"Everybody Needs a 303"
Single by Fatboy Slim
from the album Better Living Through Chemistry
Released
  • 26 February 1996 ("CD1")
  • 20 October 1997 ("CD2")
Length5:49
LabelSkint
Songwriter(s)Fatboy Slim
Producer(s)Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim singles chronology
"Everybody Needs a 303"
(1996)		 "Punk to Funk"
(1996)
Fatboy Slim remix singles chronology
"Going Out of My Head"
(1997)		 "Everybody Needs a 303 (Remix – Everybody Loves a Carnival)"
(1997)		 "The Rockafeller Skank"
(1998)
Alternative cover
Cover for the song's CD2.

"Everybody Needs a 303" is the debut single by British big beat artist Fatboy Slim,[1] released in 1996 from his debut album Better Living Through Chemistry.[2] The original version of the single peaked at number 191 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] The song was remixed as "Everybody Loves a Carnival" and released as a single; this version became more commercially successful than its original version, peaking at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Song information

The title refers to the TB-303 synthesizer. The song samples Edwin Starr's "Everybody Needs Love".[4] It was featured on the Lost in Space soundtrack.[5]

Track listing

CD1
  1. "Everybody Needs a 303" (Original Radio Edit)
  2. "Everybody Needs a 303"
  3. "Everybody Loves a Carnival"
  4. "Neal Cassady Starts Here"
CD2
  1. "Everybody Loves a Carnival" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Everybody Loves a Filter"
  3. "Es Paradis"
  4. "Where You're At"
12"
  1. "Everybody Needs a 303"
  2. "Lincoln Memorial"
  3. "We Want to See Those Fingers"

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[3] 191
Chart (1997) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[3]
  • "Everybody Loves a Carnival"
 34
Chart (2002) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[3]
  • "Everybody Loves a Carnival"
 199

References

  1. ↑ "Everybody Needs A 303 - Fatboy Slim". Letras.mus.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Wade, Ian. "BBC - Music - Review of Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry". BBC. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Chart Log UK: Adam F – FYA". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Better Living Through Chemistry (Media notes). Fatboy Slim. Skint Records. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ "Música no Mercado Livre Brasil". lista.mercadolivre.com.br. Retrieved 4 June 2020.


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