'Right Here Right Now'
Swirling, string-drenched opener like a big beat DJ Shadow
"It's a declaration of intent wanting to do something a bit deeper and not what everyone expects. It's kind of 'Song For Lindy Part Two'."
'The Rockafeller Skank'
Sound of the summer
"It was in the Top 40 for eight weeks. It's what people sing outside my window. If they stop singing fucking [House Martins hit] 'Happy Hour' then anything's worth it. Mulder's done a version with Mickey Finn and Aphrodite and we'll put that out as a B-side. That's Skint's first remix. It was always quite a painful experience listening to other people's remixes of my stuff."
'Fucking In Heaven'
Cheerful, expletive-packed bounce
"Freddy Fresh sent me some samples for a track and on the CD he was waffling into the mic and said: "If I could have a Fatboy Slim remix I'd be fucking in heaven." I chopped it up and he sounded like he was singing. I played it to Freddy and he said, "That's great. Who's doing the vocals?" I also like the gratuitous use of the word 'fucking'. We can't have it on the Asian versions."
'Gangster Tripping'
The next single midtempo carnival hip hop with a "Fatboy's tripping" sample
"The sample's from a Dust Junkys' record, but I don't think they were talking about me. When you hear a tune that name-checks you it's such a temptation to use it. I went through all my Fat Boy album and it was getting a bit silly. It's a phase everyone goes through but I've got it out of my system now."
'Build It Up, Tear It Down'
Big, bouncy and guitar-slinging
"I can't tell you where the guitar sample's from because it's not cleared. I can't clear everything because they all want a percentage of the royalties I only got 20 per cent from 'Rockafeller Skank'. I kind of like the thrill of the chase. A lot of those samples could come back on me but you've got to live dangerously. I lost the publishing on 'Going Out Of My Head' to Pete Townshend, but why play guitar yourself? Anyone can do that it's what rock bands do."
'Kalifornia'
Features Norman on the vocoder going: "California druggy druggy druggy"
"I did it back when I hadn't heard 'Intergalactic' and now everybody thinks I've copied it. At least it sounds like that and not 'Mr Blue Sky" [vocoder track by 70s soft rock types, ELO].
'Soul Surfing'
Big soul breakbeat and someone saying, "Jack it up"
"Drug references? Nooooo. It's a reggae phrase. I'm not into the brown stuff."
'You're Not From Brighton'
Midtempo track with Norman on vocoder duties again
"That's our personal favourite at the moment. It's a bump and hustle tune. The title comes from something we misheard. I'm very proud of Brighton but, on the other hand, no-one who
lives in Brighton is actually from Brighton."
'Praise You'
Single scheduled for after Christmas loved-up vocal epic and album's standout track
"It's a 'Sympathy For The Devil' epic. Hopefully it's my anthem [starts laughing] my 'Ferry Cross The Mersey'. I think I'm still ripping off Tom and Ed quite a lot. Them taking everything further with 'Dig Your Own Hole' was the main inspiration. And also the negative inspiration of wanting to stay ahead of cheesy big beat records that sound a bit like me, but all the wrong bits. Tzant was the turning point. I thought, "It sounds like me so I'm going to have to do something else." I wasn't very flattered."
'Love Island'
Banging house meets big beat
"It was going to be called 'Song For Manumission'. It's a Fatboy version of a tune I did for the Manumission movie soundtrack. I caned the house version all this summer in Ibiza."
'Acid 8000'
Breakbeat acid mayhem with the 303s turned up to 11
"People get the idea we're just a load of drunk b-boys who play Freestylers records, but there's actually a whole other acidy side. I really could stay at home and just listen to 303 acapellas. I probably got that off Tom and Ed. It's showbiz, isn't it?"
