Dance kingpin Fatboy Slim is to release a Greatest Hits album entitled “Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder” in mid June it has been revealed. The CD will have 18 tracks including 2 new songs, Champion Sound and That Old Pair Of Jeans, and remixes of Brimful Of Asha and I See You Baby.
There will be a limited edition version of the album which comes with a DVD which will house 10 of his videos, including Praise You and Christopher Walken’s dancing in Weapon Of Choice. In July, a full DVD release called “Greatest Hits – Why Make Videos” will be unleashed too.
The tracklisting for ‘The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder’ is:
‘The Rockafeller Skank’
‘Praise You’
‘Brimful of Asha’ (Norman Cook remix) by Cornershop
‘Weapon of Choice’
‘Gangster Trippin’
‘I See You Baby’ (Fatboy Slim remix) by Groove Armada
‘Wonderful Night’
‘Right Here, Right Now’
‘Going Out Of My Head’
‘Sunset (Bird of Prey)’
‘Everybody Loves A Carnival’
‘Don’t Let The Man Get You Down’
‘Demons’
‘Sho Nuff’
‘Slash Dot Dash’
‘Santa Cruz’
‘Champion Sound’
‘That Old Pair of Jeans’
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