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"I See You Baby"
Single by Groove Armada featuring Gram'ma Funk
from the album Vertigo
Released
  • November 1999[1]
  • 20 September 2004 (remix)[2]
GenreBig beat (Fatboy Slim remix)[3]
Length
  • 4:40
  • 4:05 (remix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Groove Armada
Groove Armada singles chronology
"At the River"
(1997) 		"I See You Baby"
(1999) 		"Superstylin'"
(2001)

"I See You Baby" is a song by British duo Groove Armada, featuring Gram'ma Funk on vocals. The song was also recorded with the chorus line "shakin' that thang" (to replace "shakin' that ass") for various markets around the world, and also for use in American TV commercials. The song was later remixed by Fatboy Slim, with this latter version appearing in airplay. It was also remixed by Futureshock.

The Fatboy Slim remix featured extensively in a Renault Megane television advertising campaign in the United Kingdom in 2003.[4] The Futureshock dance version is used as the theme for the show MTV Cribs since 2000.

Although the single only peaked at number seventeen in the UK Singles Chart upon its original release in November 1999, it became very popular due to its inclusion on its parent album Vertigo, and various dance compilations. A reissue of the song on the compilation album The Best of Groove Armada saw it reach a new peak of number eleven on the chart almost five years later on 20 September 2004.

Critical reception

David Stubbs from NME commented, "A fairly Spanish Armada this one, as, though the tide may have gone out on this year's festival of concrete and kit-off, there is a part of the English psyche that is forever Ibiza. A moderately salacious theme is set up by the worrying "I see you baby/Shaking that ass" refrain but the obligatory refusal of the tune to develop would seemingly confine the designated shaking to the gym and the stationary sweat of the travelator rather than anything more 'saucy'. Yes of course there's a Fatboy Slim remix. Are you mad?"[5]

Music videos

First version

The first version of the music video, in the vein of 20 Minute Workout, features women in an aerobics class in a white room, exercising to the song.

Fatboy Slim Remix

The second version of the music video utilizes the Fatboy Slim remix and features a security guard, played by David Pires, watching women and some men stripping in a restroom.

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[25] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[26] Silver 200,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Groove Armada Scratch Ass!". NME. 7 April 2000. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 18 September 2004. p. 31.
  3. ^ "Groove Armada doles out frigid album with Vertigo". March 6, 2000.
  4. ^ Day, Julia (27 May 2003). "Renault Megane ad prompts 139 complaints". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  5. ^ Stubbs, David. "This Week's Singles November 6 1999". NME. Archived from the original on 2000-10-02. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Groove Armada – I See You Baby". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Groove Armada – I See You Baby" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 9727." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 49. 4 December 1999. p. 11. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Groove Armada – I See You Baby". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Groove Armada Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Groove Armada Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  17. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I See You Baby". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 23 September 2004". GfK Chart-Track. Retrieved 19 June 2019.[dead link]
  19. ^ "Groove Armada – I See You Baby" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  20. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  21. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  22. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  23. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2000". ARIA. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  24. ^ "The Year in Music 2000: Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. 30 December 2000. p. YE-60.
  25. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  26. ^ "British single certifications – Groove Armada ft Gram'ma Funk – I See You Baby". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_See_You_Baby

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