- Where It's At
Infobox Single
Name = Where It's At
Artist =Beck
from Album =Odelay
B-side =
Released = 1996
Format = 12", 4CD s
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Rock,Funk
Length = 10 min 49 sec
Label = DGC/Bong Load
Writer =
Producer = Beck,The Dust Brothers
Certification =
Chart position =
* #5 (US Modern Rock)
* #61 (US Hot 100)
Last single = "It's All in Your Mind "
(1995)
This single = "Where It's At"
(1996)
Next single = "Devils Haircut "
(1996)
Misc ="Where It's At" is the first single from
Beck 's 1996 album, "Odelay ". Manywho?|date=September 2007 have commented that the strength of both "Where It's At" and "Odelay" confirmed that Beck was not a novelty act orone-hit wonder .Composition
A looped keyboard
riff and Beck's intricatelyrics dominate the song. In the first verse, Beck develops the scene: there is aparty taking place "up the road from the habitations and the towns we know", where one can experience "the jigsaw jazz and the get-fresh flow". The second verse is a surreal description of those attending the party.Beck wrote "Where It's At" 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" is notable for the number of odd spoken samples that Beck and the
Dust Brothers incorporated into it. Many of these come from an obscuresex education album titled "Sex for Teens: (Where It's At)", whose subtitle Beck borrowed (see link below). Other vocal samples incorporated into "Where It's At" come from "Needle to the Groove" byold school rap groupMantronix ("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 thetelevision channel MTV2 . The video features a parody ofWilliam Shatner 's video of "Rocket Man ".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)
# Bonus BeatsUK #1
#Where It's At (Edit)
#Where It's At (remix by Mario C and Mickey P)
#Bonus Beats
#Where It's At (remix byU.N.K.L.E )UK #2
#Where It's At (Edit)
#Where It's At (remix by Mario C and Mickey P)
#Bonus BeatsAustralia
#Where It's At (Edit)
#Where It's At (remix by Mario C and Mickey P)
#Bonus BeatsJapan
# 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
# ClockExternal links
* [http://whiskeyclone.net/ghost/songinfo.php?songID=321 Whiskeyclone listing for "Where It's At"]
* [http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/06/365_days_167_st.html Stanley Z. Adams, MD: "Sex For Teens (Where's It At") on WFMU's Beware of the Blog]
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