US EditionRolling Stones finally approve Fatboy Slim sample after 25 years
The Rolling Stones provided original master tapes for Fatboy Slim’s mash-up after 25 years, allowing a high-quality official release with new videos.
- Fatboy Slim's "Satisfaction Skank" mashes up The Rolling Stones' " Satisfaction" after having been denied clearance for 25 years.
- Norman Cook had long wished for an official release of the mashup, which blends the rock and dance genres.
- The Rolling Stones have become more relaxed about re-contextualizing their songs, allowing the sample clearance after multiple prior denials.
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The Rolling Stones & Fatboy Slim officially release ‘Satisfaction Skank’
The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and guitarists Keith Richards, right, and Ronnie Wood perform during their Hackney Diamonds tour at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images) The Rolling Stones have teamed with DJ producer Fatboy Slim for an official mash-up of their 1965 classic “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and Fatboy Slim’s 1998 track “The Rockafeller Sk…
Fatboy Slim tells us about finally getting The Rolling Stones' approval for mash-up 'Satisfaction Skank' after 25 years
A staple of his DJ sets for over 25 years, Fatboy Slim‘s mash-up of his smash hit ‘Rockafeller Skank’ with The Rolling Stones‘ classic ‘Satisfaction’ has finally been approved by the band. Check it out below, as Norman Cook tells about the long journey to release, and his thoughts on the future of dance music. Dance fans have spent decades trading bootlegs and considering the mash-up to be one of the great lost unreleased songs of the genre. Now…
In the late 1990s, Fatboy Slim made the hit "Satisfaction Skank" from the legendary song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones.
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