"Song for Shelter"/"Ya Mama" is a song by British

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musician

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, released as a

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single in September 2001. Both songs are on his 2000 album ''

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''. "Ya Mama" is on the ''

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'' soundtrack and film and in a trailer for ''

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''. The single peaked at No. 30 on the UK singles chart. Both songs were omitted from his 2006 greatest hits compilation Why Try Harder. The CD2 single is led by the

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' remix of "Song for Shelter".

"Song for Shelter"

"Song for Shelter" is the first song on the single and the final and longest song on the album ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars'', lasting over 11 minutes, with the last two and a half minutes being the hidden track, "Talkin' bout My Baby (Reprise)". "Song for Shelter" features

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and

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. A remix for the song by

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was made and released as a separate single. The song's vocals are sampled from Roland Clark's song "I Get Deep". " Star 69" from the same album also prominently contains elements of Clark's song. The song was featured over the credits on several episodes of ''

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''. When reviewing follow-up album ''

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'', ''

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'' said the song was "undoubtedly" Fatboy Slim's "finest moment to date", noting "the ten-minute house anthem “Song for Shelter”, whose redemptive power was so awesome that it almost saved

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’s inconceivably atrocious film ''

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'' simply by gracing the last scene."

"Ya Mama"

"Ya Mama", often mistitled "Push the Tempo", is the second song in the single and is featured on the soundtrack of ''

''. The song contains various samples; the guitar riffs are sampled from "The Kettle" by

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. The "''Push the tempo''" vocals are taken " Let the Rhythm Pump" by

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. The "''Shake what ya mama gave ya''" vocals are sampled from "Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya" by Stik E & The Hoodz produced by platinum producer

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. Sometimes, the single is known as "Ya Mama/Song for Shelter" instead of the titles appearing the other way around. This title is given to several import editions.

Music video

The music video of "Ya Mama" was produced by Traktor, a collective also known for producing

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' " Where's Your Head At?" video and

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music video for "

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". The song's music video is centered on a tape of the song which makes its listeners unwillingly enter into chaotic uncontrolled arm movements, trembling, dancing, to their own amazement as well as the other persons'. ''

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'' shorts ''Baby Puss'' and ''Jerry and Jumbo'', predominantly the audio of the girl from the former, can be heard in the background inbetween breaks in the song, airing on

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. It was filmed in

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, where a complete town market was built and destroyed.

Track listing

; CD ; 12"

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Song for Shelter Ya Mama 2001 singles Fatboy Slim songs Songs written by Norman Cook 2000 songs Astralwerks singles Skint Records singles