Fancy Footwork
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Fancy Footwork is the second album by Canadian electronic
/dance pop group Chromeo
. It was released on June 19, 2007. Fancy Footwork spawned three singles, "Fancy Footwork", "Tenderoni", and "Bonafied Lovin'", all released on Turbo Recordings. A double CD deluxe edition was released on July 9, 2008. It features the original album along with a second disc of remixes and bonus tracks, as well as music videos. The album peaked at #11 on the Top Electronic Albums
chart.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
/dance pop group Chromeo
Chromeo
Chromeo is an electrofunk duo formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2004.-History:Chromeo is composed of P-Thugg on keyboards, synthesizers, and talk box, and Dave 1 on guitar and lead vocals...
. It was released on June 19, 2007. Fancy Footwork spawned three singles, "Fancy Footwork", "Tenderoni", and "Bonafied Lovin'", all released on Turbo Recordings. A double CD deluxe edition was released on July 9, 2008. It features the original album along with a second disc of remixes and bonus tracks, as well as music videos. The album peaked at #11 on the Top Electronic Albums
Top Electronic Albums
Dance/Electronic Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling electronic music albums in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated June 30, 2001. It originally began as a fifteen-position chart and has since expanded to twenty-five...
chart.
Track listing
- "Intro" – 1:08
- "Tenderoni" – 4:14
- "Fancy Footwork" – 3:18
- "Bonafied Lovin' (Tough Guys)" – 4:31
- "My Girl Is Calling Me (a Liar)" – 2:20
- "Outta Sight" – 2:35
- "Opening Up (Ce soir on danse)" – 4:58
- "Momma's Boy" – 2:49
- "Call Me Up" – 4:11
- "Waiting 4 U" – 3:46
- "100%" – 6:00
Deluxe Edition bonus disc
- "Needy Girl" – 4:17
- "Rage!" – 4:35
- "You're So Gangsta" – 4:03
- "I Am Somebody" — DJ MehdiDJ MehdiMehdi Favéris-Essadi , better known by his stage name DJ Mehdi, was a French hip hop and electro producer of mixed French and Tunisian origin.-Biography:...
Feat. Chromeo — 3:10 - "Tenderoni (MSTRKRFTMSTRKRFTMSTRKRFT is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto, Ontario. The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler of Death from Above 1979 and Al-P formerly of the Mississauga, Ontario electropop group Girlsareshort...
Remix)" – 4:45 - "Fancy Footwork (CrookersCrookersCrookers are an Italian DJ/production duo who have worked together since 2003. When the two artists met, both were trying to branch out of their genre and explore dance music. Their first collaboration worked...
Remix)" – 5:28 - "Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)" – 7:05
- "Bonafied Lovin' (Yuksek Remix)" – 4:25
- "Me & My Man (WhiteyWhitey (musician)-Career:In 2004, he released an album named The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train. The album predated the electro rock movement by several years, and was greeted at the time as a critical triumph, going on to make numerous Best Of Year lists worldwide....
Vs. Chromeo Fly Whitey Remix)" – 4:03 - "You're So Gangsta (PlaygroupPlaygroup (band)Playgroup is a British dance act. Basically the project of musician and designer Trevor Jackson, they were associated with the electroclash movement.Jackson has also performed under the names Underdog and Skull.-Albums:...
Remix)" – 5:48 - "Destination: Overdrive (DFADFA RecordsDFA Records is an independent record label and production team, launched in September 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. The label has an exclusive distribution deal with major record label EMI....
Remix)" – 5:38 - "Footwork (Laidback LukeLaidback LukeLaidback Luke is a Dutch DJ, producer. He was voted #46 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list in 2008, before jumping to #27 in 2009 and jumping up 10 places in 2010....
Remix)" – 6:37 - "Bonafied Lovin' (Jori HulkkonenJori HulkkonenJori Hulkkonen, born 28 September 1973, is a Finnish DJ and a producer of house music, originally from Kemi, Finland. Hulkkonen started his career in the early 1990s when he worked with Jukka Hautamäki, Tuomas Salmela and Ari Ruokamo for their own label Lumi Records...
Remix)" – 9:02
Song usage in media
- The song "Fancy Footwork" is featured on DANCE! OnlineDance! OnlineDANCE! Online was a downloadable massively multiplayer online music video game produced by David Perry and published by Acclaim in North America. It is a free-to-download PC title that largely resembles a combination of Audition Online and Dance Dance Revolution series. It is based on the Chinese...
, a multiplayer online casual rhythm gameMusic video gameA music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...
. - The song "Bonafied Lovin' (Yuksek Remix)" is used in FIFA 09FIFA 09FIFA 09 is the 2008 installment of Electronic Arts' FIFA series of football video games. Developed by EA Canada, it is published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. It was released in October 2008 for Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii,...
. - The Guns N'Bombs Remix of "Fancy Footwork" is used in Need for Speed: ProStreetNeed for Speed: ProStreetNeed for Speed: ProStreet is the 11th installment of Electronic Arts' popular racing game series Need for Speed. On May 21, 2007, Electronic Arts published a teaser trailer of ProStreet, and officially announced it ten days later. It was released worldwide in November 2007. Its action footage was...
. - The song "Fancy Footwork" is featured in the dance scene in the Seann William Scott film Ball's Out: The Gary Houseman Story.
- The song "Bonafied Lovin' was used by the dance crew Boxcuttuhz in the season 3 premiere of America's Best Dance CrewAmerica's Best Dance CrewAmerica's Best Dance Crew, often abbreviated as ABDC, is an American competitive dance reality television series that features street dance crews from the United States and around the world. It is produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson and airs on MTV...
- The song "Fancy Footwork" can be unlocked in the game Boogie SuperstarBoogie SuperstarBoogie Superstar is a rhythm video game by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the game Boogie.NGamer magazine initially reported that the title would support the Wii Balance Board, writing that it was to be a "board-based dance-a-thon"; however, Electronic Arts confirmed that while the title...
, under Electro Dance. - The song "Fancy Footwork" is used in season 2 of ReaperReaperA reaper is a person or machine that reaps crops at harvest, when they are ripe.-Hand reaping:Hand reaping is done by various means, including plucking the ears of grains directly by hand, cutting the grain stalks with a sickle, cutting them with a scythe, or with a later type of scythe called a...
During a dance-off between Sock and a love rival. - The song "Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT Remix)" is used in NBA Live 2009
- The song "Fancy Footwork" is used in the film Step Up 3D.
- The Song "Fancy Footwork" is used in a episode of CSI: NYCSI: NYCSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
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Album charts
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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U.S. Top Electronic Albums Top Electronic Albums Dance/Electronic Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling electronic music albums in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated June 30, 2001. It originally began as a fifteen-position chart and has since expanded to twenty-five... |
11 |
U.S. Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
25 |