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“Wonderful Night” by Fatboy Slim featuring Lateef
From the album Palookaville (2004) Featuring Lateef
“Wonderful Night” by Fatboy Slim featuring Lateef appears on 9 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2005 and 2014. It was first released in 2004 on the album Palookaville. Its best result is #30 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #323 alternative song of 2005 and #2,221 alternative song of all time.
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Norman Cook, in his Fatboy Slim guise, handed the mic to Lateef the Truth Speaker for "Wonderful Night", a strutting, rubber-legged party-starter from his 2004 album Palookaville on Skint Records. Cook produced it himself and wrote it with Lateef, Simon Thornton engineered and mixed, and the whole thing works on a simple deal: Cook's beat does the bouncing, Lateef does the talking.
Critics mostly dug it. Allmusic's David Jeffries picked it as one of the album's high points, and Pitchfork's Johnny Loftus praised its tight rhythm and Lateef's performance. Radio got an edited version to cover a brief burst of salty language. It has found a second home in basketball arenas, blasting at Staples Center after Clippers home wins and at Madison Square Garden during Knicks games, and its video sends tuxedoed dancers through an old-time casino behind a singer who turns into a werewolf.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 30 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 371 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 681 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 870 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 890 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 918 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 894 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 937 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 976 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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