Take Your Time (Scatman John album)

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Take Your Time
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Studio album by
Scatman John
ReleasedJune 1, 1999
Recorded1998–1999
Genre
Length42:28
56:48 (Japanese release)
Label RCA
Producer Scatman John
Scatman John chronology
Everybody Jam!
(August 1, 1996)		Take Your Time
(1999)		Listen to the Scatman
(2001)

Take Your Time is the third and final studio album released by Scatman John during his lifetime. [1] It was released on June 1, 1999, six months before his death; although he suffered from lung cancer through most of the recording, he still managed to record and release the album.

Contents

The album had four singles released from it. Scatmambo which was used in the German film Love Scenes from Planet Earth . [2] Japan got a double A side single, The Chickadee Song b/w Take Your Time. Take Your Time was issued in European countries, first with a six track release then a four track release, with a memorial caption on the cover after his death. [3] Ichi Ni San.... Go! was also released as a three track single in Europe, proving popular in Germany. [4] The Japanese release includes three bonus tracks. [5]

Album history

His third album "Take Your Time", produced by Kai Matthiesen (producer of Mr. President, B-Charme, Crispy), was released on June 1, 1999. Scatman John died of lung cancer on 3 December 1999 at his home in California, six months after this album's release, ultimately making it his last. There were no music videos made for any of the tracks on this album, owing to John's deteriorating health. "Take Your Time" was released as a six-track CD-single. [6] "Ichi Ni San...Go" was released as the follow-up.

In Japan, "The Chickadee Song" was released as a double-A-side single. [7] It featured the album version and remix of The Chickadee Song and the album version and 2 remix versions of "Take Your Time". After John's death, the "Take Your Time" single was re-released. It had 4 tracks and a banner on the cover which mentioned "In Loving Memory Of John Larkin, alias Scatman John".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take Your Time"John Larkin, Aron Strobel 3:46
2."Scatman's Dance"John Larkin, Robin Masters3:24
3."The Chickadee Song" Toby Gad, John Larkin, Jacqueline Nemorin3:21
4."Take Me Away"John Larkin, Robin Masters3:52
5."Scat Me If You Can"Rainer Gaffrey, John Larkin3:58
6."I Love Samba"Alexander Benckendorff, John Larkin, Mike Varney 3:42
7."Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Elton John, Bernie Taupin 4:56
8."Ichi Ni San... Go! "(One two three... go!)"John Larkin, Kai Matthiesen4:14
9."Dream Again"John Larkin3:53
10."Everyday"Rainer Gaffrey, John Larkin3:41
11."Night Train"John Larkin, Caren Müller3:16
12."Scatmambo"John Larkin3:08
Total length:42:28

References

  1. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "Scatman John Biography". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Jazz (10 June 2024). Love Scenes from Planet Earth TV Trailer feat. Scatmambo by Scatman John (1998) . Retrieved 22 August 2025– via YouTube.
  3. ↑ Scatman John - Take Your Time, 2000, retrieved 14 August 2025
  4. ↑ Scatman John - Ichi, Ni, San ... Go!, 1999, retrieved 14 August 2025
  5. ↑ Scatman John - Take Your Time, 30 June 1999, retrieved 22 August 2025
  6. ↑ Scatman John - Take Your Time, 1999, retrieved 14 August 2025
  7. ↑ Scatman John - The Chickadee Song, 7 July 1999, retrieved 14 August 2025
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