Scatman's World 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".
Scatman's World Released July 10, 1995 Recorded 1994–1995 Studio Catania Music (Bottrop , Germany) Genre
Length 49 :20 Label RCA Producer
Antonio Nunzio Catania
Ingo Kays
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]
All tracks are written by John Larkin and Antonio Nunzio Catania
Title 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
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