For more than 25 years, DJ Fatboy Slim has been trying to get the approval of The Rolling Stones to officially release his mash-up of his 1998 song "The Rockafeller Skank" with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
Titled "Satisfaction Skank" and out now, it's been bootlegged for years, and Slim, whose real name is Norman Cook, tells NME, "There was one point when they asked me to remix ‘Sympathy For the Devil'. I said, ‘While we’re chatting about this, maybe we could put that ‘Satisfaction’ mash-up I did as the B-side?’ and they were like, ‘No’.
“After 20 years of ‘no’ we had given up, then suddenly they came to us. Part of me thought the ship had sailed a long time ago, but there still seems to be a demand for it. It’s been in and out of my DJ sets, but if you really want to nail it with one last tune then it’s a good way to end.
“The good thing is that because this version never officially came out, it became my secret weapon. For me, that’s what kept it fresh: I only heard it once a week when I played.”
Titled "Satisfaction Skank," and utilizing AI to give it "better separation," it was released this week along with a video featuring AI versions of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
And, ironically enough, the approval came the same year that "Satisfaction" turned 60.
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