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Beck – Where It's At (5:30)

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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”. An adaptation of the song in Futurama was also used with Bender playing the ‘washboard’ in various parts, the same episode in which Beck makes an appearance throughout the show.
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  • fuckyouty1

    I miss the 90's.

    last week

  • lord_of_beer

    I've not heard this song in awhile, still a good jam.

    13 days ago

  • Goldfoot

    2(turntables) + 1(microphone) = Where_its_at

    17 days ago

  • bhangraprincess

    This track will never get old!

    last month

  • rocker_ego777

    dis n*gga is awesome

    March 2012

  • staby

    Love that sax!

    March 2012

  • markarm50003

    classic

    February 2012

  • Nakkinak

    let's make it out baby

    February 2012

  • maxlharris

    What about those who swing both ways, the AC/DCs?

    February 2012

  • Adrian347

    That was a washboard break! [2]

    January 2012

  • woah_oh

    just clap your hands just clap your hands!

    January 2012

  • KimJongKill

    That was a washboard break!

    December 2011

  • m0mo-

    so gooddddddddddddddd

    December 2011

  • Riverstokes

    Sounds like the doors? Sublime? Been listening to music long?

    December 2011

  • jobbyfingers

    2 fat hookers and a plastic bone

    December 2011

  • Crazyjesse2

    Two turntables... a microphone.. and a friggin musical genius

    November 2011

  • bowiebuddy

    Sounds like The Doors, lyrics like Sublime, I love Beck♥

    November 2011

  • lukasz_pulawski

    Dust Brothers, Mantronix and The Frogs are sampled

    November 2011

  • lauraoyeah

    i would do awful things to beck. mmm.

    August 2011

  • idiotsdream

    @Krusov - Same. This and Sexx Laws.

    August 2011
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