Phat Planet

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"Phat Planet"
Song by Leftfield
from the album Rhythm and Stealth
Released20 September 1999
RecordedAugust 1999
Length5:24
Label Hard Hands
Higher Ground
Sony BMG
Songwriter(s) Paul Daley
Neil Barnes
Producer(s) Leftfield

"Phat Planet" is a song by the English electronic group Leftfield, taken from their album Rhythm and Stealth , released in 1999. It is built on an insistent, two-note bassline, and the heavily distorted vocal of "Phat Planet", spoken by Neil Barnes. It was not released as a single, but was used on the "Surfer" advert for Guinness.

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