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“Around the World”—Daft Punk

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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The New Wave of Elektronica

MTV is courting the new wave of what they've cutely termed Elektronica. Norman Cook initially struck me as dance music specifically designed to enraps your rock and mainstream pop enthusiasts with relatively little previous experience with dance music, the gateway drug. I could not shake the unsettling feeling that fat boy slim was designed to pander to dummies like me specifically. It's pretty repetitive that song of course is called In Heaven from the 1998 fat boy slim album You've come a long way baby. Also featuring cuddlier and more famous fat boy Slim songs such as the Rockefeller skank or Ah yes this one. And also praise you and I'll play that shit.

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