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The Chemical Brothers

The Salmon Dance

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The Salmon Dance was released on June 27, 2007 by UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) as a part of the album We Are the Night

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OVERVIEW

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Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers

Performer

Derrick Stewart

Derrick Stewart

Vocals

Ed Simons

Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Derrick Stewart

Derrick Stewart

Composer

Ed Simons

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers

Producer

Steve Dub

Engineer

Tom Rowlands

Engineer

Laurence Aldridge

Laurence Aldridge

Assistant Recording Engineer

Mark Allaway

Assistant Recording Engineer

Cheeky Paul

Editing Engineer

Mike Marsh

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Hello, boys and girls, my name is Fatlip

And this is my friend, Sammy the Salmon (What it do?)

Today, we're gonna teach you some fun facts about salmon

And a brand new dance

[Verse 2]

Let me introduce to you a brand new dance

I know you're gonna love it if you give it one chance

It's not complicated, it's not too hard

You don't even have to be a hip-hop star

See anyone can do it, all you need is style

Listen up, peep game, I'ma show you how

Put your hands to the side, as silly as it seems

And shake your body like a salmon floating up stream

[Verse 3]

I'll float up stream (You know how we do it)

You know how we do it

Again

[Verse 4]

All my peeps spend part of their life in freshwater

And part of their life in saltwater

Wow, very interesting

We change 'round a couple of days after spawning

Then we die

[Verse 5]

When I first did the salmon, all the people just laughed

They looked around and stood like I was on crack

I heard somebody say out loud, "What the fuck is that?

This ****'s dancing like a fish, while he's doing The Snap"

But the more I kept doing it, the more they were feeling it

And then I heard some bitches say, "Yo, that ****'s killing it"

By the end of the night, everyone was on my team

And the whole club was dancing like a salmon floating up stream

[Verse 6]

I'll float up stream (You know how we do it)

You know how we do it

Again

[Verse 7]

Most of our friends find their home waters by sense of smell

Which is even more keen than that of a dog or a bear

Wow!

My family also rely on ocean currents, tides (Uh-huh)

Gravitational pull of the moon

(I'll float up stream) The moon? Fish pay attention to the moon?!

Wow! Who knew? (Again)

Did you know...

What?

That I could go to Japan and back?

You're kidding me!

Amazing... geez

Polluted water can kill both baby salmon that are developing

And the adult salmon that are on their way to spawn

Wow, what a shame, what a shame

Huh? Whoa!

Wow, hey, kids, hey, give it up for Sammy the Salmon

And his amazing Salmon Dance

Huh, what do you say? Alright

Who's hungry?

Written by: Derrick Stewart, Ed Simons

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