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"Everybody Needs a 303"
Single by Fatboy Slim
from the album Better Living Through Chemistry
Released	26 February 1996 ("CD1") 20 October 1997 ("CD2")
Length	5:49
Label	Skint
Songwriter(s)	Fatboy Slim
Producer(s)	Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim singles chronology
"Everybody Needs a 303" (1996) "Punk to Funk" (1996)
Fatboy Slim remix singles chronology
"Going Out of My Head" (1997) "Everybody Needs a 303 (Remix – Everybody Loves a Carnival)" (1997) "The Rockafeller Skank" (1998)
Alternative cover
Cover for the song's CD2.

"Everybody Needs a 303" is the debut single by British big beat artist Fatboy Slim,^[1] released in 1996 from his debut album Better Living Through Chemistry.^[2] The original version of the single peaked at number 191 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3] The song was remixed as "Everybody Loves a Carnival" and released as a single; this version became more commercially successful than its original version, peaking at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3]

Song information

The title refers to the TB-303 synthesizer. The song samples Edwin Starr's "Everybody Needs Love".^[4] It was featured on the Lost in Space soundtrack.^[5]

Track listing

CD1

1. "Everybody Needs a 303" (Original Radio Edit)
2. "Everybody Needs a 303"
3. "Everybody Loves a Carnival"
4. "Neal Cassady Starts Here"

CD2

1. "Everybody Loves a Carnival" (Radio Edit)
2. "Everybody Loves a Filter"
3. "Es Paradis"
4. "Where You're At"

12"

1. "Everybody Needs a 303"
2. "Lincoln Memorial"
3. "We Want to See Those Fingers"

Charts

References