Slash Dot Dash
{{Short description|2004 single by Fatboy Slim}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Slash Dot Dash
| cover = SlashDotDash-FatboySlim.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Fatboy Slim
| album = Palookaville
| released = {{start date|2004|09|20|df=yes}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=18 September 2004}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 2:53
| label = Skint
| writer = Fatboy Slim
| producer = Fatboy Slim
| prev_title = Talkin' bout My Baby
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Wonderful Night
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Audio sample
| type = single
| file = Slash Dot Dash.ogg
}}
}}
"Slash Dot Dash" is a song by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released as a single from his album Palookaville. Cook himself plays bass guitar on the track. It also appeared on Fatboy Slim's greatest hits album The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder.{{cite web|title=Slash Dot Dash - Appears on|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/slash-dot-dash-mt0008087345|website=Allmusic|accessdate=23 October 2016}} The single peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, number six in Spain, and number 27 in Italy. The original version of the track, contained on an advance US copy of the album, uses a different vocal sample which was possibly changed due to sample clearance issues.
Critical reception
"Slash Dot Dash" garnered negative reviews upon its release, with some critics feeling that the song was too similar to Fatboy Slim's previous work.{{cite web|last1=Jeffries|first1=David|title=Palookaville review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/palookaville-mw0000715668|website=Allmusic|accessdate=23 October 2016}} Entertainment Weekly's review of "Palookaville" noted that "'Slash Dot Dash' and its high-BPM (beats-per-minute) ilk — feel(s) half-cocked, like Cook can’t quite commit to the moment."{{cite web|last1=Greenblatt|first1=Leah|title=Palookaville album review|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2004/10/08/palookaville|website=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=23 October 2016}} Pitchfork's Johnny Loftus was equally critical of the track, stating that the song is "as empty as the vacuum after the dot-com bust, a tinfoil crumple of store-bought spy guitar and a vocal sample that needles three times sharper than the funk soul brother."{{cite web|last1=Loftus|first1=Johnny|title=review|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3011-palookaville/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=23 October 2016}}
Music video
A music video, directed by Tim Pope,{{cite web|title=Slash Dot Dash video|url=http://www.timpope.tv/portfolio/fatboy-slim-slash-dot-dash-video|website=TimPope.tv|accessdate=23 October 2016}} was released, featuring people vandalizing and dancing in a bathroom.{{cite web|title=music video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOK5jDgM_WI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909112330/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOK5jDgM_WI |archive-date=2010-09-09 |url-status=dead|website=YouTube|accessdate=23 October 2016}}
Commercial performance
Despite the song's poor critical reception, it performed well commercially in the United Kingdom, debuting at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and spending a total of three weeks in the Top 50. The song also entered the top 30 in Italy, where it reached number 27, and in Spain, where it reached number six.
Track listings
CD
{{Track listing
| headline = CD1
| title1 = Slash Dot Dash
| note1 = radio edit
| length1 = 2:20
| title2 = Close to Home
| length2 = 3:36
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD2
| title1 = Slash Dot Dash
| length1 = 2:55
| title2 = Jin Go Lo Ba (Jon Carter mix)
| length2 = 7:07
| title3 = What They're Looking For
| length3 = 5:51
| title4 = Slash Dot Dash
| note4 = video
| length4 = 2:25
}}
12" vinyl
{{Track listing
| title1 = Slash Dot Dash
| title2 = Close to Home
| title3 = Slash Dot Dash (DJ Delite)
| title4 = Jin Go Lo Ba (Jon Carter remix)
| title5 = Jin Go Lo Ba (DJ Delite)
}}
Charts
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!Chart (2004) !Peak |
| scope="row"|Ireland Dance (IRMA){{cite web|url=https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240004&arch=t&lyr=2004&year=2004&week=40|title=Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 30 September 2004|publisher=GfK Chart-Track|accessdate=19 June 2019}}{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|8 |
|---|
| {{single chart|Italy|27|artist=Fatboy Slim|song=Slash Dot Dash|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 December 2018|refname="eucharts"}} |
| {{single chart|Scotland|20|date=20041002|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 December 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Spain|6|artist=Fatboy Slim|song=Slash Dot Dash|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 December 2018}} |
| {{single chart|UK|12|date=20041002|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 December 2018|refname="uk"}} |
| {{single chart|UKdance|2|date=20041002|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 December 2018}} |
| {{single chart|UKindie|1|date=20041002|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 December 2018}} |