"Retox" is a song by English
big beat musician
Fatboy Slim
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, released in 2002 as a 12"
vinyl single from his 2000 album ''
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
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''. The single peaked at No. 73 on the
UK Singles Chart
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. The song features
Ashley Slater and for this release was remixed by DJ
Dave Clarke.
"It all started with Vanessa
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The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers (along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, and other acts) in bringing the big beat genre t ...
' girlfriend,"
Norman Cook recalled in 2001. "We
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last year. Because the year before, we'd all had terrible
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