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Flat Beat

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Released
  
22 March 1999

Recorded
  
1998

Length
  
5:17

Format
  
12"CD

Genre
  
Electro house

B-side
  
"Monday Massacre""Sick Dog Try to Speak"

"Flat Beat" is a piece by French house musician Mr. Oizo. It was featured as a bonus track on his debut album Analog Worms Attack. An accompanying music video was released on VHS. The music video features Flat Eric, a puppet, head banging to the track. Widely publicized by Flat Eric's appearance in many commercials for Levi's and the popularity of the music video, the track peaked at number five on the French Singles Chart.

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Outside France, "Flat Beat" topped the charts in Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. The track is instrumental, and is one of only twenty-five instrumental singles to top the charts in the latter country. It is also considered one of the earliest instances of electro house.

In September 2005, Stylus Magazine included the track's bassline at number 13 in their list of the "Top 50 Basslines of All Time".

International CD and Maxi

  1. "Flat Beat" (5:25)
  2. "Monday Massacre" (3:36)
  3. "Sick Dog Try to Speak" (3:36)
  4. "Flat Beat" (Radio Edit) (4:00)

Italian 12"

  • A1. "Flat Beat" (Original Track)
  • A2. "Flat Beat" (MPJ Remix)
  • B1. "Eric's Mood" (Rush Team Mix)
  • B2. "One Crease" (MO-Dus Version)

    • French 12"

  • A. "Flat Beat" (5:25)
  • B1. "Monday Massacre" (3:36)
  • B2. "Sick Dog Try to Speak" (3:36)

    • UK CD

    1. "Flat Beat" (Radio Edit) (4:00)
    2. "Flat Beat" (5:24)
    3. "Monday Massacre" (3:36)

    Cassette (UK only)

  • A1. "Flat Beat" (Radio Edit) (4:00)
  • A2. "Flat Beat" (5:25)
  • B1. "Flat Beat" (Radio Edit) (4:00)
  • B2. "Flat Beat" (5:25)

    • VHS

  • 1. "Flat Beat" (3:06)

    • References

    Flat Beat Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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