"Phat Planet" is the second track from the 1999 album Rhythm and Stealth, the second studio album of Englishelectronica duo Leftfield. It is built on an insistent, two-note bassline, and the heavily distorted vocal of "phat planet", spoken by Daley. Despite having never been released as a single, it is one of Leftfield's most recognisable tracks due to its use on the iconic Surfer advert for Guinness and for the animated series Beast Machines
Appearances and other releases
An early version of "Phat Planet" soundtracks the Surfer advert for Guinness. The music track used for the advert, simply the bassline, later evolved into "Phat Planet".
In addition to its release on Rhythm and Stealth, the track is also included on the 2010 Sony Music/Musicmix/Universal Music TV/EMI TV compilation album Epic and the Guinness 250th Anniversary: the TV Ads album.
Well it would be, if every year we didn't have Rockaway Beach festival to look forward to on the very first weekend of the new year! ...It's the 12 minute epic finisher Phat Planet that has everyone losing themselves in either a dance or a trance ... .
It feels like you're on a different planet.” ... Today, the Milky Way itself — inspiring humankind since the birth of our species — is no longer visible to roughly one-third of the planet, research shows, including 80% of Americans.
TRACK OF THE WEEK... Given his health issues, it’s a remarkably buoyant return, with the title track a propulsive banger in the tradition of 1999’s Phat Planet, the track that soundtracked the award-winning ‘surfers’ TV advert for Guinness ... .