Scatman's World

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Scatman's World
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 10, 1995
Recorded1995–1996
StudioCatania Music (Bottrop, Germany)
Genre
Length49:20
Label RCA
Producer
  • Antonio Nunzio Catania
  • Ingo Kays
Scatman John chronology
John Larkin
(1986)
Scatman's World
(1995)
Scat Paradise
(1995)
Singles from Scatman's World
  1. "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)"
    Released: November 30, 1994
  2. "Scatman's World"
    Released: June 19, 1995
  3. "Song of Scatland"
    Released: November 13, 1995

Scatman's World is the debut major-label studio album (and second overall) by American musician Scatman John, recorded after the worldwide success of his debut single "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)". It is a loose concept album dealing with an imaginary Utopian society named "Scatland". He speaks about this at length in the liner notes, as well in several tracks on the album, most notably the track "Song of Scatland".

Contents

Scatman's World was very popular internationally, particularly in Japan, where it reached No. 2 and stayed on the charts for 40 weeks, selling more than 1,560,000 copies overall, ranking among the top twenty best-selling albums of all time in that country recorded by non-Japanese artists. In the late 2010s and early 2020s, the title track "Scatman's World" saw a resurgence in popularity due to becoming an Internet meme. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Larkin and Antonio Nunzio Catania

No.TitleLength
1."Welcome to Scatland"0:49
2."Scatman's World"3:40
3."Only You"3:42
4."Quiet Desperation"3:51
5."Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)"3:30
6."Sing Now!"3:38
7."Popstar"4:13
8."Time (Take Your Time)"3:41
9."Mambo Jambo"3:30
10."Everything Changes"4:38
11."Song of Scatland"5:05
12."Hi, Louis"2:34
13."Scatman (Game Over Jazz)"5:03

Charts

Certifications

Sales and certifications for Scatman's World
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [19] Gold100,000*
Japan (RIAJ) [20] Million1,560,000 [21]
Poland (ZPAV) [22] Gold50,000*
Sweden (GLF) [23] Gold50,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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