Song for Shelter/Ya Mama
2001 single by Fatboy Slim
"Song for Shelter"/"Ya Mama" is a double A-side single by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released in September 2001. Both songs are on his 2000 album Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. "Ya Mama" is on the Charlie's Angels soundtrack and film and in a trailer for Spy Kids. The single peaked at No. 30 on the UK singles chart. Both songs were omitted from his 2006 greatest hits compilation Why Try Harder.
The CD2 single is led by the Chemical Brothers' remix of "Song for Shelter".
"Song for Shelter"
"Song for Shelter" is the first song on the single and the final and longest song on the album Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, lasting over 11 minutes, with the last two and a half minutes being the hidden track, "Talkin' bout My Baby (Reprise)". "Song for Shelter" features Roger Sanchez and Roland Clark. A remix for the song by The Chemical Brothers was made and released as a separate single.
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