Matthew Marsden (born 3 March 1973) is an English actor, producer, singer, and model. He has appeared in films such as Helen of Troy, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Tamara, Resident Evil: Extinction, Rambo, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Atlas Shrugged.
Early life
Marsden was born at Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich, West Midlands, and raised on the Yew Tree Estate in Walsall, West Midlands. He is of Irish descent. His father abandoned the family when Marsden was ten years old and he and his sister, Leanne, were brought up by their mother, Ann. He attended Manor High School in Wednesbury, West Midlands, before leaving to go to Dartmouth High School in Great Barr, West Midlands. After leaving school, he joined the National Youth Theatre.
Marsden found work as a model in London with "Models 1", Paris with "Men of Karin", and Milan with "Beatrice". He featured in commercials for products such as Jacobs Coffee, Punica, Vimto, and Impulse. He has since commented, "I was at college in London and when you're a struggling student it doesn't take a genius to work out that it's easier to model for a few hours each week and earn thousands of pounds than work in a bar for a pittance. But I hated doing it really." After nearly two years of modelling he decided to get an agent, and found work as an actor.
"The Rockafeller Skank" is a song by English big beat musician and DJ Fatboy Slim. It was a hit single released from the 1998 album You've Come a Long Way, Baby.
The single peaked at number six in the UK Singles Chart in June 1998. The song was the second Fatboy Slim single (after "Praise You") to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 76.
Samples
The song features the repeated line "Right about now, the funk soul brother / Check it out now, the funk soul brother", which is a remixed vocal sample of rapper Lord Finesse on the track "Vinyl Dog Vibe" by Vinyl Dogs, the original line being "Check it out right about now, it's no other than the funk soul brother, the Lord Finesse".
The song also features four other samples, including a sample of the song "Sliced Tomatoes" by the band Just Brothers (a popular Northern Soul track), Bobby Fuller's "I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)", and a sample of "Beat Girl" by John Barry and his Orchestra. A guitar line from the song "Peter Gunn" by Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy is also sampled.
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- Turn It On: The Radio Hits released: 1999
- The Heart's Lone Desire released: 1998
- Summer Dance 98 released: 1998
- Just the Best 4/98 released: 1998
- Big Hits 98 released: 1998
- Hits 99 released: 1998
- Top of the Pops 1998, Volume 2 released: 1998
- Totally Wicked! released:
- Bite Back and Boogie (B Magazine April 1999) released:
Turn It On: The Radio Hits
Released 1999- If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
- The Rockafeller Skank
- Would You...?
- C'Est La Vie
- Stranded
- Ladidi Ladida
- Gone Till November
- Heart's Lone Desire (Metro mix)
- Brick
- Lullaby
- Sorry
- Hanging in the Wire
- London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)
- Deeper Underground
- What You Do
- I Don't Wanna Know
- I Want to Know What Love Is
Just the Best 4/98
Released 1998- Flugzeuge im Bauch
- Egoist
- That's My Way to Say Goodbye
- Only When I Lose Myself
- Crush
- Once Upon a Time
- Pulverturm
- Y.M.C.A.
- Deeper Underground
- Wish (Komm zu mir)
- Ich bin wieder hier
- How We Livin'
- With Me
- Lords of the Boards
- Generation Y
- Das Maß aller Dinge
- Schnaps für alle
- The First Night
- Hello How Are You
- Und... ich lauf
Big Hits 98
Released 1998- Everybody Get Up
- Bootie Call (Club Asylum dub)
- To the Moon & Back
- Freak Me (C&J radio edit)
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Just the Two of Us
- I Want You Back
- Reasons
- With Me
- Kiss the Girl
- The Right Time
- Life
- How Do I Live
- The Heart's Lone Desire
- Strange Glue
- I Think I'm Paranoid
- Rocks
- Dance the Night Away
- I Am
- Only When I Lose Myself
Hits 99
Released 1998- So Young
- The Everlasting
- We've Gotta Get Outta This Place
- The Bartender And The Thief
- From The Rush Hour With Love
- Game On
- Smoke
- Crush
- Testify
- The First Night
- Daydreamin'
- Because I Got It Like That
- All 'Bout The Money
- Pray
- She's Gone (feat. Destiny's Child)
- Time To Move On
- What's Your Sign
- Blue
- Adia
- Yo-Yo Boy
Top of the Pops 1998, Volume 2
Released 1998- Finally Found
- Life Is a Flower
- One for Sorrow
- Stop
- Looking for Love
- Needin' U
- Beach Ball (Tall Paul 7" mix)
- I Can't Help Myself
- Horny (Horny '98 radio edit)
- Burning
- My Oh My
- How Do You Want Me to Love You?
- Kiss the Girl
- The Hearts Lone Desire
- Thinking of You
- Life Ain't Easy
- New Kind of Medicine
- Carnaval de Paris
- Gimme Love
- The Grease Megamix
Totally Wicked!
- Freak Me (Club Asylum mix)
- Got the Feelin'
- C'est la vie
- The Hearts Lone Desire
- Kiss the Girl
- Last Thing on My Mind
- As Long as You Love Me
- Doctor Jones
- I Know Where It's At
- Be Careful
- Life Ain't Easy
- Raincloud
- Kung Fu Fighting
- Uh La La La
- MMMbop
- The Story of Love
- Say It Once
- Diva
- Maria
- No Tengo Dinero
Bite Back and Boogie (B Magazine April 1999)
- Crush (David Morales Remix)
- Each Time (Full Crew Remix)
- I Love Being a Girl
- Monday Morning 5.19
- Part of the Process
- Yeah 'eh Yeah 'eh
- Junk of the Heart
- The Latin Theme
- Rewind (Find a Way)
- Shooting Up in Vain
- Eurodisco
- She
- Big Night Out
- Pray
- She's Gone (G Bugs Smooth City mix)
- Better Than It Was
- Good To Be Alive
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by Digimon: the Movie Soundtrack
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by Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Soundtrack
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by Bruce Almighty Soundtrack
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by Various Artists
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by Now That's What I Call Music!
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by Fatboy Slim
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by Richard Cheese
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