3:14
4."Lounge Rhinocerous"2:51

Charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 34

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue
AustraliaJune 2001CD Single EastWest, Warner 8573882542

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