Where It's At
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| Single by Beck | |||||
| from the album Odelay | |||||
| Released | 1996 | ||||
| Format | 12", 4 CDs | ||||
| Recorded | 1996 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 10 min 49 s | ||||
| Label | DGC/Bong Load | ||||
| Producer | Beck, The Dust Brothers | ||||
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"Where It's At" is the first single from Beck's 1996 album, Odelay. Beck wrote the song in 1995. He premiered it at Lollapalooza 1995, in a version very similar to its incarnation on Odelay. He has played the song very often since 1995, although he regularly experiments with the music and lyrics.
"Where It's At" has a number of spoken samples that Beck and the Dust Brothers incorporated into it. Many of these come from an obscure sex education album titled Sex for Teens: (Where It's At), a subtitle Beck borrowed (see link below). Other vocal samples incorporated into "Where It's At" come from "Needle to the Groove" by old school rap group Mantronix ("we've got two turntables and a microphone..."), as well as The Frogs ("that was a good drum break"). The song also references Gary Wilson, one of Beck's influences. "Where It's At" was the first music video to be broadcast on MTV2 on August 1, 1996. The video features a parody of William Shatner's video of "Rocket Man".
[edit] Track listings
USA (12)
- Where It's At (Edit)
- Make Out City
- Where It's At (remix by Mario C and Mickey P)
- Where It's At (remix by John King)
- Where It's At (Demo)
- Bonus Beats
UK #1
- Where It's At (Edit)
- Where It's At (remix by Mario C and Mickey P)
- Bonus Beats
- Where It's At (remix by U.N.K.L.E)
UK #2
- Where It's At (Edit)
- Where It's At (remix by Mario C and Mickey P)
- Bonus Beats
Australia
- Where It's At (Edit)
- Where It's At (remix by Mario C and Mickey P)
- Bonus Beats
Japan
- Where It's At (Edit)
- Where It's At (remix by John King)
- Lloyd Price Express (remix by John King)
- Dark and Lovely (remix by the Dust Brothers)
- American Wasteland
- Clock
[edit] External links
- Whiskeyclone listing for "Where It's At"
- Stanley Z. Adams, MD: "Sex For Teens (Where's It At") on WFMU's Beware of the Blog
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