Cover art for The Rockafeller Skank by Fatboy Slim

The Rockafeller Skank

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Jun. 8, 19981 viewer61.6K views

The Rockafeller Skank Lyrics

Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother

Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now

Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller

Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother

Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother

Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller

Right- a- bout- now- funk- soul- brother

Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk… soul… brother…

Soul bro-, soul bro-, soul bro-

Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother

Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now

Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother…
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother

Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout
Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout
Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout
Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout
Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout
Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout
Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout
Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout
Right about now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout
Right about…

Right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right
Right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right
Funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk
Funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk
Right, right, funk, funk, right, right, funk, funk, right, right, funk, funk, right, right, funk, funk
Right, right, funk, funk, right, right, funk, funk, right, right, funk, funk, right, right, funk, funk

Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller

Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
Check it out now, the funk soul brother

Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rockafeller, rockafeller
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock

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One of Fatboy Slim’s very well known songs that is still being played on the radio today

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What did Fatboy Slim say about "The Rockafeller Skank"?
Genius Answer

Interview with Fatboy Slim discussing the sample clearances for this song:

Q : What’s the most you’ve had to pay for a sample?

100%. Royalty for the entire song. If there was more than a 100%, I probably would have paid that.

Q : Can we ask which song?

Well it’s normally when there’s more than one sample. When you have to split it between say ‘The Rockafeller Skank’ there was four different samples on it we had to clear, and they all wanted 40%, or 50%, and we were like “Hold On, there’s only like 100% that’s available”. So we were like, “you can all have 25%”, and there was none left for me.

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