Scatman's World is the debut major-label studio album (and second overall) by American musician
Scatman John, recorded after the worldwide success of his debut single "
Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)". It is a loose
concept album dealing with an imaginary
Utopian society named "Scatland". He speaks about this at length in the liner notes, as well in several tracks on the album, most notably the track "
Song of Scatland".
Scatman's World was very popular internationally, particularly in
Japan, where it reached No. 2 and stayed on the charts for 40 weeks, selling more than 1,560,000 copies overall, ranking among the top twenty best-selling albums of all time in that country recorded by non-Japanese artists. In the late 2010s and early 2020s, the title track "Scatman's World" saw a resurgence in popularity due to becoming an
Internet meme.[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by John Larkin and Antonio Nunzio Catania
Scatman's World is the debut major-label studio album (and second overall) by American musician
Scatman John, recorded after the worldwide success of his debut single "
Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)". It is a loose
concept album dealing with an imaginary
Utopian society named "Scatland". He speaks about this at length in the liner notes, as well in several tracks on the album, most notably the track "
Song of Scatland".
Scatman's World was very popular internationally, particularly in
Japan, where it reached No. 2 and stayed on the charts for 40 weeks, selling more than 1,560,000 copies overall, ranking among the top twenty best-selling albums of all time in that country recorded by non-Japanese artists. In the late 2010s and early 2020s, the title track "Scatman's World" saw a resurgence in popularity due to becoming an
Internet meme.[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by John Larkin and Antonio Nunzio Catania