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"Freestyler" is a single by Finnish Breakbeat group Bomfunk MC's. It was released in October 1999 in Finland as the third single from their debut studio album In Stereo. It was released in February 2000 internationally and was a worldwide success, topping the charts in Sweden, Germany, Australia, Norway, New Zealand, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy. It also peaked at number two in Denmark and the United Kingdom.

Composition

"Freestyler" is primarily a hip hop song, although it is strongly influenced by Electronic Dance Music, like Drum and Bass and House.[1]

Music video

The music video was mainly filmed at the Hakaniemi metro station,[2] an underground station on the Helsinki Metro line, in Finland and with platforms 21 metres below sea level. The principal "home boy" featured in the video is Marlo Snellman, a Finnish model and musician who later released his own single entitled "Dust" and today is working as producer for his own projects such as "Hipsters"[3] and "Okta".[4] The actor was only fifteen at the time of shooting and got the part through his mother, Finnish modelling magnate Laila Snellman.[5] Marlo Snellman appears briefly in another Bomfunk MC music video, "B-Boys & Flygirls".

The video begins with Snellman catching a train while listening to "Freestyler" on his MiniDisc player. A character sits across him in the train, who is played by Raymond Ebanks (B.O. Dubb), the lead singer of the Bomfunk MC's, and who imbues Snellman with the power to control the flow of time for one or a group of individuals. Realising this ability, Snellman spends the duration of the video pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding dancers and people on his journey until coming across the members of Bomfunk MC's, where the remote control stops functioning and the whole video is sent into a rapid rewind back to the beginning. The music video may be inspired by Das Support-Team befasst sich mit dieser Textfreigabe! Die Angabe der Ticket-Nummer fehlt! and seems to use similar themes as Ferry Corsten's 1999 "Out of the blue" music video.[6] The music video is a play on themes of empowerment, with the power of the music being transferred to and in the end taken from Snellman, by Ebanks.Vorlage:Fact

The music video was later parodied by the hip hop group Raptori for their song Hiphopmusiikkia.[7]

Track listing

CD maxi - Europe (2000)
  1. "Freestyler" (Radio Edit) - 2:52
  2. "Freestyler" (Alternative Radio Edit) - 4:07
  3. "Freestyler" (Happy Mickey Mouse Mix) - 4:48
  4. " Freestyler" (Missing Link Remix) - 5:40

Charts

Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[8] 1
Denmark (IFPI)[9] 2
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 4
France (SNEP)[8] 8
Germany (Media Control Charts)[10] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 3
Italy (FIMI)[8] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 1
New Zealand (RIANZ)[12] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[8] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[13] 7
South Africa (South African Hot 30) 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 1
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[14] 2
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 47

Decade-end charts

(2000–2009) Position
Germany (Media Control Charts)[15] 31

Chart successions

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References

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  1. ↑ Matt Ashare: Reviews. In: CMJ New Music Monthly. Nr. 91. CMJ Network, April 2001, ISSN 1074-6978, S. 67 (google.co.uk [abgerufen am 22. Juli 2012]).
  2. ↑ Dr. Giacomo Bottà – University of Helsinki, Popular Culture and Urban Creativity in Helsinki and Berlin, 2006-08.
  3. ↑ Marlo Snellman's band Hipster on Myspace, [1].
  4. ↑ Marlo Snellman as Okta on Myspace, [2].
  5. ↑ Website, Marlo Snellman.
  6. ↑ YouTube
  7. ↑ Raptori - Hiphopmusiikkia.
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Bomfunk Mc's - Freestyler (song). In: Swiss Music Charts. Hung Medien, abgerufen am 9. Februar 2010.
  9. ↑ Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 03/04. In: Billboard. 112. Jahrgang, Nr. 10. Nielsen Business Media, 4. März 2000, ISSN 0006-2510, S. 65.
  10. ↑ Chartverfurlong - Bomfunk Mc's - Freestyler. In: Media Control Charts. Musicline.de, abgerufen am 9. Februar 2010.
  11. ↑ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. Irishcharts.ie, abgerufen am 16. Februar 2012.
  12. ↑ New Zealand Singles Chart: Chart #1699. In: Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. RIANZ.org.nz, 21. Dezember 2009, abgerufen am 22. Dezember 2009.
  13. ↑ Fernando Salaverri: Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st Auflage. Fundación Autor-SGAE, Spain 2005, ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  14. ↑ Bomfunk Mc's - Freestyler – UK Singles Chart. In: The Official Charts Company. ChartStats, 9. Februar 2010, abgerufen am 5. November 2009.
  15. ↑ Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download. RTL.de, abgerufen am 16. Februar 2012.
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