Song · Bomfunk MCs
“Freestyler” by Bomfunk MCs
From the album In Stereo (1999)
“Freestyler” by Bomfunk MCs appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2000. It was first released in 1999 on the album In Stereo. Its best result is #24 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #150 alternative song of 2000.
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Finland's Bomfunk MCs made "Freestyler" the third single off In Stereo, their 1999 debut album, releasing it at home first, and when it went international in February 2000 it went off like a flare: number one in more than 10 countries, Australia, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and Sweden among them, and top 10 in the UK, Ireland, Denmark and Iceland, even though it stalled at number four back home.
At heart it's a breakbeat track steeped in UK dance culture, with traces of drum and bass and hip-hop, racing along at 164 beats per minute in E minor. Jaakko Salovaara composed the music, with the words credited to B.O.W. and Raymond Ebanks also among the writers. CMJ New Music Monthly picked out the slide-guitar sample, the rubbery synth bass and the Caribbean-accented commands to dance, and reckoned it a dancefloor natural.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 24 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 | 100 |
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